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If you’ve read my book, Random Thoughts: A Writer’s Notebook, you know I was employed as a hospital orderly in Meriden, Connecticut, from mid-1972 to mid-1974. I worked the first shift, which was …

If you’ve read my …

If you’ve read my book, Random Thoughts: A Writer’s Notebook, you know I was employed as a hospital orderly in Meriden, Connecticut, from mid-1972 to mid-1974. I worked the first shift, which was 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. My duties consisted of lifting and transporting patients, taking bodies to the morgue, occasionally assisting with autopsies on those bodies, helping funeral directors remove those bodies and others from the morgue, and providing aid to nurses (all of whom were female in those dark, oppressively paternalistic, binary days) with manual tasks for which they didn’t have the s…

It’s a little-known fact that if the number of steps in your house — including the ones leading into the house — isn’t even, the house won’t be level. When I learned that, it freaked me out …

It’s a little-know…

It’s a little-known fact that if the number of steps in your house — including the ones leading into the house — isn’t even, the house won’t be level. When I learned that, it freaked me out to the point that I decided to count all the steps in and around our home. I counted the steps:Down to the basement From the basement out through the bulkhead Into the sunroom from the patio Up to the deck off our bedroom Up to the entrance to the breezeway between the garage and the house Down from the breezeway to the garage Up from the breezeway to my office Up to the front door.The total w…

Unless you came here from another planet, you’ve likely heard Michael Jackson’s song, “Billie Jean”, at some point in your life. Come to think of it, at least one person who came here from ano…

Unless you came here…

Unless you came here from another planet, you’ve likely heard Michael Jackson’s song, “Billie Jean”, at some point in your life. Come to think of it, at least one person who came here from another planet did hear the song. Superman had it played at his wedding to Lois Lane. And he did the moonwalk — on the actual moon! But I don’t want to get off track (no pun intended). During the recording sessions for Thriller, Michael Jackson (MJ) approached Quincy Jones (QJ), the producer, with an idea: MJ: I want to write a song called, “Jelly Bean.” QJ: Come again. MJ: Yeah. I want to wr…