Kinda the opposite of the way so many recent AI-generated pitches purportedly from book marketing professionals have tried to butter me up.

“As for his output, you’re right—he’s not prolific in the traditional sense. His fiction is sporadic, and while The Accidental Terrorist is a compelling memoir, it didn’t launch a cascade of follow-ups.”

…and that mass shootings are off the charts among developed nations, and that we’re at greater peril from the internal enemies of progress, science, reason, and democracy than anything else? How about we read the names of all these other victims every year too?

Thank you so much! I can’t have too much coffee.

I will try that, though I suspect the street has changed a lot in 30 years. The old building might no longer even exist.

I'm pretty sure my building was on 5th Ave. Sit n Spin was definitely close by. I remember walking to the Crocodile, and I also remember seeing Barenaked Ladies at Under the Rail.

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Ha! Or by their 50s.