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"For some time, as I have been writing these pieces, ideas have been coming to me in the early morning while I am half asleep. The idea that occurred to me this morning was to describe the people and events I can still remember from my time in the…

"Remember all those ads for toothpaste, mouthwashes, lozenges, mints, sprays and gum, designed to scare people about bad breath?"

Draft of "#101 CARS"

"Today is December 22, 2015."

"When Sylvia and I separated in 1972, I was dejected, depressed, despondent, downcast, discouraged, disheartened, distraught."

See also: "Untitled" (2009)

"The Bostoner Rebbe, the first American born Hasidic Rebbe, died Saturday, December 5, 2009, and it got me to thinking..."

"I abhor waste. I am troubled by a society that is driven by built-in obsolescence."

"It was June 1952. The original plan--for Sylvia and me, together with our friends Sid and Barbara, to learn how to drive, buy a car and travel across the country during the summer--was scrapped."

"Skimming a review in the New Yorker of Elizabeth Gilbert’s book 'Committed,' about her marriage, got me to thinking (again) about mine."

"Fran keeps telling me to 'talk to my children about money.'"
(See also: "Money and Misunderstanding" [2012])