Ghostbusting and Cigarettes
I had never seen Ghostbusters. It just didn’t seem like a big deal anymore. It’s an 80s movie. Wasn’t that the dark ages of American cinema? I got the references, … Continue reading
Wake up Call
Someone had it in for Macintyre. He had been thrust into a battlefield by forces he could not comprehend, possibly Martians. Worse still, his fellow soldiers were preventing him from … Continue reading
Lucky Language
When Hoa ran into a street sign on a bicycle, he had no idea he had just avoided a miserable, rainy, mud-covered death in the jungles of Vietnam. Instead, he … Continue reading
Born on Leap Year
Edward Matthews III appeared on the third page of the first ever issue of Sports Illustrated. The year was 1954. He was wearing a crewneck Princeton sweater and his arm … Continue reading
Carrying Things
Peter Sullivan carried a picture of his brother smoking a joint in Amsterdam. While the rest of us took our afternoon naps, sometimes I would look over and see him … Continue reading
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