Chris Z
Bio
My opinion column garnered more reader responses than any other contributor in the paper's 40-year run. As a stand-up comic, I performed in 16 countries & 26 states. I've written 2 one-man shows, umpteen poems, songs, essays & chronologies.
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Middle Age Lament '23
Middle Age Lament I turn 40 next month. I’m not old enough to remember where I was when JFK was shot, but I am old enough to recollect where I was when Mister Burns was shot. Decades removed from adolescence, I’ve embraced my mother’s sage, “You get what you get and you don’t get upset.” By 30, I was supposed to own my own home; At 40, I’m happy just to rent my own room in someone else’s.
By Chris Z3 years ago in Confessions
Michael Caruso Was Different
Michael Caruso Was Different Mid-1980s West Fort Lauderdale was, by and large, a “God and Guns” jerkwater. My housing block ended where the Everglades began. Davie, a city not half an hour’s drive from my home, held Saturday morning streetside Klan coteries during daylight hours. At best, the biome was inconducive to intellectualism and/or independent thinking. At worst, it was downright inhospitable.
By Chris Z4 years ago in Confessions
Teenage Lament '94
Teenage Lament ‘94 The year was 1994. Most members of my clique, me included, were still months from turning 18. We were too young to imbibe spirits, and the pool hall we frequented disallowed minors after 9pm. Idle hands are the Devil’s workshop.
By Chris Z4 years ago in Confessions
