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I am an insurance broker, healthcare consultant and political gadfly by day and a columnist for a small New England paper - the New Canaan, CT News Review by night. I try to combine a BA in literature with a warped mind that has been influenced by growing up with three brothers, raising 3 teenagers and reading the likes of David Sedaris, Woody Allen, Bill Bryson and Dave Barry. It is probably too late for me but perhaps after reading these Lessons Learned, it's not too late for you....Enjoy !
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Dude, Where's My Party ? - Disgusted with a Two Party Mess »
Posted by: 2 months, 1 week ago in Political Opinion
We need a third party in American politics ! ...and I cannot find their clubhouse !
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Confessions of a Blue Dog Insurance Gunfighter or How I Learned to Love The Managed Care Bomb »
Posted by: 3 months, 1 week ago in Political Opinion
In the old west, you called them " regulators" - hired guns brought in by the big ranchers to help sort " things out". I have worked every ...
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Under The Hood Or How I Got Shanked by A Manic Mechanic »
Posted by: 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Humor
It is the most unnerving sound in the world; the wheezing, asphyxiated gasps of a car in the process of having a seizure. "Click, Click ...
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The Killing of Michael Malloy–A True Story«Usturpin’s Blog »
Posted by: 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
It was a frigid January night in 1933 Bronx, and Tony Marino’s dingy speakeasy was a warm escape for those choosing to drink away ...
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Scent of An Imposter - How Cologne Did NOT Change My Life »
Posted by: 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Humor
"Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers ...
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A Guide To The Golden State«Usturpin’s Blog »
Posted by: 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Humor
An Alien's Guide To California - -"Understanding the Strange etiquette of the land of fruits and nuts
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Call of Duty 4 - Boy, Am I in Trouble »
Posted by: 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Humor
In the summer, I get in trouble interfering with the midsummer routines - playing Peter Pan with my kids - disrupting curfews, making food rns and co-opting ...
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The United States of Europe - Why Being Like Europe May Not Be Such A Bad Thing »
Posted by: 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Humor
In heaven, the police are British. The cooks are French. The engineers are German. The administrators are Swiss and the lovers Italian.
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DemoIndependican«Usturpin’s Blog »
Posted by: 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
It wasn’t until much later in life that I realized I had grown up in a house fashioned from most hardened political timber. Its ...
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The Man Who Invented Himself - Robert Capa, Combat Photojournalist »
Posted by: 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
The amazing story of combat photojournalist Bob Capa:
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Confessions of an Ipod Addict »
Posted by: 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Mr. Jobs understood all too well that music is a timeless addiction and it stirs in each of us a restless, irrational flutter of memories ...
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Is It A Shoe Decision - A True Holocaust Lesson »
Posted by: 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Family
A Holocaust survivor shares his litmus test for dealing with life's inconveniences - learned at Birkenau.
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To The Class of 2009 - Keeping It Real »
Posted by: 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Humor
“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught.” ~Oscar Wilde
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Mountain Man »
Posted by: 7 months ago in Humor
Some of us grow up in the wrong century and lead lives of quiet desperation. We long for a time when we could disappear into ...
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Centerfield »
Posted by: 7 months ago in Family
Well, beat the drum and hold the phone – the sun came out today!
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We’re born again, there’s new grass on the field.
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