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My Grandpa was Irish Or at least his parents were So every year we went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house for corned beef and cabbage.
I shall dance no more with rhythmless guilty feet. The saxophone played. George Michael’s “Careless Whisp… Will haunt us all forever.
Barber’s chairs arranged in a circ… around an unused fire pit An all-you-can eat breakfast; A quiet vibe accompanies it Fox News (thankfully muted) on th…
Pop-Pop-Pop-Pop-Pop-Pop-Pop These are the time-honored sounds… When independence was declared fro… More than two centuries ago. But when those sounds filled the a…
“Feels like” temperatures Don’t make too much difference On a day like this
One two three four five six seven Everybody goes to heaven That’s not true but still I said… Live your life and don’t regret it…
Now what was the name of that frui… Where I would go to grab lunch du… When I was working up the block? It was a single name, I think. Maybe it was Franko’s?
Come and listen to my story about… The Oscars got turned upside down I’d like to tell you a story, sit… About how I slapped Chris Rock t… In a Bel Air mansion I was TV r…
Chicago’s party of the summer is the Pride parade up north It’s boozier than St. Patrick’s… Less explosive than the 4th Lots of people dance and play
It’s just a kiss or a shot Leading us to love or war. Which do you prefer? And what are you doing to get there?
When a person achieves fame and then handles it by resorting to drugs and alcohol in prodigious amounts, they’re actively trying to
There are people who have seen doz… of Bruce Springsteen concerts They travel the world, even, To experience the joy and exuberan… That no other performing artist ca…
Attending Catholic schools as I did for 13 years instills certain ideas into a pers… The nuns and lay teachers assigned us all a Conduct grade
“Obrigado” is All the Portuguese I know But it is enough. I might never come back here But I’ll sure jump at the chance.
Ellos no conocen la fria de Chica… It’s chilly at night in early Oct… Really cold weather has yet to arr… Those who haven’t experienced a M… are in for an unpleasant shock whe…
