This caught my attention in today’s news: Reverend Charles Edward “Eddy” Lepp, of Upper Lake, California, was convicted of growing 24,784 marijuana plants, and faces a mandatory sentence of at least ten years in prison, when he is sentenced on December 1, 2008. Lepp was arrested because (surprise!) his plants were visible from a [...]
Posted in News by Mitch on September 7th, 2008 at 4:14 am
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Slacker Uprising is the latest documentary by Michael Moore, who has produced, and directed, three of the five highest grossing documentaries of all time. He is best known for Fahrenheit 9/11 which explains how President Bush used the events of September 11, 2001 to gain public support to invade Iraq.
Slacker Uprising follows Moore, as [...]
Posted in News by Mitch on September 5th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
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World Champion Giants played like champs for first half, which was enough to defeat Washington Redskins 16–7 yesterday, before a screaming crowd at Meadowlands.
Giants got the crowd going with inspiring pre–game tribute to their three Super Bowl wins, which featured a giant (what else?) inflatable Lombardi Trophy.
Bob Papa introduced players from 20th century teams, [...]
Posted in NY Giants by Mitch on September 5th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
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This, the third item on my list is also easy. No – not easy, but straightforward. Which describes Girardi situation too.
Why Biden?
I used to find news depressing, now it is just confusing. Consider this:
During an English class at Kingsborough Community College, a student was caught plagiarizing a magazine article, and forced to repeat the [...]
Posted in News by Mitch on September 2nd, 2008 at 4:43 am
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Since I started on the bottom of on my list, with Joe Girardi, I will keep things simple (for myself) by working towards the Giants on top. Which is also the underlying theme of this post.
Keeping Life Simple
My traumatic brain injury has forced me to make some adjustments to my life. One of these [...]
Posted in Musings by Mitch on September 1st, 2008 at 11:36 pm
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Joe Girardi, the manager of New York Yankees, is the easiest subject on my list. However, his simplicity belies his importance around here, because this is the first time I ever written about baseball.
Miami Springs, Florida
Girardi only had one year of managerial experience before Yankees. In 2006, he led Florida Marlins to 78 wins, [...]
Posted in News by Mitch on September 1st, 2008 at 11:15 pm
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Hurray for September! I hope My Summer Meltdown is finally over.
I ended my own summer yesterday, after injuring my hip and lower back. I return <sigh> to Physical Therapy in a week.
This is a new kind of injury for me. It hurts the most, when I am sitting on a chair, and try to [...]
Posted in News by Mitch on September 1st, 2008 at 11:12 pm
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