Recent content by G. Fink-Nottle

I am currently reading "We Are Doomed" by John Derbyshire, a man who sees the glass not half-empty but three quarters-empty.

Music - Sinatra Lighting - Dim Drinks - Scotch, Guinness

There is just something about Linus waiting in that sincerest of pumpkin patches that makes me tune in. I know what's going to happen, but I watch in case The Great Pumpkin actually appears.

I miss New York. So, I'd have the following brought in daily: Pizza from Totonno in Coney Island Deep-fried hot dogs from Hiram's in Fort Lee, NJ Brooklyn Local 2 ale

I bought two copies at the new B&N on 46th & Fifth (Store # 2234). It is on display with GQ, Best Life, et al. in the magazine section. It is also located on a rack along the checkout line. BTW, the Magazine is FANTASTIC! I gave one copy to my secretary who is now looking for a fedora for...

While I like the second photo better than the first, I don't think that year-round hot weather would be too good for our ideal town. I do see this town as kind of a Bedford Falls with snow at Christmas and skating on the town pond. When not running the Water Department, I'd like to run a...

As your Water Commissioner, I will ensure that there are no eels in the water supply. I was also thinking about parades. We''ll need to have one for Decoration Day as well as festivities on The Fourth of July.

Then, we'll need a town drunk who sleeps it off in one of the two cells at the courthouse.

A few Spanish-American War Vets would make perfect crusty local characters.

Yes, with a small pond to reflect the moonlight. The drug store/soda fountain needs a wooden telephone booth and a good supply of comic books.

I am a huge OTR fan and would love to see more radio discussions. Capital idea!

I'd like to be the town Water Commissioner just like Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve. We'd need a police department, a fire department, garbagemen and a school system. A drug store/soda fountain would also be nice. I'd also like to see an independent department store.

Any summer Sunday in the late 1930s. I could bicycle over to Floyd Bennett Field and watch the planes take off in the morning. In the afternoon, I could catch the subway to Ebbets Field and watch the Dodgers play (and probably lose). At night, I could sit in the living room next to the RCA...

G-Man.

BK, Great photo. Great Suits - even Hoare's! BTW, is Hoare wearing suede shoes in that photo?