Tag Archives: humor

The Last Stale Doughnut

Posted on November 30, 2013 by xaviertrevino

I had to work on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. I’ve done it before, mind you; when I was the day man I would come in at 7am and watch the marching bands get disgorged in front of the building and prepare … Continue reading →

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Tomato Season

Posted on November 16, 2013 by xaviertrevino

As you all know, or maybe you don’t know, if you are young or not into tomatoes, tomato season is over. When I was a kid, my mom always made salads, and insisted we eat the salad. Her salads were … Continue reading →

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Smile

Posted on November 12, 2013 by xaviertrevino

                                                                          Part of my … Continue reading →

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I Voted!

Posted on November 9, 2013 by xaviertrevino

  When I was a senior in high school, at the incomparable Brooklyn Tech, our senior class President Mitch Palin was registering kids to vote for the next presidential election. This was going to be the 1972 election, and the … Continue reading →

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The Name Game

Posted on November 5, 2013 by xaviertrevino

                                                          When I was a kid there was a guy in the … Continue reading →

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The $125 Tie From Barneys

Posted on November 2, 2013 by xaviertrevino

  The recent headlines about racial profiling at Barneys and Macy’s made me think about my own experience with Barneys, I’ve never had any problem with Macy’s, I don’t even go there anymore except when I need new socks or … Continue reading →

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The Pecking Order

Posted on October 22, 2013 by xaviertrevino

Yesterday morning on my way to do the laundry I encountered the usual bunch of women and their children waiting for the Children’s dental Center next door to open. They line up according to who gets there first, but sometimes … Continue reading →

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The 400 Plastic Tomatoes

Posted on October 12, 2013 by xaviertrevino

  For the past six years I have lived with 400 plastic tomatoes that came all the way from China. On occasion, I’ve had to transport them, or at least part of them, most notably on an airplane trip from … Continue reading →

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Consequences

Posted on October 8, 2013 by xaviertrevino

  We are buying a house, Danusia and I. I guess we are “in contract”, as it is called. We have pre-approval for the mortgage, I downloaded the contract, have an appointment with a lawyer from the union, we’ve made … Continue reading →

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Realty Bites

Posted on October 5, 2013 by xaviertrevino

  My friend Maggie Estep recently posted a couple of items about becoming a real estate agent, and I posted something about her having to learn to “lie real good.” She wrote back that that was in the 90’s. Yesterday … Continue reading →

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