Paul Attinello

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  • You May Have Won

    Well that’s odd. After mentioning answering Winning Lottery spam e-mails yesterday, I keep receiving them today – the spammers couldn’t possibly be reading this, could they?…. Or perhaps there’s a truly amazing new generation of bots – ah, the development of technology. Either way, I’m wondering about the repercussions of public exposure. Yet again….

  • South

    Tonight’s pasta: conichiglie, with chopped-up anchovies melted in olive oil, and roasted tomatoes, and capers, and a can of tuna (that was possibly overkill) and lots of black pepper. It’s got a bit of a kick – hmm, no lack of anchovy flavor…. I would love to live in Italy, or Spain, or Greece. A…

  • Changeable

    The weather is changeable, and… so am I. (Hmm, another version of a phrase I’ve used before.) Chilly but bright autumn days; then dark gray days that move into winter. And I’m similar – I did finish editing the three articles; a mixture of satisfaction and mild frustration (the third article is from ten years…

  • Touched by trendiness

    For some obscure reason, tonight I remembered being friends (acquaintances? – at least she seemed to think I was amusing for a time) with a gorgeous, extremely chic, rather wild, very sexy party girl of the highest order, while living in Hong Kong. I can’t quite recall her name…. I’m the kind of person who…

  • The way it spozed to be

    Well, today I actually completed the editing on two articles of mine for publication – in addition to handling a number of e-mail requests with dispatch, and making a healthy breakfast (oatmeal with chopped apple and dried cranberries). And all without wearing myself out or staying up until four a.m. Doesn’t sound like much, does…

  • Dementia Poets

    From 1987 to 1992, I was part of an HIV+ writing workshop in Los Angeles run by the wonderful Terry Wolverton. My main partners in crime were Gil Cuadros (the most successful of the lot, who published his powerful poetry collection City of God with City Lights before he died in 1996), Kevin Martin, and…

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