Mickey Z

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Friday, September 05, 2008

White House haiku, health nuts, and the usual self-promotion

(This is how I roll)

September is often a time for redemption. The carefree days of summer are over, school is back in session and, of course, many Americans decide now is the ideal time to get themselves back into shape. Go ahead: Get more active, pay close attention to what you eat and perhaps eschew many of the toxic habits considered “normal” in this coast-to-coast mall. But consider yourself warned. Too much chatter about stepping up and taking responsibility for one’s own mental and physical fitness just might get you labeled a “health nut.”

You see, human beings can eat junk food till their arteries scream for mercy without ever running the risk of being called a “disease nut.” However, frequent use of words like “organic,” “natural,” or “vegetarian” will send up a red flag in the USA.

Read the full article here

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Presidential poetry

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Event Alert:

The folks at BuzzerThirty have asked me to participate in a reading at Waltz-Astoria Café on:

Thursday, September 11
8:00 pm

Also scheduled to appear:
Singer-songwriter Val Turner
Poet Eliot Katz

The date is 9/11 but the event is not directly related. However, when I was asked, the request came with this proviso: “I figured you might offer an interesting perspective on the anniversary.” (So much for me reading a perverted excerpt from my novel, huh?)

Note: My presentation will not be the same as in my recent talks

Please save the date and/or spread the word far and wide

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Mickey Z. on YouTube:

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Posted by Mickey Z on 09/05 at 05:14 AM
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Not all jokes are funny (lol)

Okay, here’s an unfunny joke:

A nun, a pimp, and a giraffe walk into a bar.
The bartender sez: “We don’t serve gorillas here”
The bar explodes.
Then Jesus marries Oprah.

Here’s another kind of unfunny joke:

“Knock, knock”
“Who’s there?”
“Sweatshop”
“Sweatshop who?”
“Wal-Mart”

Who’s got an unfunny or nonsense joke for us?

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Haiku headline

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Event Alert:

The folks at BuzzerThirty have asked me to participate in a reading at Waltz-Astoria Café on:

Thursday, September 11
8:00 pm

Also scheduled to appear:
Singer-songwriter Val Turner
Poet Eliot Katz

Note: My presentation will not be the same as in my recent talks

Please save the date and/or spread the word far and wide

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Mickey Z. on YouTube:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

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Order my brand new novel, CPR for Dummies, here
Like what you see on this blog? Then please make a donation

Posted by Mickey Z on 09/03 at 04:00 AM
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Monday, September 01, 2008

That time of year again: Labor Day, back to school, etc.

We don’t need no education...

Plus, one final summer blast from my not-so-recent past:

Keeping the “Labor” in Labor Day

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In case you were wondering why Jimmy Carter didn’t speak at the Democratic Convention

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Subway poem

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(More cartoons here)

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Event Alert:

The folks at BuzzerThirty have asked me to participate in a reading at Waltz-Astoria Café on:

Thursday, September 11
8:00 pm

Also scheduled to appear:
Singer-songwriter Val Turner
Poet Eliot Katz

Note: My presentation will not be the same as in my recent talks

Please save the date and/or spread the word far and wide

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Mickey Z. on YouTube:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

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Order my brand new novel, CPR for Dummies, here
Like what you see on this blog? Then please make a donation

Posted by Mickey Z on 09/01 at 05:48 AM
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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Astoria News

In response to a recent attack that took place at Carmen’s Place—a local shelter for homeless LGBT youth—Astorians United Against Hate Crimes have organized a March Against Hate on Sunday, Sept. 7.

Meet at Athens Park (30th Ave. and 30th St.) at 1:00 pm and march down 30th Ave. to Carmen’s Place at 31-14 Steinway St.

Directions: Take the N train to the 30th Ave. stop & walk one block west (note: there is no W train on weekends]

For more info, contact Marisa Ragonese, Program Director of Generation Q:
718-204-5955
mragonese@queenscommunityhouse.org

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Astoria neighborhood poem