We're hoping if the dumpling-eating challenge is successful, ... it will make our event the premier dumpling-eating event in the read more

We're hoping if the dumpling-eating challenge is successful, ... it will make our event the premier dumpling-eating event in the New York area, sort of like what Coney Island is to Nathan's.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

I had to have this purse. It was shaped like a big saddle with stirrups and everything.

I had to have this purse. It was shaped like a big saddle with stirrups and everything.

It's not just a rinky-dink street-fest lineup.

It's not just a rinky-dink street-fest lineup.

Perhaps the hallmark of the year appeared to be a realization that we can't let transportation deteriorate any further.

Perhaps the hallmark of the year appeared to be a realization that we can't let transportation deteriorate any further.

The reality of our communities reflects that in the loss of population, the loss of jobs. They [legislators] don't know read more

The reality of our communities reflects that in the loss of population, the loss of jobs. They [legislators] don't know what's happening in Buffalo or Rochester or Binghamton.

They sort of made a point of that, which I thought was right,

They sort of made a point of that, which I thought was right,

When the opportunity was there I felt it and went for it. I tipped him and threw the legs at read more

When the opportunity was there I felt it and went for it. I tipped him and threw the legs at the end and finished it.

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction