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Chris Z
Bio
My opinion column garnered more reader responses than any other contributor in the paper's 40-year run. As a stand-up comic, I performed in 16 countries & 26 states. I've written 2 one-man shows, umpteen poems, songs, essays & chronologies.
Stories (42/0)
Middle Age Lament '23
Middle Age Lament I turn 40 next month. I’m not old enough to remember where I was when JFK was shot, but I am old enough to recollect where I was when Mister Burns was shot. Decades removed from adolescence, I’ve embraced my mother’s sage, “You get what you get and you don’t get upset.” By 30, I was supposed to own my own home; At 40, I’m happy just to rent my own room in someone else’s.
By Chris Zabout a year ago in Confessions
Michael Caruso Was Different
Michael Caruso Was Different Mid-1980s West Fort Lauderdale was, by and large, a “God and Guns” jerkwater. My housing block ended where the Everglades began. Davie, a city not half an hour’s drive from my home, held Saturday morning streetside Klan coteries during daylight hours. At best, the biome was inconducive to intellectualism and/or independent thinking. At worst, it was downright inhospitable.
By Chris Z2 years ago in Confessions