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Chasing Bowie

A long time ago, I didn’t know who David Bowie was.  I was young, foolish, and in 8th grade.  Without a drivers license, and desperate to “spread my wings,” I learned how to navigate the subway system.  Now all of Boston was at my disposal, and I slowly mastered the city.  My favorite place was a poster / merch shop called “Stairway to Heaven.”  Incidentally...

Where is David Bowie?

Without going on and on and on about how last night’s Closing Ceremonies, what seemed oddest to me was the attention lavished on David Bowie.  Don’t get me wrong, I love the guy.  But where has he been lately?  There’s no mentions of him in the press, no albums to promote, no tour dates, not even a TMZ style “hey-look-who-we-just-bumped-into-getting-dinner-at-Mr...

The Death of Idealism

Lately, as we march deeper into the nastiness of recession, I’ve seen those whom I consider good people become less than honorable. The fear of many things -mostly financial- has whittled away their sense of idealism, decency, and simple tact. And this ultimate loss of idealism, in all honesty, reduces me to tears and raises me to absolute rage. To my colleagues – we are all, with...

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