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Matthew Sheahan
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: The Vantastic Blue Betty, Part I
My luck with cars has been horrible.
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: Independent Pro Wrestling - Best Sport Ever
In New York, the independent pro wrestling show provides the best value for your sports dollar....
Notes From a Polite New Yorker: A Good Night in Hell('s Kitchen)
A tour of the dive bars of Hell's Kitchen....
Notes From a Polite New Yorker: Things To Do Before You Leave New York
New York attracts people from all over the world. They come to New York with a variety of dreams and ambitions. Many eventually leave. ...
Notes From a Polite New Yorker: One Year On
It has been a year since the world lost Russell Lewis and Elizabeth Quilliam. Neither one was a blood relation, but I lost two members of a larger extended family. ...
Notes From A Polite New Yorker: Sword Of Damocles
If you have a job today, you are lucky. If you can still afford your mortgage or the rent on your apartment, you are lucky. ...
Notes From A Polite New Yorker: Trust Me, I'm An Expert
Where we go wrong is putting blind faith in experts....
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: A Yankee In New Orleans, Part II
Polite New Yorker continues his journey through New Orleans. ...
Notes from a Polite New Yorker: A Yankee In New Orleans, Part I
Polite New Yorker journeys to New Orleans....
Notes From a Polite New Yorker: Captive Audience
If you ride the New York City subways with any regularity, you will be subjected to appeals for alms, sermons and dance and musical recitals whether you want to or not......
Notes From A Polite New Yorker: Built By Ruth, Destroyed By Greed
What is most tragic about this is that so many Yankee fans seem perfectly content to watch their history being pissed away so the Steinbrenners can pocket more cash at the city’s expense. ...
Notes From a Polite New Yorker: The Conferences of Consequence
Being out of the office is good, even if the most enjoyable part of the day is walking to and from the subway, watching the city life up close and just being out and about during the workday. ...Confession of an Upper Decker
NOTE: I received the article below from an author I respect who has asked to remain nameless. I offer this for publication so that the ...Shady and the Atomic Star Monkey
They had had a rough trip; they weren't on speaking terms when they drove through Kansas. They cracked open a few beers. They combed their long hair over their faces, put on sunglasses and hats, and posed for a picture with my cat. It was a happy day....Vive le France
The French think Americans are ignorant and boorish. Americans think the French are effete snobs. We're both right....Profiling, Racial and Otherwise
The officers informed me and my fellow detainee that we fit the description of two assault suspects....This New Yorker Hits the Road, Part III
Banditos, bratwurst, and brushing off the retarded in Wisconsin's capitol....A San Francisco Christmas
After the third song, eXtreme Elvis burst from a large gift on a separate stage. He was wearing his usual white rhinestone-studded jumpsuit and a Santa hat. He orked his way around the bar singing various Elvis and holiday songs....Experts Agree: My Grandmother Is the Greatest
The name Mary Sheahan stands for selfless dedication to family....New York: Refuge from America's Celebrity Sickness
New York should be a refuge from America's sick obsession with celebrity....A New York Yankee in George Bush's America
It doesn't matter that tax dollars are going to politically connected contractors while military families starve and scrape; George W. Bush struts around in a flight suit and says he loves Jesus....
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Matthew Sheahan
Matthew Sheahan is a writer who lives in New York City. He has been writing Notes from a Polite New Yorker since 2001. His work has appeared in The Black Table, Knot Magazine, GetUnderground.com, Too Square and other publications. He works as a financial writer and also writes short stories and poems. He is trying to get as much writing done as possible before he has to retreat to an armed bunker somewhere in Idaho or Montana.