Tag: Whitestone
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Don’t Be Scared, Darlin’
Louis Byron Perryman lived and unfortunately, died in Texas. Born in Cooke County on August 15th, 1941, Lou, a character actor who famously spits and gets skinned alive by Leatherface in the most polarizing Texas Chainsaw Massacre film in the franchise. I’ve touched on my love of the sequel before so I won’t spend any…
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Low Fidelity
Dia dhuit! Whenever I’m traveling with my family I try to find a local record store, preferably a mom and pop establishment, and I’ll drop in and see what they have. I’m not a serous collector by any means, I don’t care what pressing it is, I simply want to reclaim a physical copy of…
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In the Beginning There was…
At the launch of all of this madness God had a busy first week, he was overworked, rightfully so, after creating light, dry land, and the sun was no picnic, don’t even broach the topic of the moon and the stars, he won’t have any of it. And then came the biggest pain in the…
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4/13/24
First post of the year, huh. I have been a little ghost lately, my bad, but I’ve been focusing all of my writing time to my fourth novel, Goodnight Nobody, and I have completed two full revisions. I have sealed the envelopes and am now ready to ship to five pairs of sharp eyes who…
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Photophobia
The last migraine I suffered before this weekend was on September 21st, I wouldn’t say I get them all the time, but more frequent than I would like. It is considered episodic, meaning it can last for hours and weeks or months can pass between attacks. My migraines appear out of fucking nowhere, a tinging…
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Rattle Some Chains or Something
A few weeks back I spent my Sunday afternoon painting more of our apartment, relishing a few pints of Guinness and listening to the Astonishing Legends podcast. The color I applied to my walls is called Cracked Pepper, and closely resembled the stout in my Mets pint glass. I yearn to live in an entirely…
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Skyline Terrace
In 1995 things were unstable in my household, and I was repeating the seventh grade, which means very little now but at the time was an issue, especially for some of my family members. if anything it was indicative of how much I applied myself to most things, outside of my friends and the park.…
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Random Ish
We were talking shit in a group chat, usually the chat is primarily comprised of shit talking and meme sharing, but sometimes once in a while actual chatting happens. The topic of discussion was Ice Cube. For one reason or another. I wanted to reply to my friend Cevallos with a gif. I searched “Are…
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DeWitt Clinton
A Whitestone staple turned off the oven and closed its doors on June 25th. If you grew up in my corner of Queens you’ve probably dined at The Clinton. The restaurant opened in 1939 at 9-17 Clintonville Street and had been operated by three generations of the Babich family up until last week. My Nana…
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