Tommy the bookie

From Plastic Tub

History unknown.New York City circa 1940-196? He arrives amongst a hail of muzzled gunfire, somewhere off in the distance. He is a China Doll in a bullfight. He recieves an autographed photo of Secretariat.

Priming the Pump

Tommy Mendetta was the main Butter and Egg Man on the upper east side for most of the mid 20th century. His myriad insights into the pluralities of multiplicities were the result of a severe beating by suspected mushrooms that left him in a coma for 27 days. His recovery was swift and he soon delighted in his newly aqquired skill. Some of the elder numbers guys recognized his talent and quickly promoted him to the top of the rackett.

Twenty Seven on Red

Fevered gamblers would pay good money for his ability to quickly summize a bit of data and find inherent patterns. Although Tommy conducted his business mainly with scoundrels and malefactors, he was highly sought after by members of the AA for his occultic insights. Stimes Addisson provided Mendetta, or Tommy the Heavy as he was called back in the neighborhood, with endless pages of integers combined in both symbolic and random equations, many taking the form of epic number poems, and eagerly awaited the gifted yet doltish numerologists interpretation. Addisson gave up the relationship with Tommy when Tommy found out about Addisson's obsession with the number 27. The endless phonecalls drove Addisson to change his phonenumber several times.

Dry Heat

Tommy the bookie lived with his elderly mother aster her second stroke and worked the dirty business from her kitchen much to her dismay when the Feds busted down the door one August night and carried his ass away to the big-house. Tommy played out his last years aquirring a vast amount of cigarettes from his fellow inmates. His Friends told him that they named a Racing horse after him but he knew it wasn't true. His wherabouts are unknown.