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
Erica K
Patty Kane Horrigan
Alan Milner
Christine Bollerud
Christina Simon
Ann Bancroft
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