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The Inseide Dope

Saranac Lake and the Great Frozen South

November 6, 2009

Since my parents came from New York City and we visited there several times a year, I knew almost from the get-go that My Home Town and the Rotten Apple were polar opposites. But I was clueless about everywhere else. For all I knew, everyone outside the city lived in a town just like mine. The first time it dawned on me how wrong I was happened when I was still in single digits. I was at a cousin’s house in the ’burbs (which I thought existed only around NYC) and some of his friends were hanging out with us. Somehow, the conversation turned to where I came from. Once I started to describe the Adirondacks I realized the kids weren’t tracking. As far as how far north it was, to them it might as well have been Hudson Bay. And when it came to our flora and fauna, they had no idea. Finally one of the kids asked, “So do you have bears there?” The answer was so obvious to me I didn’t know why he’d asked it. But I answered anyway. “Sure,” I said. “Of course.

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Frozen in roughly 4/4 time

October 30, 2009

As soon as I heard the announcement telling me to report to the principal’s office, I knew what it was for. Or more precisely, what it was not for: Since I’d been skipping band practice religiously, I knew some comeuppance was in store.

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On point

October 23, 2009

As a kid, I wanted a secret life. I knew I wasn’t in the same league as Batman, Superman and Green Arrow, so being a superhero was out of the question. Thus I settled on being a spy.

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A sad week for Hammerheads

October 16, 2009

A popular sport among people my age is called “Place the Blame.”

Place the blame for what, you ask? For everything you feel has gone wrong with your life, that’s what.

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Mousie-Tung and a battle of the sexes

October 9, 2009

It was a typical weeknight at La Casa Del Dopo. Brother Phineas the Pug Thug and I were on the couch — I correcting papers, he licking the Mousie-Tung.

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Car talk II: The James Brown School of Driving

October 2, 2009

It was Friday afternoon and I’d finished classes with my usual end-of-week ambivalence: tired from the grind, wired for the weekend.

Then when I started the car, I had another ambivalence, this one about things vehicula.

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Primary night in E-town
View from Mount Baker
Ski, Skate Sale @ Petrova School
Sheriff debate
Burned power pole
Bridge closure
 
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