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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
- Mar 3, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 6 min
“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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2016
- 2 min
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, 2016
- 4 min
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, 2016
- 4 min
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, 2015
- 5 min
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, 2014
- 3 min
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, 2014
- 7 min
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, 2013
- 3 min
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, 2013
- 8 min
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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Inflexible Dynamo
- Aug 13, 2013
- 3 min
Names. Ehh.
It's confession time: I'm shitty with names. I am. I apologize for it; I don't know why this is. Faces I'm great with; I can remember a...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Jun 21, 2013
- 4 min
"I Hate Going Anywhere With You."
I hear that every so often. I also hear: “Mr. Crankypants”; or, “Well, fine, but *I* liked it.” And my favorite: “Someone needs a nap.”...
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