[mkovach]

Very cool! You lived down the street! And yes, Kerouac's turn toward health mainly counteracted the booze.

Oh, and another fun fact:

Kerouac once befriended a former minor league baseball player who'd also played college football. He encouraged the guy to try acting. In a roundabout way, we have Jack Kerouac to thank for Paul Gleason, one of the '80s movies' most memorable villains. (An interesting man in his own right.)

(There are enough quotes and parentheses in this reply to resemble a LISP program, sorry about that.)

[eth0up]

Why your comment is being dragged down I think is best described by staring at The Torment of Saint Anthony. The creatures you see are the creatures here, fondling the arrows that point in the only direction they know.

Do not be discouraged.

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