“Maybe he took a little trip.” Anthony “Tony Jack” Giacalone
When we embrace our personal journey as a destination in itself many believe it is easier to remain alert to what is going on around us and to live in the moment. This is what William Burroughs characterized as “the naked lunch”--the instant when we can truly see what is dangling at the end of the fork.
Burroughs was also of the opinion that while it is not important to live, it is important to travel. Mr. Giacalone, who is said to have arranged a number of excursions to uncharted lands, might agree. In this case, “Tony Jack” was speculating on the whereabouts of one James Hoffa. It is rumored that Giacalone was one of the last people to see him alive.
Hoffa, a one-time giant of organized labor, disappeared under a cloud of suspicion stemming from his involvement in making the cash in the Teamsters retirement fund available to a select group of Las Vegas-based investors. Sort of a not so mutual fund.
No one has seen, heard, smelled or conversed with Mr. Hoffa in many years. Some say he is either playing snooker with Ambrose Bierce and D.B. Cooper or is in a witness protection program under Giants Stadium. Either way, it make one question the wisdom of relying on a travel agent who specialized in one-way tickets.
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