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Out & About in…St. James

Although I grew up in St. James, I think I took for granted what the town had to offer, or simply moved away before I was really old enough to appreciate it. When some friends from out of town recently came to visit, and talk of “where did you grow up?” came about, I decided to revisit some of my old stomping grounds. I guess it takes an outsider to get you to notice what’s right next door. Or, in this case, what’s right down 25A and Lake Avenue.

Mets Pull One Out of the Hat After Phils Do

When you look back at the regular season, there are games that jump off the page that stand out as the ones that either killed or salvaged the campaign. After one of the most wild and wacky two-game sets all year, the Mets and Phillies played to a stalemate.

Is America Finally Coming To Its Racial Senses?

A quote from Associated Press writer Charles Babington says it nicely. "Barack Obama achieved a historic breakthrough with his nomination for president, but you wouldn't know it by tracking the official events of the Democratic convention's first three days." Babington wrote in an article I found at MyWayNews.com, "In becoming the first black American to claim a major party's nomination, Obama has reached a milestone that many felt was at least a generation away. But the convention, like Obama's overall campaign, thus far has dealt with race lightly, obliquely, or often not at all."

This off-Broadway hit will blow...you...away

Want to know how to easily score a gazillion thank you's from your kids? Hop on the LIRR and whisk them away to New York City to see the Gazillion Bubble Show at New World Stages. It's magical!

Death Race

This is the first time in ages I'm going to voice a positive opinion of a film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. Not an overall positive opinion, mind you, but Death Race is a level above the usual deck expected of him after delivering to us such cinematic "classics" as Alien Vs. Predator and Resident Evil. And maybe the reason he's more successful this time out is because he set his sights...lower. By that, I'm saying that Death Race is not an example of an experienced Hollywood director maturing and increasing his skillset.

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