Call for Jersey Devil to police New Jersey roadways
A picaresque crank rant urges revival of the Jersey Devil to curb public urination and littering on Atlantic City Expressway and Garden State Parkway. The writer scapegoats drivers and calls for Pine Barrens folklore to deter indecent exposure, proposing Mulligan in Vineland as a summoner of the Pine Barrens creature.
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Atlantic City Expressway
Garden State Parkway
New Jersey
Pine Barrens
Mulligan
The Door Is Always Open Eight Years On
A parent reflects on the revolving door of children returning home, each greeting and goodbye shaping family life. The piece contrasts memories of a chaotic, loving household with the ache of inevitable change and unsent wisdom, ending in gratitude for those years.
Boy in wheel chair finds courage and aims for law
Patrick McCurdy, paralyzed in 1980, recounts his long road from a Delmarva accident to Loyola College student life. He describes mobility limits, daily help from friends, and a plan for law school to champion disability rights, while reacting to the Zsa Zsa Gabor controversy and asserting dignity for all in wheelchairs.
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Brotherly Love
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Gabor
Philadelphia
Maryland Rehabilition Center
Patrick McCurdy
Zsa Zsa
Loyola High School
Bethany Beach
Del
McC
McCurdy
Baltimore
New York
Baltimore City
Loyola
Loyola College
Various Odd Facts and Quotations from a Fragmented Page
A collage of quirky quotes and observations spans topics from postal disinfection myths to Polynesian boat thefts, Latin roots of test words, ancient oath rituals, telegraph speed, vanity quotes, and Phoenix garbage law. It ends with a surreal note about hungry foragers and swans barking.
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Rome
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The
Jersey Devil
West
Himalayas
Woods
Wildwood Crest
Sam
Alfons
Fred
BY Erma Bombeck
Berry’s
Yasser Arafat
By Matt Seiden
L.M. Boyd
U.S
Tonga
Samoa
Fiji
Leonard Lauder
Phoenix
Ariz
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