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Sunday, March 26, 2017

How Fantasy Baseball Forms Real Friendship

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That's Pete Sgro in the middle, 2014 Whenever baseball season begins, I think of Roger Angell’s famous observation about the game: ...
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Sunday, March 12, 2017

#weneedfewerkardashianwannabes

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I posted this video on social because I thought it thought-provoking that when kids were asked, “what do you want to be when you grow up?...
Friday, March 10, 2017

Lucy the Elephant, True Jersey

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New Jersey can be magical. Just a few miles in any direction can make all the difference between urban and rural, rich and poor, new and h...
Tuesday, March 7, 2017

A Man Called Bob... I Mean, Ove

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A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman My rating: 5 of 5 stars In my last Goodreads review, I ranted like a grumpy old man about the val...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Is Storytelling Overrated?

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A review (of sorts) of: A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay My rating: 3 of 5 stars In August 2015, Stephen King -- yes, THE Stephen...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Communications Lessons* From the 2016 Election (*alternative fact included)

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More than 1 million people attended IABC-New Jersey’s recent panel discussion at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Madison, NJ, campus. OK...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

Two Recent Books I've Read That Can't Be Reviewed

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book will be 20 years old this year, and there...
Saturday, February 11, 2017

Happy Birthday, Thomas Edison

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I visited Thomas Edison National Historic Park in West Orange, NJ, today -- on Thomas' 170th birthday. I posted some photos too.
Sunday, January 29, 2017

My Immigrant Family

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This is my grandmother on her 99th birthday... 17 years ago this week. She was born in Ferno, Italy, and died before she turned 100. My ot...