The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that Richard A. Poplawski, the accused killer of three local police officers, is in solitary confinement for his own protection. He sees no one but his lawyer and is allowed no reading material. Nada. Zero. Zip. Not even the Bible…
I’m not a novelist. I’m a very short story writer. But the traditional advice given to aspiring novelists about getting that first draft done is also good advice for flash fiction writers: Write something every day…
It’s an overcast 54 degree day in Pittsburgh. Later this month, on the 26th, student activities at Carnegie Mellon University here in Pittsburgh will be screening the hard-core porn film, “The New Devil in Miss Jones” on campus. Pornography is becoming mainstream. It’s free on the Internet. Sex is everywhere.
Even my own niece is a “Webcam Stripper.” She makes a good living at it. She attends one of the branch campuses of Penn State. Her name is Brianna Frost. You can google her. Maybe one day she’ll give the Gazette an interview.
She and I don’t keep in touch.
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