by dave petraglia | Jun 10, 2017 | CULTURE, MUSIC |
(First published in FIVE:2:ONE – June 10, 2017) Soon after, I married my girlfriend, Lottie, the daughter of Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin. Her given name was Charlotte. She’s Lottie Dorito now, accepting without hesitation my new surname. To me, she’s ‘Charie’....
by dave petraglia | Dec 22, 2016 | EVOLUTION |
(First published in The Coffeelicious – 11/21/2016) Scientists have isolated the gene that controls purring in cats, and are awaiting approval to transplant it into dogs. They’re at work on the litter pan thing as well, but for now the headline is: dogs will...
by dave petraglia | Dec 9, 2016 | CULTURE, TELEVISION |
(First published in Chicago Literati – December 9, 2016) They’re called ‘existential threats’. Who’s more qualified to report on them but an existentialist? Here the seminal French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre translates the TV weatherman’s clichés that they...
by dave petraglia | Dec 9, 2016 | CULTURE, MEDICINE |
( “The EpiPens We Didn’t Know We Needed”, first published in Crack the Spine – Issue 204 – December 9, 2016) SchlepiPen is used by either spouse to inject a dose of sanity into a partner insisting upon bringing all luggage on vacation as...
by dave petraglia | Dec 5, 2016 | PERSONALITIES, POLITICS |
(From a interview of Donald Trump consisting of Robert De Niro’s on and off-screen quotes, held at the offices of The Tribeca Citizen in Lower Manhattan. First published in The Coffeelicious – December 4, 2016)) President: “Are you talking to me? The guy who...
