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"You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it."
- Art Buchwald

I bet you don't have a friend who's an acupuncturist

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A Christmas story. On his blog, Mark Evanier points to a 1999 post about Mel Tormé that gets more hits than any other on his site. Go read it and you'll see why. It's a great story.

I have witnessed a number of thrilling "show business" moments — those incidents, far and few between, where all the little hairs on your epidermis snap to attention and tingle with joy. Usually, these occur on a screen or stage. I hadn't expected to experience one next to a falafel stand — but I did.

If you're curious to read more about him, here's his Wikipedia biography.

Labels: Christmas, Mel Tormé

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