Ill purgatorio
TONY “Remember that guy, the one who was missing his marbles, you know, the guy we talked about on the blog a few months back?” PHILIP “The one with the scraggly brown beard and the hair? He’s doesn’t...
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TONY “OK, so you know the guy who ratted me out the other day, I mean with those tickets I got?” So I forgot to tell you that he’d already come and told me he was going to report me to the cops. So...
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This exchange is from sometime before Christmas, though I don’t know which year. The Arthur Rachman painting above reminds me of one of the most unbelievable of Tony’s many unbelievable experiences:...
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PHILIP “What do you remember about being a kid?” TONY “I was a fun kid, you know. I had friends and I had a good lot of them. Things were different then.” PHILIP “You’ve still got lots of friends …”...
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TONY “Didn’t your mother teach you to excuse yourself when you burped and there were other folks there?” PHILIP “Maybe, what’s it to you?” TONY “Just checking. “ PHILIP “All right, she did.” TONY “So...
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