Love this. My great-aunt sold silk "neckties" by Park St station which helped send her son to college.

I also got the impression in school that antisemitism was a 1930-40ss Nazi thing. However, it's ancient. That and its persistence now is so shocking

Nick Hornby called him "England's unofficial poet laureate" in Spin which was a big deal! Well, to me - a dedicated Spin reader pre-internet/substack.

I have a 100lb dog and there is nothing more scary than having an off-leash dog running at him. If he freaks out, he can 100% knock me down and then whatever happens will be his fault.

Ugh, yeah it's sad. My dad is 82 now and has been retired for a long time, but he definitely had stories. He was a Watertown cop from the early 70's into the late 90s, nearly 30 years.