By now I'm sure you've heard about Throwback Thursday when people post old "back in the day" photographs.Well I hereby dub today 'Fro Back Friday, as represented and depicted by the attached picture.Yes that's me in all my hirsute glory along with my brother in law Steve Hansburg. No wonder my son David constantly pesters and taunts me with "grow t …
When I finish a novel, I feel that I've said goodbye to a friend. There's a feeling of loneliness and a time to reflect upon the times we shared. I soon turn to finding a new book to put on the coveted spot on my night table that is reserved for my current read. There is always an abundance of books to choose from. (It seems that, with the bes …
So often we are offended. We are almost programmed to find fault in everything. Is there anything more American than the perception of injustice? Donald Sterling, owner of the LA Clippers set the sports world on its ear this past week with his comments. Some for some ridiculous focused on how those sentiments were revealed. I couldn't care …
Recently, my son announced that he was planning to audition for “The Voice” – and win -- so we had better start preparing for a family trip to Los Angeles. That led to a conversation about which judge to choose if he became a contestant -- Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Shakira or Usher? For the next several days, that’s right days, the conversat …
I was interested to read in The Sunday Times about a study in which researchers asked commuters in the Chicago area to participate. Half of those who volunteered were asked to speak to the person who sat next to them on the train while the other half were asked to keep to themselves. Not surprising to me, the researchers found that the commuters wh …
Dan was sitting on his bed in a run down hotel in Colonia, Uruguay, just across Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires. He was smoking a cigarette and watching the sun set from his window. Dan never smoked. He scratched his still sprouting two week old beard and tried to remember what had happened, but it had all been so confusing. Every day brought a …
As Todd read the confidential document put in front of him he felt his neck tense and his hands slowly start to clench. It seemed like an eternity ago when he had committed himself to the movement. They had put him in the town of Candido Godoi monitoring all the twins to see which had potential. It was boring work but he wanted to be a part of some …
To: Todd SchultzDated: 4/25/14FOR YOUR EYES ONLY.Following is an update on our specific efforts to reseed the Worldwide Hitler Youth. As you well know, The Fathers of the Fourth Reich were Dr. Josef Mengle, Adolf Eichman, Franz Stangl and Claus Barbie who pioneered our movement in Argentina with the help of Juan Peron in late 1946 through 1950.Even …
Dan shaded his eyes as they adjusted to the sunlight and he tried to fathom what he saw. There, on the far side of the courtyard was Duardo kicking a soccer ball as only a three-year old could to an unshaven man. But this was no playground. Dan looked up at the high walls surrounding the courtyard. The razor wire that capped the walls and the t …
Roberta acted calm on the outside, but on the inside realized that her time was up. Todd had brought her into the picture knowing that his brother would trust her. She had no reason not to get involved, no reason to turn down the money and no reason to rattle the cage once she knew in her gut that she'd never get the money. Her lonely life of pr …
As the sedan pulled away, Dan fell over into Roberta’s lap. Confounded by a mix of emotions, Roberta looked down at Dan who now seemed peaceful, not the agitated man he had been just a little while before. She found herself stroking his hair, something she had only dreamed about. Of course, Roberta knew that this calm was false, or better put, d …
As Dan began packing, his resolution began to fade. So he reached for a different drink, one that would help give him the courage he needed to forge ahead with his plans. As he drank from a bottle of whiskey, questions began to swirl in his head. How was it that Duardo was able to take Espi to Argentina when Dan knew that Espi did not have a …
It was a rainy Sunday morning in October and the sky was grey and dark and thick with clouds. The thunder startled Dan who was always on edge and made him spill his coffee on his couch and all over the framed picture of his younger brother Todd who he had not seen ever since he was lost at sea exactly a year ago. He wiped the coffee off the …
Got up, got out of bed and dragged a comb across my head. Before going downstairs to have a cup I stopped short in front of the mirror. I was staring in total disbelief and thought "who is this guy?" His beard is "frosted" and he looks much older than I thought. I eventually realized that the image in the mirror was me but I was expecting to see so …
If you've gone to recent Gotham meetings this question may be "old", however, for those that have not it is topical.Simply put, what is your favorite all-time vacation?Mine, because of this Winter's polar vortex, was our extended stay in Key West during which many suffered through at least three horrible storms. Our frigid Winter is the subject of …
