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My Wife And I Both Come From Irish Families. There Are Two Kinds Of Irish Families: The Hitting Kind And The Kidding Kind. If You're Fortunate - And Both Of Us Are - You Come From The Kidding Kind Of Irish Family.

I'm Old Enough To Remember When The Air Over American Cities Was A Lot Dirtier Than It Is Now. You've Probably Never Woken Up Early On A Winter Morning To The Acid Stink Of Coal Smoke In The Air, Which Was Everywhere When I Was A Little Kid. My Grade School Was Heated With Coal. Not Only Was Coal Used To Generate Electricity, It Was Without Any Scrubbers In The Stacks.

You Can't Get Something For Nothing. Everybody Remembers This Except Politicians.

Long Conversations With Pals When Neither You Nor They Have Had A Drink Can Be A Test Of Palship.

I Write Because I Like To Make Things And The Only Things I Am Good At Making Things With Are Words.