“Take yourself, for instance,” he went on saying. “Right now you don’t know whether you are coming or going. And that is so, because I have erased my personal history. I have, little by little, created a fog around me and my life. And now nobody knows for sure who I am or what I [...]
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If you’d like, you can read parts one, two, and three, before reading on. I always knew that my Grampa Mack was an amazing guy, but I don’t think I realized that he did the very things I have come to respect most: He didn’t settle for jobs that weren’t right for him, and when [...]
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The beginning of this story, told to me by my Dad, can be found here. The next part is right here. Mack had already married Mina by the time he hit his thirties, but they hadn’t had my father or my Aunt Joan yet. They were waiting for the Depression to end before having children. [...]
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The beginning of this story, told to me by my Dad, can be found here. After his resignation from the New York City Department of Welfare, Mack looked for a whole lot of different jobs. One job he took for awhile was building those ski-ball machines—working in a ski-ball machine factory. Another time, he got [...]
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My Dad told me this story. What you need to understand about Grampa Mack is that he was always pretty shy, but the man had principles. Growing up in New York City, he always felt compelled to rescue the underdog; he’d frequently jump into fights to rescue smaller kids being picked on, and whathaveyou. (For [...]
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My parents may have purchased me a wonderful floppy sun hat for my birthday, and I may be utterly delighted, and that might possibly have resulted in my using it for nefarious purposes!
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Daydream on Autopilot—the band that my little sister heads up—won their category in the Hollywood Music Awards last night. I don’t know much, but I know there were 30,000 entries and Em says red carpet photos are coming soon. Dude! How about that!? They were nominated for “Better Off Alone”, which is an amazing song—here’s [...]
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