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ARTIFACTS: Brutocentric

EARL'S PORTRAIT OF EARL
I met Doug Smith at Pratt, and we ended up sharing a couple of domicles in 1976. He probably drew this protrait of me at the loft on 14th St. (pencil on canvas). Doug called all his friends Earl (or Earline), so everybody ended up calling him Earl back. (Click the thumb.)
ARTIFACTS: Dad 39th BIRTHDAY PRESENT
Eric Nelson (see HERE for a taste of Nelsonian Juxtaposition) got me this customized Vietnamese ice-breaker in 1994. (Click the thumb.)
ARTIFACTS: Brutocentric

40th BIRTHDAY PRESENT
And the following year, since it was the big four-oh, Eric upgraded to this beautiful carved cane. There's a little bit of a story to it, though. (Click the thumb.)
ARTIFACTS: Dad AVIDOR'S GET-WELL CARD
In 1979 I was run down by a drug-crazed Haitian (a story in itself that I hope to include soon). While I was laid-up in my shit-hole abandoned tenament "apartment" (another story), Ken dropped by with this card. (Click the thumb.)
ARTIFACTS: Brutocentric

CRUNCH CARLETON
Even before the "Carlton Is Lowest" cigarette ad campaign got into swing, and half of the buses or taxis in New York were emblazoned with that insidious, though mispelled slogan, I had been prepared for such attacks upon my lineage by this item that I found in a Grinnell College dorm lounge. (Click the thumb.)
ARTIFACTS: Dad THE CHANTELS ENTER MY HEART
Here's how it happened. (Click the thumb.)
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