Category: Real Sh*t
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Willy’s Tale William J. Guldy Jr. July 18, 1938 – June 23, 2024 Hold the Jameson and pass the tissues, please. My friend and mentor, William J. “Uncle Willy” Guldy Jr., a truly unique legend in the post-Woodstock music scene, passed away 10 days ago. It took me five to stop weeping. The expression, “words…
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Or, My Six Months a Rock Star If you didn’t know, the formal definition of Rumspringa is “a rite of passage during (male) adolescence, used in some Amish communities.” (Wikipedia elaborates here.) For these young men, Rumspringa normally begins at age 16 and ends between ages 17 and 21, when they choose either to be baptized in the Amish church or to leave…
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Life in our jail dorm wasn’t always Scrabble and coffee balls (singly-wrapped doses of instant coffee, creamer and sugar twin, available to “buy” for one ramen soup, or two the night before commissary.) As incarcerated individuals we did our best to stay active and upbeat, but there was always a lingering air of discontent, especially…
Behold, Happy Is The Man 