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I was offered
significantly
more money
than
the $20
I received from
Joan Rivers
BUT
stupidly said
no
__________
______
Mega-stupidly,
the recipient of
my negativity
turned out to be
__________
______
The primary reason
I post this 1980 document
has to do with
my highlighted address:
It was the last
of 3 homes
I owned
on
Long Island
but no siblings
or parents
owned
a share
Otherwise
the price of admission
would not have been
quality drugs
or
Tequila
__________
______
I was both
a landlord
+
a substitute teacher
at that time
but
countless people
were "educated"
by me
in the comfort
of the house
whose address was
5 Orient Hill
and payment
was most likely
non-denominational
______
______
______
One absolute certainty:
a Sound Beach
resident
named
"Stevie B'
learned
a bucketful of
God-Knows-What
at
that location
__________
______
In the year
2026,
"Stevie"
is a
NEW YORK TIMES
puzzle maestro,
enlightening
people
on that newspaper's
second-most popular puzzle
(out of ≈50)
It is the
It is the puzzle
whose primary reference
is a
4th Grade
Flunk + Wagnalls
Dictionary
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ReplyDeleteWhy such an abrupt ending?
The plain and simple reason is PARANOIA:
ReplyDeleteIf the NY Times took objection to
the "Flunk + Wagnalls" reference
and cut-off my access to Spelling Bee,
I might require a holding cell
to control my reaction
(If they also cut me off from WORDLE,
that could prove deadly for the man
who lives at the vanguard
of the wandering Sudokites
-Oliverio