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FOR VO'ESCHANAN

A CLASS ACT IS NO ACT – A TRIBUTE TO MY FRIEND, ALLEN TENENBAUM

 

Earlier this week, the baseball “All Star Game” was held. Once a year, halfway through the sport’s season, the best players are chosen to represent the game. One single game, “The All Star Game,” is played between the players of the two major leagues.

 

A gathering of the best in any field is, obviously, the preeminent venue for all types of fans, aficionados, and experts. Analyzers galore present their spins at this time.

 

The game was played, but that was hardy the story. The spotlight was on one of the game’s most distinguished and outstanding players, Mariano Rivera. He plays the p… Read More »

FOR D'VARIM

CONTROLLED BURNING

On the day I celebrated my thirty-first birthday some eighteen years ago, I did something I had never done before, and have never had to do since: I threw away the pack of cigarettes I had in my pocket. I have never touched a lit cigarette since.

In truth, in the short lifespan of my smoking days, I was never a heavy smoker. I would have been termed a “light user,” or “a recreational user.” On most days, I appreciated a cigarette a mere once or twice. Nonetheless, it was still quite difficult to quit. For several years prior to that birthday, I would “quit”, only to have a lit cigarette “find me.” Before long, I was back at it again.

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