My Robin Trower Back Story I was working in the Queensboro Public Library, Forest Hills Branch (Queens, NYC) in the summer of 1980 in a college summer job I landed with the NYC government. It […]
An overview of Jersey City, New Jersey, by Rich Sheppard — from several years ago: Rich Sheppard = the greatest evangelist Jersey City, New Jersey has ever had. Rich unexpectedly passed away on Thursday, October […]
By Rich Sheppard Jersey City – March 18, 2007: Gimberts, a century-plus-old bar in a tough corner of Tufftown Jersey City shut its doors for good on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, 2007. I was […]
Part 4 in a Series — Part 1 is here by A Tortured Redemptionist Sunday, August 5, 2007 – Midnight I’m becoming intimately familiar with the southernmost 2-3 (4?) miles of Manhattan Island, one of […]
Part 3 in a Series — Part 1 is here by A Tortured Redemptionist Wednesday, May 23, 2007 – Midnight New York at night, New York at day. New York in the morning, at noon, […]
Part 2 in a Series — Part 1 is here by A Tortured Redemptionist Monday, April 23, 2007 – Midnight What a difference a week makes, weather-wise. Last weekend, 7.5 inches of rain drenched most […]
The First in a Series By A Tortured Redemptionist Redemption does not follow from a lack of resources. Not having the means to sate your temptations might prevent you from falling to them. That’s “temporary” […]
While Ben didn’t listen, Ray Confer did & built Confer Plastics in North Tonawanda NY; along the way inventing: the living hinge (used on millions of tool cases), and the flexible fuel funnel (found in […]
I was working at Unisys in the early nineties when the cold war ended and the “Ill Wind” scandal hit at the same time, causing Unisys to shed jobs at its Great Neck, Long Island […]
Never declare victory until the war is won; the final battle, over. I’ve been fighting a personal battle with the poison ivy in my backyard for the last 5 years, almost as long as the […]
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