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About xaviertrevino

I like to write, take things apart and put them back together. Also our cat Snookie, turtles, and my lovely wife Danusia.

ENOUGH OF THAT

Posted on May 24, 2014 by xaviertrevino

  I finally got my severance check last week, on the 16th. I got the call from my union rep, Donavan, that he’d received the check and to come to the union offices to pick it up. I picked it … Continue reading →

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HAPPY FLEET WEEK!

Posted on May 20, 2014 by xaviertrevino

    Tomorrow is the first day of Fleet Week 2014 in NYC, and the first Fleet Week in two years. WELCOME BACK SAILORS! The first Fleet week I ever went to was in 1990, and I got to visit … Continue reading →

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THEM!

Posted on May 17, 2014 by xaviertrevino

  As soon as it started getting warm six or so weeks ago we started seeing our old friends, the ants. I don’t know why they don’t come around in the winter, maybe they hibernate or something. But as soon … Continue reading →

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SANTA FE TRAIL

Posted on May 13, 2014 by xaviertrevino

  I’ve been spending a lot of time looking through old photos, now that I’ve got the time to do it, and I’ve been scanning them into my computer. I found these, the ones I’m posting today, and they are … Continue reading →

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A MOTHER’S DAY THING

Posted on May 10, 2014 by xaviertrevino

    I did some work for a friend in Crown Heights today, and riding the bus back from St. Marks Avenue I saw an interesting thing. Somewhere right before Fulton Street a very pretty late-middle aged woman got on … Continue reading →

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THANKS FOR YOUR TIME (And Love)

Posted on May 6, 2014 by xaviertrevino

    Yesterday the 5th would have been my dad’s 102nd birthday, had he lived another five years. It also would have been my 30th wedding anniversary, had I remained married to my first wife Kathy for the another 14 years. … Continue reading →

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CINCO DE MAYO

Posted on May 4, 2014 by xaviertrevino

  Tomorrow would have been my dad’s 102nd birthday. He died August 10th, 2009 at the age of 97. I remember thinking year after year how when he reached 100 I was going to send his picture in to Willard … Continue reading →

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EXTREME PREJUDICE

Posted on April 29, 2014 by xaviertrevino

  Today I went to the Realty Adjudication Board to meet with my union rep and FINALLY settle the matter of my being terminated from my job at 144 West 86th Street. The word terminated has some serious connotations, and … Continue reading →

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GO, JOHNNY, GO GO GO

Posted on April 26, 2014 by xaviertrevino

  John Genzale, AKA Johnny Thunders died 23 years ago on April 23,1991. I read about it in the Village Voice, a few days after it happened. I don’t even know if it made the New York papers, as it … Continue reading →

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WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT

Posted on April 22, 2014 by xaviertrevino

              I was going to call this post psychotherapy but there’s already a Ramones song called that. Then I remembered an incident in the lobby at the building I got fired from, where there … Continue reading →

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