BROOKLYN, NY – A disgruntled, anonymous patient from Brooklyn, New York, identifying himself only as “Firpo,” has issued a formal rebuttal challenging his primary care physician’s assessment of his health, fitness, and lifestyle choices.- Dear Dr. Coburn: I’ve reviewed your comments from our recent office visit and, while I appreciate your concern, regarding my weight gain and its alleged “impact” on my lab results, I feel it is important to reframe these findings within their proper context. First, I’d like to point out that the 27-pound addition to my body mass represents merely a nine-percent increase over my previous weight…
Author: Joe Curcio
Joe Curcio
Joe “Kirsch” Curcio, native and current resident of Greenpoint Brooklyn New York spent 45 years in broadcasting and entertainment for ABC Radio/TV and National Public Radio. Retired, Assistant Director of Engineering. He has been The New York Daily News referred to him as the thumbs and fingers erecting the virtual borough of Kings. He was the webmaster of Greenpointusa.com, once Brooklyn’s most popular website getting over 350K hits per month and home of The Greenpoint White-Wall, an early version of Facebook for Greenpointers! He is the self-published author of "Ah-Shpet: 101 words you'll need to survive the neighborhood" and "The Welcome to Greenpoint Manuscript", released in the early 90’s. At the time it was written it was the first “book” about Greenpoint to be published in 45 years. With writing and music as a passion in his retirement, Joe generates over 2K monthly audience interactions on combined social media platforms as well as his website at www.GreenpointMusic.com. He recently has celebrated over 60K streaming media plays of his music and audio/video antics. He maintains a 10%+ engagement rate on Facebook as well as a 74% retention rate on YouTube.