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Flapjacks 8/26/11 Flapjacks 8/26/11 We don't need no education: The Americanization of Emily & one cool-rockin' daddy who laments that college has begun Read More
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Flapjacks 5/31/11 Flapjacks 5/31/11 Loving the little girl I met in a Romanian orphanage, a kid who changed my life, as she graduates from high school 16 years after becoming a Ghianni Read More
Flapjacks 5/16/11 Flapjacks 5/16/11 Damning cancer, praying for a miracle and bidding a loving farewell to Red Oak's finest, my friend, Uncle Moose Read More
Flapjacks 4/22/11 Flapjacks 4/22/11 Thinking about escaping to 'A Place to Come To' and visiting Robert Penn's ghost while Sparkplug serves us burgers Read More
Flapjacks 3/24/11 Flapjacks 3/24/11 Treasuring Magic moments at 1979 NCAA basketball tournament when Al McGuire & I defined the proper urinal-interview etiquette and I befriended Earvin Read More
Flapjacks 3/8/11 Flapjacks 3/8/11 On Mardi Gras, Fats Domino offers hope, pounding piano and friendship from a city I fell in love with when I killed Jesus in Lower 9th Read More
Flapjacks 2/26/11 Flapjacks 2/26/11 Night of neon, Shel memories, smiling with squeezebox queen and savoring Don Kelley & Dave Roe while young cowboy dreams Read More
Flapjacks 2/22/11 Flapjacks 2/22/11 Savage murders of teenagers, memories of friends past and lost and the April 1 miracle battle with fear inside the ferocious MRI tube Read More
Flapjacks 2/14/11 Flapjacks 2/14/11 Champo and Jocko: A tale of friendship, chasing the devil in pink long johns and bunny ears and, surprisingly, reaching age of replacement parts Read More
Flapjacks 2/1/11 Flapjacks 2/1/11 Life's lessons aren't always pleasant: A final conversation with a good newspaperman discarded after loyalty went unrewarded Read More
Flapjacks 1/15/11 Flapjacks 1/15/11 Retired fireman Neil Starke, 90, offers words of encouragement and kindness from the North Woods while vile cretins fan flames of hate Read More
Flapjacks 12/31/10 Flapjacks 12/31/10 Skipper and Rick Nelson help me say farewell to a difficult year that was no 'Garden Party' Read More
Flapjacks 12/22/10 Flapjacks 12/22/10 1982: Murders of children, trailer park rapes & blood-slick roads take holiday as News Brothers spread Christmas cheer and anger Big Guy Read More
