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Continue reading →: Epic Films for Holiday Weekend!
For the first time in memory, television networks are showing two epic Biblical films in prime time, on consecutive nights. First up, tonight, is TCM’s 8 PM (ET) showing of “Ben-Hur” (as part of their A to Z tribute to “31 Days of Oscar“). Second up is tomorrow night’s annual…
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Continue reading →: Play Ball!
… oh how I’ve been waiting to say that! And it’s not even an April Fools’ Day joke! And they’ll actually be a few fans in the stands! The New York Yankees’ Opening Day will start out a little damp this afternoon; the Mets open on the road with the…
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Continue reading →: Happy Passover to All My Jewish Friends!
A very Happy Passover to all my Jewish friends who celebrate this holiday. While we’re on the subject of religious holidays, this year, the dates for Easter are sharply divergent. Every so often, the typical rule of the Eastern Orthodox Easter date is such that it comes much later than…
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Continue reading →: Coronavirus (32): Junior’s Cheesecake (or Bring On Dose #2!)
This just in from the New York Daily News (27 March 2021), by Larry McShane: “Sweet Offer from Junior’s for COVID Vax“: Brooklyn’s famously to-die-for Junior’s cheesecake is now something to live for, too. The quintessentially New York restaurant, beginning this Monday, will offer a free cupcake-sized version of its…
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Continue reading →: Spring Grammar
Happy Spring Everyone! The Vernal Equinox occurred this morning in the Northern hemisphere at 5:37 am, ET. Bring on the Spring Allergies! Yay! This has nothing to do with spring though; just an excuse to review our English grammar lessons as students move toward the end of their Spring semester.
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Continue reading →: Libertarian PBS
I know this is making the rounds, but still, it’s hilarious. H/T to my friend Ryan Neugebauer 🙂
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Continue reading →: Coronavirus (31): Dose #1 for a “Fake” Virus
Having recently attacked everything from Big Pharma to the medical-science-state-corporate nexus that plagues U.S. healthcare in the thirtieth installment of my Coronavirus series, I nevertheless want to make a few things clear about how I have personally dealt with weighing the risks and benefits of taking any of the three…
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Continue reading →: The Poetry of Rap
As a mobile DJ back in my college days, I learned early on just how to keep the crowd moving by spinning (yes, vinyl records back then!) hip hop and rap hits. Whether it was a party anthem, like the “Good Times“-fueled “Rapper’s Delight” [YouTube links] by The Sugarhill Gang…
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Continue reading →: Who’s On First? — Kinda …
A take on “Who’s On First?” (remember?) from Pearls Before Swine (courtesy of Stephan Pastis and the New York Daily News).
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Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York
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