The Observatory
The Truth Shall Set You Laughing
Jeremiah Horrigan
- Location
- New Paltz, New York, USA
- Birthday
- February 04
- Bio
- Former Knight of the Altar, St. Martin's parish in South Buffalo, NY. Old enough to remember ducking-and-covering from the nukes that Sister Jeanne assured us were coming our way, defending Santa Claus until age 10, hating sports, being effectively blind until fourth grade, wanting to fly, escaping to Westchester County for three years, re-escaping to Buffalo for most of high school, escaping to Fordham U to grow a moustache and smoke a lot of oregano-laced pot, escaping school, getting political, getting arrested, getting tried, convicted and released for crimes against the draft. Husband to Patty, father to Grady and Annie. Housepainter, cab driver, idiot, then newspaper reporter in Poughkeepsie, years of freelancing (Sports Illustrated, New York Times, Negligent Mother Magazine) and shameful indulgence, followed finally by 15 more years of reporting, column-writing, some awards, discoveries large and small along the way, including these: Sister Jeanne was full of beans, writing is good for the soul and I'm the luckiest man alive.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Making peace with the Point
May 27, 2012 10:38PM - Some snapshots of a beautiful
woman
May 13, 2012 12:32AM - What a teenager's "prank"
tells us about the man he's
become
May 10, 2012 09:35PM - The football draft? It used to
be a lot simpler (a re-post)
April 26, 2012 10:37PM - Saying good-bye to the
Gentleman from Arkansas
April 19, 2012 02:54PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Maria: Many thanks. It's
gratifying that you recognized
my
aim in writing this
pi…”
10:19AM - “Kent: I've often -- very
often -- had the same
wondering
thought.
Kent:
I've
writt…”
May 27, 2012 01:40PM - “It's pained me ever
since I discovered Randy
Newman's debut
album that so
few peo…”
May 26, 2012 12:03AM - “Emily:
thanks.
Stathi: It's
the truest conclusion I could
draw. I may
have
taken…”
May 23, 2012 12:19AM - “Thank you Bell.”
May 16, 2012 10:15AM
Jeremiah Horrigan's Links
10:19AM
“Maria: Many thanks. It's gratifying that you recognized my aim in writing this piece, a variation on the Christian principle of hating the sin but lov…”
About: Making peace with the Point
“Maria: Many thanks. It's gratifying that you recognized my aim in writing this piece, a variation on the Christian principle of hating the sin but lov…”
About: Making peace with the Point
May 27, 2012 01:40PM
“Kent: I've often -- very often -- had the same wondering thought. Kent: I've written many a eulogy -- we them news obits -- for people in the news. The…”
About: Accelerated Memorials
“Kent: I've often -- very often -- had the same wondering thought. Kent: I've written many a eulogy -- we them news obits -- for people in the news. The…”
About: Accelerated Memorials
May 26, 2012 12:03AM
“It's pained me ever since I discovered Randy Newman's debut album that so few people know or appreciate his work. To anyone who didn't or doesn't get j…”
About: Randy Newman named Sr. Media Advis0r for Romney Campaign??!!
“It's pained me ever since I discovered Randy Newman's debut album that so few people know or appreciate his work. To anyone who didn't or doesn't get j…”
About: Randy Newman named Sr. Media Advis0r for Romney Campaign??!!
May 23, 2012 12:19AM
“Emily: thanks. Stathi: It's the truest conclusion I could draw. I may have taken it for granted over the years, but I've always known it and never doub…”
About: Some snapshots of a beautiful woman
“Emily: thanks. Stathi: It's the truest conclusion I could draw. I may have taken it for granted over the years, but I've always known it and never doub…”
About: Some snapshots of a beautiful woman
May 15, 2012 10:19AM
“Every day, thousands of people "deliver" the news to millions, the way the milkman used to deliver milk. Most of it, for reasons that would e…”
About: At NATO Chicago's First Protest
“Every day, thousands of people "deliver" the news to millions, the way the milkman used to deliver milk. Most of it, for reasons that would e…”
About: At NATO Chicago's First Protest
May 13, 2012 10:15PM
“Usually, I'd respond to each of you individually. And at length. But I find there's not much more I can say than thanks to all of you who read the sto…”
About: Some snapshots of a beautiful woman
“Usually, I'd respond to each of you individually. And at length. But I find there's not much more I can say than thanks to all of you who read the sto…”
About: Some snapshots of a beautiful woman
May 12, 2012 10:13AM
“OE: Well done. Laughter is indeed the best medicine, unless you're Mitt Romney and you're talking about a cruel act from your youth that you've somehow…”
About: Why Mitt Romney is so Misunderstood.
“OE: Well done. Laughter is indeed the best medicine, unless you're Mitt Romney and you're talking about a cruel act from your youth that you've somehow…”
About: Why Mitt Romney is so Misunderstood.
