Norman Mailer - R.I.P.

Norman Mailer died this week. He was 83. He and I knew each other, not well. We saw each other at parties. I always loved his book The Naked and the Dead. He was the writer I always wanted to be. He was combative and nasty. He also knifed one of his wives, which was something I should have done. He and I boxed one round together under the tutelege of Jose Torres, the famous boxing coach. Ryan O'Neal boxed us both as well that night.
All the old lions are passing into the night. I am shocked I am outlasting them all.
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Al, let's talk.
Fucking A you are looking good Al.
You'll probably recall in 1969 that Norman Mailer and Jimmy Breslin ran as a team to get themselves elected as mayor of New York City. Well, they actually ran as candidates in the Democratic party's primary race but they lost to Mario Procaccino. Procaccino won mainly due to the fact that he was a moderately right wing candidate while his rivals--including the Mailer/Breslin team--were liberals. The important point here is that if Norman Mailer managed to become the Democratic party's candidate instead of Procaccino, AND if he managed to beat John Lindsay in the November 1969 mayorial race Mailer would probably have never harrassed you or anyone else for publishing or distributing erotic material.
Of course Al would have been harrassed; he'd have made sure of that by printing a picture of Norman Mailer fucking his son up his ass. Al needs grist for his mill; otherwise it's a boring day for him, no matter how many egg creams he drinks or pussys he eats. Nothing gives him an orgasm like someone trying to put a lid on his words/actions. M.
al,
norman mailer was a piece of shit.
he jerked off a clueless parole board and convinced them to release jack henry abbott, a convicted murderer. he murdered again six weeks after he was released.
norman mailer is the perfect example of liberal or "radical chic" mental illness.
one hallmark of mental illness is making survival your last priority. this is extremely dangerous when it affects a gifted, influential or powerful person because it can affect others.
mental illness combined with influence over a clueless parole board got richard adan killed.
if norman mailer was never born, jack henry abbott would not have been paroled and richard adan would probably still be waiting tables today.
i hope norman mailer smokes a turd in hell for what he did.
Al,
You're outlasting them all because obesity is not as bad as everyone says it is.
You see! It's true. Jews can't fight.
A classy post. Norman Mailer was a literary God.
The only fault of Libs is to trust in the goodness of man while Cons condemn yet live off of the evil.
Al is no longer a rich fat pig. So in thin poverty, he'll make it to 100.
chesty: your right, Al isn't on my schedule until at least the age 100
Al: Let's cancel that meeting, I'll tell Norman you said hello.
chesty, i totally agree with your lib/con analysis.
that said, i'll take survival over trust any day.
Dear Grim Reaper,
Thank you. See you in 29 years.
AG
Seriously Al, what the fuck are you two doing? Whatever it is, it sure as hell isn't boxing.
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