In my life

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Sunday September 21, 2008 · 2:14 PM PDT

2008/09/21 · 14:14

There are places i'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends i still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life i've loved them all

I grew up on 169th St and Ogden Avenue in the Bronx. For those who don't know, this is the neighborhood that has been home for 85 years to majestic Yankee Stadium. Today, we say farewell to this historic building, home to millions of stories, and billions of memories.

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 11:19 AM PDT

2008/09/01 · 11:19

I have read with interest statements in the press regarding Sarah Palin's "choice" to have her youngest child, knowing that it was a Down's Syndrome baby. Now, the latest is that her 17 year old daughter has "chosen" to have her baby, conceived out of wedlock, unsurprisingly, after an abstinence only education from her parents. I don't get it.

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Monday October 29, 2007 · 7:41 PM PDT

2007/10/29 · 19:41

As my 87 year old mother lies in a nursing home, fading away from the ravages of her latest stroke, I opened a box of her old papers and found a faded envelope addressed to her. The postmark reads September 15th, 1951, and inside I found a carefully folded piece of brown paper that looked like the back of a grocery bag, or one of those old bookcovers kids used to use. It is a large piece of paper, at least twice the size of an 8 x 11, and it has rough edges where it was cut with scissors. The childlike print is widely spaced and large, but time has faded it so much that I had to get a flashlight to read it. The words brought tears to my eyes. Step back in time with me 56 years. Step back in time and see what could be your future.

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Saturday March 17, 2007 · 12:37 PM PDT

2007/03/17 · 12:37

My move in February forced me to deal with the overflowing contents of my basement. Many of the boxes that were stashed away contained items belonging to my mother, who now, at 85, lives is an assisted living facility. Mom is a saver. I went through box after box of old phone bills, insurance bills, even canceled checks from my brothers high school tuition drawn on a bank called the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank in 1958. I got rid of tons of old paper, but then the move happened so the rest of the stuff went on the truck. I was unpacking the last of the boxes the other day I came across an old, red lacquer box that I vaguely remember seeing as a child. When I looked inside, I found a folded up old paper with the words "Landed in America, March 17th, 1903" scrawled on the back. There was also the name of a ship, but I cannot make out the letters due to the childlike penmanship. I might be SS Invernis. Sail away with me.

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How many generations back to your immigrant?

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How many generations back to your immigrant?

Too many to count. My people have been here since the dawn of time

1 vote

Too many to count. We came on the Mayflower.

4 votes

Four

6 votes

Three

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Two

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One

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Don't know. My family history is lost too the ages.

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Olberman/Moyers 2008

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Wednesday October 18, 2006 · 7:53 PM PDT

2006/10/18 · 19:53

Well, I had just wiped my eyes dry from listening to KOs statement on the gutting of habeus corpus, when I spotted Moyers on America starting on PBS. I saw the last episode, and could not pass this one up.
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Turn the bastards over to the Iraqis

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Saturday November 19, 2005 · 11:39 PM PST

2005/11/19 · 23:39

I mentioned this idea in passing on another post and then thought maybe I should post it in my very first diary. The NYT ran this story yesterday, and I found it yet another maddening example of the misfeasance, malfeasance and nonfeasance of the Bush administration. This guy is a convicted felon who used some of the money he stole to pay restitution for a PREVIOUS theft he was convicted of, and yet he was able to go to Iraq and stick his filthy hands in the cookie jar. I'm no expert, but I figure not just anybody can get on a plane and set up shop over there, so how did Al Capone get a backstage pass?

Anyhow, he stole Iraqi money on Iraqi soil. I propose that we demand he, and any other American civilian charged with corruption or theft during this war be turned over to the Iraqi government for prosecution. I don't think the word "pardon" appears anywhere in the Iraqi dictionary.

What say you all?

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