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Category: Doodles

26 Apr 2008

Running

By roibal , , , Doodles 0 Comments

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint I played a lot of competitive sports growing up. I even played on the High School Basketball team. When I went to college,... well, Parsons was in the middle of Manhattan and didn't even have a gymnasium let alone a team, but I continued to play competitive league basketball up until a few years ago when I had to concede that it's a young persons game. (or maybe I already knew that and was conceding that I am no longer young) I still run but I only compete against myself. ...

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24 Apr 2008

Danny Federici

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Ball point pen on the morning newsprint The Stone Pony has stood as the Mecca of the Jersey rock scene for decades. I burst with pride the first time my son Andrew and his band played there. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Bon Jovi, Southside Johnny, Cheap Trick, Joan Jett, Jefferson Starship, Elvis Costello, Peter Frampton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Russell Crowe, and Patti Smith are just a few of the acts that have graced the same stage of the famous Jersey club. A tribute was held last night at the Stone Pony for Danny Federici who was an original member of the E Street Band. Federici lost a battle with cancer this past Thursday, he was 58. To Donate to the Danny Ferderici Melanoma Fund. ...

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22 Apr 2008

Circular Firing Squad

By roibal Doodles 0 Comments

Ball point pen onn the morning newsprint The first time I was eligible to vote in a presidential election was 1980. I voted for Jimmy Carter, who I thought was an honorable and decent man. I still do, but in hindsight, I have to concede that he was an ineffective leader/politician. I can't believe dems are too pleased that he has injected himself into this years presidential election debate by talking to the democratically elected government/terrorist group, Hamas. ...

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22 Apr 2008

Reportage Artist Rosalie Ritz Dies

By roibal Doodles 0 Comments

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint Famous courtroom artist Rosalie Ritz has died at 84. She gave many of us a glimpse into the trials of Charles Manson, Patty Hearst, Sirhan Sirhan, the Black Panthers, OJ Simpson and countless others with her skillful reportage. ...

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18 Apr 2008

Broadway

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Ball pint pen on the morning newprint April 15th is like a holiday in my house. My wife Donna was trained in the legal field, but has found her niche amongst life's two inevitables working in the fiduciary accounting biz (It's like a regular accountant, but the clients don't complain as much). The practical effect being that between the new year and April 15th we don't get to spend a great deal of time together. Tonight we're keeping the after-tax-day-palooza going by seeing Nathan Lane on Broadway in the political comedy November. ...

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17 Apr 2008

Guilty

By roibal Doodles 2 Comments

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint The Five term mayor of New Jersey's largest city is found guilty on 13 counts of fraud and conspiracy. Dubbed by some "Newark's Mayor For Life", he proved the axiom that power tends to corrupt, and absolute power, corrupts absolutely. ...

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16 Apr 2008

Issue One

By roibal Doodles 2 Comments

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint Shepherd One touched down on Andrews Air Force Base. While in the US, Pope Benedict has put ridding the church of pedophile priests on the top of his agenda. ...

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