I met this guy and he told me he became afraid of clowns on Coney Island because that image of the laughing clown with the sharp teeth started there in the funhouse and bumper cars and he said I was there with my parents as a kid, back in the eighties, when it was remnants… Continue reading The Clown: Part 1, Coney Island
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Coney Island and the Mermaid Parade
A man in a golden Egyptian pharaoh costume gave me a quarter to enter the Wonder Wheel bathroom. I chose a stall, which after the public bathroom on the boardwalk- an apocalyptic encounter with a half-inch of water on the floor and toilets full to the brim with tampon wrappers sprinkled over them (you should… Continue reading Coney Island and the Mermaid Parade
Daniel Adler Goes to Court
Just another manic Monday. I went to court today at 346 Broadway, biked past the beautifully developing Freedom Tower, five hundred feet high. When I walked in and waited in the summons check-in line everyone eyed me. I read some classic literature, Tom Jones, on my iBooks app, which is my favorite aspect of my… Continue reading Daniel Adler Goes to Court
Daniel the Writer 