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Ah, free stuff. The cornerstone of any good economy.
Last night, I marshalled my shit at the end of a long day of work and dragged a blanket and a thermos full of screwdrivers down to the Prudential’s South Lawn for an obnoxiously-sponsored, but ultimately free and enjoyable outdoor screening of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”.

Granted, the [...]

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Hey folks. JH back in the house.  Sorry for my long, unexcused absence, loyal reader, but I did have a couple of reasons for laying off…the broken ankle which developed blood clots which became pulmonary emboli chief among them.  But I’m back, and I have a few things on my mind these days.
Some of the [...]

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Wow. This is almost as good as the 9/11 Commemorative junk. I saw this on TV and thought I must have been dreaming. The DND Global Marketing Company saw an opportunity and damn it, they jumped on it. I think the reasoning went somethng like this:
1. People seem to like Barack Obama
2. When people like [...]

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Ouch. Last night hurt. All three Boston sports teams lost, and for one of them it was the end of their season. But why do I care?
See, fredders, I’m not from Boston. In fact, I’m not even from Massachusetts. I’m from New York. Now before you start pelting me with lids from steel garbage cans, [...]

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All right, all right. I know. We haven’t written much in a while. For that we apologize. Here at THF headquarters we’ve taken a break from posting, but we’re back. I’ve been sitting on a couple of posts, but won’t post them until this weekend. And with that out of the way……
Our own Jimmy Hoffa [...]

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So as the world economy spirals into nightmarish chaos, we here at THF are pondering the big issues.

I, like many stupid Americans, am fascinated by countdowns. I think it’s our competitive spirit that draws us to this pappy trash – more than any other culture, I think Americans just want to see something beat [...]

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Ladies and gentlemen, I have often thought I was above the “As Seen On TV” craze. I watch the late night infomercials and think: who would buy that junk? Well, I’ve fallen victim to Cutlery Corner. Cutlery Corner is all about selling ridiculous knives. And whenever I get a chance I watch, as the host, [...]

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Hey Fredders!
Well, it’s been an exciting week at THF studios. One of our chance readers, a gentleman by the name of Mike Hannus, happened across our old pal “The President”, in Boston Cab #9 - you know, the esteemed fellow who likes to educate his passengers about “Jubilee Status”?  You may remember reading about him [...]

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It’ll do strange things to a body.  For instance, I voluntarily watched half an episode of “ America’s Next Top Model.”  I don’t know why I did it, only that I needed something to break the monotony of eating pepper, onion and mushroom pizza from Mangia and playing Resident Evil 5.   Seriously, that’s pretty much [...]

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Notes from the armchair
Hey Fredders. Been a few days now, hasn’t it? Barry’s started his new job, so he’s been busier than a one-armed paper-hanger that has to do his job while being attacked by vicious insects, and me, well, I’ve had my hands full with other stuff.
I’ve managed to break my ankle. How [...]

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