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Some years back my wife, Maura, and I were hit by lightning. Yes, at the same time. We do many things together. I'm writing about this...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Aug 3, 20206 min read
One Government Department That (Literally) Pulls Its Weight
I worked for the United States Postal Service for five years, as a substitute rural route carrier. During that time my colleagues and I...
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George Sapio
Mar 25, 20202 min read
Thoughts on a Hopeful Future.
In the happenstance that we somehow manage to survive this administration's blatant attacks on the people of the United States, let’s...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Mar 3, 20202 min read
Not for Nothing, But ...
...You will fail. You will fail a thousand times. Some of these failures will be astonishingly acute. You'll watch your colleagues...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Aug 14, 20192 min read
Mutual of Central Park's Wild Kingdom
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away... ...I was a photographer. I carried a Canon AE1 and spare rolls of film everywhere. Wanted...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Aug 3, 20191 min read
Genius.
Was reminded of this yesterday: A number of years ago I was delivering a folder of background reportage to the apartment home of a...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Jun 16, 20194 min read
The Coffee Table of Essential Reading, Part One
We live in troubled times. But as Sean Connery once opined, “The empire ish alwaysh in shome kind of peril,” a statement some folks may...
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Inflexible Dynamo
May 24, 20193 min read
The Best of Us (4)
The world is a much less bright and wonderful place today. My dear friend Camilla Schade, the very embodiment of loveliness and joy, left...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Jan 14, 20192 min read
Trimming the Tree
When it comes right down to it, it might just be nothing more complicated than age mixed with organic, unadulterated crankiness, a trait...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Sep 5, 20182 min read
Still Working This One Out...
Nike guilty of sweatshop employment practices for years, paying ~20 cents a day to workers working 60-70 hours a week to produce high-end...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Jul 8, 20186 min read
“Ehhhh, Mr. Sapio...this is Harlan Ellison. We need to talk.”
With I heard these words on my answering machine* I knew I was pipik-deep in serious shit. For those of you unacquainted with the legend...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Jan 28, 20183 min read
Life Lesson
Odd memory to surface: I was 14, parents were trying to get my father divorced from his estranged wife (1973, remember). I'm sitting in...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Sep 30, 20162 min read
Chin Up, Eyes Forward
The great miraculous bell of translucent ice is suspended in mid-air; It rings to announce endings and beginnings. And it rings because...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Apr 8, 20164 min read
It’s the White Privilege, Stupid.
So I'm in my tavern of choice, shooting a few games of pool with an acquaintance. There's a huge crowd filling the rest of the place, and...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Jan 17, 20164 min read
Shorter of Breath and One Day Closer.
David Bowie died a few days ago. Didn't know him personally, and (major regret) never saw him in concert. Loved a lot of his music. Lou...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Mar 23, 20155 min read
It's All Moot, Ya Know.
Okay, at the very first my reaction was “Really? What the hell is the point of asking, anyway?” Then I ruminated on it, cuddling the idea...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Jul 30, 20143 min read
Sour Apples
A year or so ago someone tipped over a coffee cup, soaking my 2009 MacBook Pro. I cleaned it up, but eventually the logic board fried. I...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Feb 21, 20147 min read
Rock, Loss, and What I Saw
Stuff gets left behind as you move through life. You can’t prevent it; the stuff you collect sometimes gets put aside, stored, relegated...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Dec 13, 20133 min read
No. It's Just Wrong.
I'm sure we could easily escalate this into something philosophically astronomic about the nature of capitalism and listen to the...
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Inflexible Dynamo
Aug 16, 20138 min read
Stupid is the New Black.
Okay, so maybe it’s not so new, but Stupid has been trendy-chic for, in this current mini-age, as I estimate, at least since Forrest Gump...
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