Stage Walking

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George M. Cohan wrote “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and “Give My Regards To Broadway” He was a bed wetter.

He woke up in the middle of a musical, on stage, in a serious stupor, and believe me, he was far from happy. Truth be told, his unhappiness was nothing compared to the members of the cast. As they danced past him, they glared daggers. If they didn’t have to sing “You’re A Grand Old Flag”, you can bet your sweet bananas that they’d be muttering words like dickhead and why are you ruining this? The actor wearing a derby with the old-timey barbershop quartet mustache dropped the ‘l’ in flag.

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Dreaming The Life

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There is nothing better than down time. Place that down time in Amsterdam, and you’re in some serious pig heaven. Today, Darryl Jones proudly played the role of carefree pig on furlough. He deserved this. 94 shows in 90 days takes a serious toll on the body. He will be the first to tell you, he is no longer a spring chicken.

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Aftermath

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She wore her sadness comfortably, like a well-worn pair of jeans on the verge of bursting and tattering. Everyone around her could sense the danger of embarrassing exposure with a precise mishap of unstitching, but not her, not Sheila Donoghue. In the last month alone, she had been heard saying to at least a hundred different people, “I’m bulletproof, bitches.”

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Will Wonders Never Cease

 

Raphael enjoyed this point of view from behind the witness stand. His height gave him a perfect view of everything in the courtroom, from the nail biting stenographer to the bailiff checking his phone. If he were cognizant of the events to follow, he would probably not exude such confidence.

It was a minor traffic offense, not coming to a full stop at a designated stop area, but compound that with expired driver’s license and no insurance, and you end up here in traffic court.

WItchcraft court scene

A Salem witch trial 1962.

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