Mark HallimenHappy BirthdayI’m alive. It’s my birthday and I’m alive! I just keep thinking that. A year ago, well, I don’t remember my birthday and maybe it’s good I…Jan 30, 2023Jan 30, 2023
Mark HallimenThe Way Home From 39 SchoolIf you read my blog titled “The 48 Laws of Power,” I had palmed the dime it cost to ride the city RTS Bus to school. Now, I had that dime…Dec 30, 2022Dec 30, 2022
Mark HallimenMy first swear wordSHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT. And more SHIT, written with great care, all over the grey concrete block walls down where maintenance worked out of. I…Dec 27, 2022Dec 27, 2022
Mark HallimenJoe’s Bar a year laterBy now he’s become a regular at Joe’s and a crowd favorite, not that there’s much of a crowd at Joe’s. He’s accepted his fate and is making…Dec 26, 2022Dec 26, 2022
Mark HallimenChristmas Eve at Joe’s BarIt’s Christmas Eve and it’s a cold one. There’s a man alone, divorced and apart from his kids….and he’s restless. And he needs a drink. He…Dec 24, 2022Dec 24, 2022
Mark Hallimen48 laws of PowerNo, I’m not talking about Robert Greene’s book, “The 48 Laws of Power.” I’ve read that book and I’d recommend it to anyone who wants a…Dec 23, 2022Dec 23, 2022
Mark Hallimen“Ok, Boomer.”I was born in 1955, a baby boomer. I was the second born. My sister Wendy was born three years earlier and my sister JoAnn was born in 56…Dec 5, 2022Dec 5, 2022
Mark HallimenThe Yogi Berra of “Catchers”They say that if you remember the 60’s, you weren’t there. You could make the same argument for the 70’s, in my opinion. I was never…Nov 19, 2022Nov 19, 2022
Mark HallimenAuburn State PrisonLater that summer of 74, I was working at Flags and….wait, let’s back up, errr, go forward in time. Today, November fifth, 2022, I was…Nov 6, 2022Nov 6, 2022