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A Henry Darger painting. Sadly, I lost it in the divorce, but it was a great parting gift.
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Five years ago, a concrete plug, a little bigger than a baseball, fell off a building on Hollywood Boulevard when I was riding in an open convertible. It shattered the windshield. It really shook me. I still have it on my mantel.
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