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The Inseide Dope, by Bob Seidenstein

Clean and Green

When I was in my 30s, given the arrogance of Youth, I thought all the good things in my life would last forever, the bad things would be gone as soon as they came, and I had an infinite amount of time left. As I said, arrogant. Now, 40-plus years later, my attitude has changed more than a ...

Three sheets — not to the wind

Did you ever want to organize an event, but didn’t because you thought you lacked the necessary skills? Well, if you thought that way and still do, it’s time to quit! Just keep reading to find out how you too can be an impresario. First, let’s get something straight: It doesn’t ...

The Dope and the Temple of Doom

Luck. What is it? Does it even exist? I always believed it did, till in a philosophy class the prof claimed there was no such thing — at least no specific, discrete, provable thing. “So you just said what it isn’t,” I said. “Now how about telling me what it ...

Flipped out

(An explanatory note: In this column I refer to iPhones, but that’s only as an example. I realize there are all sorts of other phones like that — as opposed to flip phones — I just didn’t want to clog up my writing any more than it already is.) In many ways my brother is my polar ...

Thems what lead least, leads best

Feb. 10 marks two anniversaries of note. One, in 1837, was the day Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and playwright, proved the pen is not mightier than the sword. He did it in the most obvious and ironic way, by getting killed in a duel over his wife’s honor. I don’t know how much ...

Flying by the seat of your pants — if you’re wearing ‘em

So Carnival ‘24 kicked off on Friday with the Coronation giving us King Ricky and Queen Liz. Also on Friday I read that some CIA employee got sentenced 40 years for leaking scads and oodles of classified files to WikiLeaks. And what, you ask, does that have to do with SL’s Winter ...