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If Boy @ The Window Were A Movie…
Not So Young Man @ His Window, December 10, 2011. (Donald Earl Collins). …who would I hire to play the characters in my memoir? Especially if I could reach across space and time to pick actors with the...
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Reinventing the Writing Wheel
Inventing the Wheel cartoon, October 2, 2009. (Bill Abbott/http://www.toonpool.com/). One of the side effects of having lived through the hell of my family struggles at 616 in Mount Vernon, New York...
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Musical ‘Mates and Matters
The "A" Note, February 5, 2008. (Pearson Scott Foresman, via Wikipedia). In public domain. If someone asked me what was the one thing that me and my classmates had in common during my middle school and...
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Reaching Level 42
We all get used to playing certain roles in life, no matter how uncomfortably those roles fit. Privileged, rich, powerful and entitled Americans are accustomed to shitting on the little guy and using...
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Stomping In Coffee Table Glass
Walking On Broken Glass Music Video screen shot, June 12, 2010. (Wikipedia). Qualifies as fair use under US Copyright laws because of low resolution and indirect reference. Three days after my seventh...
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Taking the Long Road: Driver’s Delight
Our 2004 Honda Element, Mount Vernon, NY, November 2006. (Donald Earl Collins) How I was able to get my driver’s license twenty years ago tomorrow is a shining example of my late bloomer status. I...
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Super Bowl XXI and Vicarious Living
In little more than a week, my New York (football) Giants will play against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI, and hopefully win their fourth NFL championship. It’s good for me to watch this...
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Quitting Before a Fight
Mike Tyson-Michael Spinks Fight, Convention Hall, Atlantic City, NJ, June 27, 1988. (http://antekprizering.com). As a writer, I can often see my past as if it happened within the past week. As a...
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Was I Really In Love In 7th Grade?
Tomorrow will mark thirty years since I began an emotional journey the likes of which I’ve only approximated maybe three other times since. In the three decades since, I’ve learned that I was actually...
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My First Vacation, Valedictorian Included
Ballston high-rise (on right), Arlington, VA, where I stayed with "V" and her roommate during first DC area visit, June 26, 2008. (http://therealestatedirt.com). I’ve lived in the DC area now for...
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