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Last Night’s Debate

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I remain the eternal optimist. I really had thought that since the first debate, Obama and McCain would each recognize the media has reality-checked their more outrageous claims about the other and would revise their rhetoric for the second debate.That was not to be the case which was a shame. I had hoped to see […]

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A Good Day in the City

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One of the things I’ve missed about not being in an office environment is seeing people on a drop-in basis. Yesterday, I addressed that for half a day.I had to be in NYC for the Watchmen press event at 4:30 so figured I should pay my respects to DC. Heading into the city was pleasant […]

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Helping a Friend Help Those in Need

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I don’t want to fall into the habit of doing this but will help out someone doing a good deed and needs a little supprt.Laura Linker is a pal of my brother-in-law Jim and she has decided to participate in a marathon in Florida as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team In […]

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New York Mets, RIP

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The Mets sucked this season. No news there.It was exceptionally disconcerting watching them self-destruct in almost the same fashion as they did last season, with less margin to spare.While the Wilpons keep saying GM Omar Minaya did a good job, one has to question that considering he did nothing to upgrade an already shaky bullpen […]

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Family Day

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We’ve been very vocal about our support of The Tommy Fund for Childhood Cancer. After all, we benefited from the Fund during the entire seven month stay at Yale-New Haven and its mission is a terrific one. Among their activities are funding for direct and indirect financial assistance to families dealing with childhood cancer, funding […]

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A Boogie Knights Charity Event

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The Boogie Knights, in conjunction with the Musical Artists Theatre, will be giving a rare charity concert, proceeds of which will go, in memory of our squire Robbie Greenberger, to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the Tommy Fund for Childhood CancerHere are the details:WHEN: 8PM Saturday 8 November, 2008WHERE:Riverside Stage – located in the […]

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Paying it Forward

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I believe in giving back or paying it forward, call it what you will.So infrequently do I get a chance to do this in my field, I wanted to make everyone aware of something that just kicked off today.As part of the fund raising for Jerry Siegel’s boyhood home, I have offered up a part […]

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There and Back Again

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Deb and I were offered a chance to get away from it all and wisely we took it.From Thursday through Sunday we were away from home, resting, relaxing, shopping, sightseeing, hiking, eating, napping and so on. It was very nice to not fuss over work or household chores. We weren’t expected to put everything behind […]

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Customer Service Revisited

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Every now and then I rail about the service economy or lack thereof. I’ve had some mixed experiences of late and it has me uncertain if things are getting better or worse.It took a few phone calls to cancel Robbie’s credit card and take him off the insurance. The bank explained the required paperwork then […]

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