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“How to Sell a Man a Hairpiece,” Chicago Tribune

04.13.2003 by David Murray // 8 Comments

Hairpiece-maker Ernie Casper has covered the heads of actor Burt
Reynolds, golfer Chi Chi Rodrguez and late baseball owner Charles O.
Finley. Now he wants to show you something.

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Categories // Happy Men, and Other Eccentrics

“Hard Travelin’,” Chicago Tribune Magazine

06.23.2002 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

Comic Paul Frisbie has embraced the life of a traveling comedian, with all its
warts. “When you’re not famous, you earn it every night.”

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Categories // Happy Men, and Other Eccentrics

“Volunteering for Scout Duty,” Car Collector Magazine

03.31.2002 by David Murray // 1 Comment

The
author thought he’d escaped his father’s feverish, sentimental, problematic fascination with old cars. Then how is it that he found himself driving
a 1970 International Harvester Scout—and towing a 1964 behind—from
Albuquerque, New Mexico to Chicago?

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Categories // Rambling, At Home and Abroad

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