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Seoul Food and Fists circa 2009 {by Loren Goodman}
Dr. Park calls and invites me out for lunch, suggesting bi bim bap. Dr. Park, aka "The Spin Doctor" (to be explained), is a research biologist at Seoul National University Hospital and my neighbor…
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Neighbor Smolarek (by Mitch Sisskind)
Each morning, the squirrels, how unregulated They jump and play. I call the police department To keep them away and also with the birds It is exactly the same. What kinds of birds? I…
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Our Birthday (June 11)
Dear Beth, Leo, Pauline, Allan,Joshua, LaWanda, Deborah, Sabrina, and Jordan:Born today, like us, were the poetsBen Jonson and Barnabe Googe.Also Vanzetti (of Sacco and Vanzetti)and Loeb (of Leopold and Loeb)and Green Bay’s coach Vince…
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“June 11” by David Lehman — in English & Portuguese (trans. Francisco Carvalho)
11 de Junho Faço anos tenho a barriga vazia Postsdesejo preguiçar na redeir talvez nadar num dia quentecom o trombone de "I've Got YouUnder My Skin" do Sinatrametido na cabeça depois pararpara o almoço uma…
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Do you know who composed the theme of Perry Mason?
It was Fred Steiner, who died at age 88, at his home in the town of Ajijic in the Mexican state of Jalisco. but let's not overlook, Jerry Goldsmith, who wrote the music for Patton…
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Judy Garland: The Road Gets Rougher
On June 10, 1922, Judy Garland was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, at 6 AM. With her moon in Sagittarius, and her Mercury and Venus in Cancer (her rising sign), the great singer had…
