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Robert is the author of the novels Cool Mint Blue, Melba Ridge, and the recently released The Adventures of Homosexual Man and Lesbian Lad; and the creator of the on-line comix Impure Thoughts found at his web site Inside R.A. Melos, as well as having been an on-line staff writer for QBliss where he had a monthly humor column, Maybe A Yip, Maybe A Yap. In his non-writing time, when he's not studying the metaphysical or creating a tarot deck, he sells real estate in Middlesex County New Jersey, hangs out with his dog Zeus, and spends time at the Pride Center of New Jersey in Highland Park, NJ, where he is on the Board of Trustees.

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ROBERT'S LATEST COLUMN

my heart broke on valentine’s day
a lesson in living
1.26.12
Just about a year ago on February 14th of 2011 I suffered a massive heart attack. I wasn’t dead, but apparently I was close enough to death to be on a first name basis with him. Now this isn’t one of those coming to Jesus columns where I underwent a traumatic scare and realized how short life can be and decided to straighten up and fly right. The internet and the world is full of those heartwarming Oprahesque stories. I’m not an Oprahesque kind of a guy.

The facts are this: I was under a great deal of financial stress. I’m still under a great deal of financial stress. Top that with the emotional stress I’d been under being the sole caretaker for my elderly mother until she died in 2008, which led to the financial stress of 2009, 2010 and 2011 that culminated in my present condition and you get a heart attack.

In all fairness I also must factor in my diet. Not my current diet, or even the diet of the past 10 years, which has consisted mostly of fresh vegetables and heavy... 
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RAVES

re: psycho elf

Easy, fun holiday read. I like the sarcasm!

re: media blitzed

One of the best takes I've seen on the topic of Michael Jackson media overload.

re: media blitzed

Lou Dobbs hasn't been a hard news anchor for YEARS!

re: media blitzed

Just awesome. Nice job. You've become a pro at this sort of angle.

re: media blitzed

So true.

re: the event horizon of foreclosure

Tragic and necessary.

re: the event horizon of foreclosure

great first-person account of a horrible situation without being over the top or too maudlin.

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Oh, so true!

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Lovely! Just lovely.

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Moving, both on the upside and the downside. Best of luck with your situation.



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