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Initial Press Release for SONS OF THE POPE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Highly-decorated former NY cop, with fascinating, inspirational bio, has first novel published to rave reviews from top authors, directors. Las Vegas, Nevada – December 10, 2012...
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Moon Watcher (a true story)
At night, in the desert, you’re always being watched. - I can hear them in the brush, scurrying – stopping dead as I near. Rabbits, lizards, snakes, maybe a coyote. God knows what else. Birds, bats –...
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You, my cyber friend, are super-smart. Congrats! Well, at least you are probably more intelligent than the average person. I once read that people who read blogs regularly are supposed to be in the top...
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Who Says A White Guy Can’t Like Funk Music?
I have been enjoying Black History Month in the way that most excites me. Sure, I appreciate the African-American scientists, inventors, civic and political leaders – but the innovators who pluck my...
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Meeting Ariana Grande, Then and Now.
“Oh, Dad – I might be able to meet Ariana Grande today!” That’s what my 14 year-old daughter, Jen, exclaimed to me on a January day in 2011. Both Jen and her older sister, Kelly (then 19), were...
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UPDATE: Ariana Grande’s Latest Response. One Week Later.
BRAND NEW UPDATE (08/29/2014) – ONE WEEK AFTER THE ARIANA GRANDE INCIDENT. WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE FROM MS. GRANDE AND HER REPRESENTATIVES? THE ORIGINAL POST, THAT SOMEHOW BECAME A NEWS ITEM, IS...
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TRUE GANGSTER STORIES (Part 1)
Long before Gangsta, there was Gangster. “John Gotti is my uncle. He’s gonna kill your whole family.” Most people I know enjoy a good mob story; especially, the TRUE ones. As a former police officer,...
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TRUE GANGSTER STORIES (Part 2)
For part one of “TRUE GANGSTER STORIES“, scroll down to the post from March, 2015. “Hey, I’m Sonny. My father is in the Gambino Crime Family.” This was the opening line of a neighborhood Brooklyn...
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Thanks for all the laughs, Mr. Letterman.
On May 20, 2015, David Letterman’s final show will air on CBS. Events such as this are not altogether uncommon, but this is the first time I’ve been compelled to write about one of these things. The...
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A Day in the Life; The Beatles’“Sgt. Pepper” turns 50.
I’d known of the Beatles for a few years. My lovely older cousin Pat used to teach me how to dance to their music. That began when I was four years old, and I had just lost my mom. When I was five,...
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