Ball point pen on the morning newsprint Sport has often been used as a metaphor to describe battlefields, strategy and competition. It was in this light that the Clinton campaign first started to draw the parallels between the horse, Eight Belles and Senator Clinton. Leading up to the race the campaign started to talk about the only woman in the race, an underdog, a tough filly that had the stamina to go the distance. The story line was almost too perfect to ignore. If Eight Belles had won, it would have been the campaign's battle cry going into tomorrows contests. But Eight Belles didn't read the script. While she did make a valiant effort, she finished second to Big Brown (the actual winner). Then things went from bad to worse, when seconds after the race Eight Belles collapsed with two broken ankles and had to be euthanized on the spot. While Hillary is not in any mortal danger from ...
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Ball point pen on the morning newsprint If you plan on traveling to China to watch an olympic event, be prepared to have your access to information censored. The Chinese government has the largest surveillance and censorship operation in the world, and have even been known to imprison bloggers. They are placing internet filters in hotels that might even restrict this humble little blog for harmless content like this and this. ...
Read MoreBall point pen on the morning newsprint Last night my brother Dan asked me to a Yankee game. We had great field level seats, about half way down the first base line. Andy Pettitte was on the mound, but after taking the lead in the first inning, Jeter and the boys sleep walked the rest of the way to a 6 to 2 loss against the Detroit Tigers. ...
Read MoreBall 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. ...
Read MoreBall 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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