May 12, 2012 09:54AM
“Roger: You ask some provocative questions, questions his handlers and supporters (maybe we should start calling them his enablers) would call hypotheti…”
About: What a teenager's "prank" tells us about the man he's become
“Roger: You ask some provocative questions, questions his handlers and supporters (maybe we should start calling them his enablers) would call hypotheti…”
About: What a teenager's "prank" tells us about the man he's become
May 11, 2012 08:15PM
“Myriad: a well-chosen phrase, "psycho-history.." Gr eg: So glad to see you're back from the Mount and that the news is good. Waitress! A slice…”
About: What a teenager's "prank" tells us about the man he's become
“Myriad: a well-chosen phrase, "psycho-history.." Gr eg: So glad to see you're back from the Mount and that the news is good. Waitress! A slice…”
About: What a teenager's "prank" tells us about the man he's become
May 11, 2012 01:15PM
“Thanks Lea. Here's hoping. Jmac: Here's more hoping. Richard: My first reaction was similar. Give the guy a pass -- it's high school, after all. That…”
About: What a teenager's "prank" tells us about the man he's become
“Thanks Lea. Here's hoping. Jmac: Here's more hoping. Richard: My first reaction was similar. Give the guy a pass -- it's high school, after all. That…”
About: What a teenager's "prank" tells us about the man he's become
May 08, 2012 08:25AM
“Yes! (an early-morning fist-pump & promise to get back here to you when the work-storm has died down a bit.) A brilliant answer to the never-ending…”
About: Writing for Free
“Yes! (an early-morning fist-pump & promise to get back here to you when the work-storm has died down a bit.) A brilliant answer to the never-ending…”
About: Writing for Free
May 05, 2012 10:20PM
“Jody: I had no idea women were playing pro football back then .This is a terrific untold story -- and, with a sportswriter father and a pro football hi…”
About: Remembering Women's Football Before Title IX
“Jody: I had no idea women were playing pro football back then .This is a terrific untold story -- and, with a sportswriter father and a pro football hi…”
About: Remembering Women's Football Before Title IX
May 05, 2012 02:16PM
“I knew a bit about the guy, including the mistaken contention that he wrote "Midnight Special." But that he was a Wilkie man? Wilkie is the o…”
About: The Killer Who Sang for Kids
“I knew a bit about the guy, including the mistaken contention that he wrote "Midnight Special." But that he was a Wilkie man? Wilkie is the o…”
About: The Killer Who Sang for Kids
May 05, 2012 11:59AM
“Firesign Theater offered their own self-estimation, with which I totally agree, in a subsequent album: "Not Insane!"”
About: “Crazy”- my Reflection on Trying to Listen without Hearing.
“Firesign Theater offered their own self-estimation, with which I totally agree, in a subsequent album: "Not Insane!"”
About: “Crazy”- my Reflection on Trying to Listen without Hearing.
May 03, 2012 11:39PM
“The politics of party-going, keenly. This is the way friends talk to each other, especially when certain other friends aren't around. But somehow not c…”
About: Saddle Up, Cowgirls
“The politics of party-going, keenly. This is the way friends talk to each other, especially when certain other friends aren't around. But somehow not c…”
About: Saddle Up, Cowgirls
May 03, 2012 06:26PM
“What a man. I had the honor of interviewing him by phone just before his scheduled appearence with Bruce Springsteen as part of Obama's pre-inaugural f…”
About: Pete Seeger Turns 93
“What a man. I had the honor of interviewing him by phone just before his scheduled appearence with Bruce Springsteen as part of Obama's pre-inaugural f…”
About: Pete Seeger Turns 93
May 02, 2012 10:29PM
“Linnnn's nominees are also mine especially if she was referring to the tragic Lancelot & Guinevere depictedin T. H. White's monumental "Once &…”
About: Open Call: Your ultimate love story
“Linnnn's nominees are also mine especially if she was referring to the tragic Lancelot & Guinevere depictedin T. H. White's monumental "Once &…”
About: Open Call: Your ultimate love story
May 02, 2012 10:10PM
“A bracing, well-written and well-reasoned post. The high-quality responses are perfect illustrations of what Simon's missing out on and what others of…”
About: Does OpenSalon Hurt Writers?
“A bracing, well-written and well-reasoned post. The high-quality responses are perfect illustrations of what Simon's missing out on and what others of…”
About: Does OpenSalon Hurt Writers?
April 28, 2012 08:31PM
“Let's hear it for honeysuckle and bleeding hearts. And many other things . . .”
About: Enough Death, Sharing Some Beauty
“Let's hear it for honeysuckle and bleeding hearts. And many other things . . .”
About: Enough Death, Sharing Some Beauty
April 27, 2012 07:52AM
“jmac: I remember that game rather well, but to me , the Oilers didn't blow that game. The Bills won it. (You're talking to a former Bills waterboy here…”
About: The football draft? It used to be a lot simpler (a re-post)
“jmac: I remember that game rather well, but to me , the Oilers didn't blow that game. The Bills won it. (You're talking to a former Bills waterboy here…”
About: The football draft? It used to be a lot simpler (a re-post)
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