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When recently moving my home office, I found a shoebox containing a couple dozen cassette tapes of JFK interviews I had done over the years. As I nostalgically sifted those relics of 20th century technology, I found myself looking at a plastic box labelled “Marina Oswald Porter.” And I recalled s… ncG1vNJzZmiilqCzoq%2FTrGWsrZKowaKvymeaqKVfpXyrsspmnZqbpKh6psTCpaysoaaaeq6t0aKlmmWfqMSiuMM%3D

Situated on the northwest coast of Staten Island, Mariners Harbor earned its name from the flurry of nautical activity that accompanied the plentiful oyster harvesting opportunities found just off its shore. Long before Nathan’s Hot Dogs, 99-cent slices, and cronuts, the quintessential New York food was the oyster, and in the 1800s the average New Yorker was eating over 600 of them per year. The oyster craze wasn’t just limited to New York, as evidenced in Herbert Byng Hall’s paean to the briny mollusk in his seminal 1842 treatise,  The Oyster: Where, How, and When to Find, Breed, Cook, and Eat It.

Mark Langston called the Mariners organization home for most of the 1980s, a thoroughly depressing way to spend that decade. He was drafted in 1981, made his major league debut in 1984, and escaped when he was traded to the Montreal Expos in 1989 for a guy named Randy Johnson. Incidentally, while with the Mariners, Langston was in a band that foreshadowed his eventually trade called The Johnsons. Formed in 1986, The Johnsons included Mariners pitchers Jerry Reed, Pete Ladd, and Matt Young, and strength and conditioning coach Peter Schmock.

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedfor Ros Krauss Tell yourself as it gets cold and gray falls from the air that you will go on walking, hearing the same tune no matter where you find yourself— inside the dome of dark or under the cracking white of the moon's gaze in a valley of snow. Tonight as it gets cold tell yourself what you know which is nothing but the tune your bones play as you keep going.

A few weeks ago, I kept reading posts on Twitter that included top ten lists of “how to live your best life” that invariably included the suggestion to marry well. Every time I read that imperative, my heart sank and it took me back to the bitter few years I lived in my early 30s when I thought I was in love and married a guy that was all wrong for me and for whom I was all wrong.

Issue No 47. Subscribers 7265.  Featuring insights from the President of the Mars Society and a Mars planetary scientist. In our extensive coverage of Mars exploration, we have delved into various aspects, including the obstacles hindering its realization, the design ofMartian habitation modules, and even contemplated the significance of Mars exploration in the advancement of mankind as a biological species. By the way, we have a separate article on robots in space.

We knew that Mars Williams was very sick. Fellow Chicago reedist Dave Rempis organized a fundraiser to help him cover the excessive costs of cancer treatment back in April, but I couldn’t help but feel a sense of hope when I saw that Mars had returned to the stage—the place he clearly felt most at home—this past summer, joining his bandmates in the Psychedelic Furs on the road. But then a friend told me that the treatments had actually been fruitless, so Williams decided he'd rather spend his final days blowing his horn rather than lying in bed.

You should. He's martial royalty. I’ve known Richard for decades. He is a true martial artist and, more importantly, a student of the arts. Many from the martial art community know of him from his stunt work (he's worked with everyone from Jackie Chan to Tom Hardy, to Chuck Norris). He's also worked as a bodyguard to the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and many other greats. Check out this pic of him and Stevie Nicks!

Marty Cooper, San Diego, July 10, 2023It’s been 51 years since the invention of the cell phone and it’s transformed our lives. Let me introduce you to its inventor, Martin Cooper. The Future of Attention is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a… ncG1vNJzZmifnKS%2Fqq3MmqmkZqOqr7TAwJyiZ5ufonyxe8yaqa2hnmKwsLvPnqlmp55itq%2FCxKeroqaXYsGpsYycnKWk