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Wife gets beaned at Fenway Park’s 100th anniversary
What cosmically ominous message was being sent when my wife Ann was beaned at Fenway Park on the 100th anniversary of the venerable baseball venue? To the day! Was she there in another life on April 20, 1912? And did …
Government would nuke Manhattan
We saw The Avengers and although it's not typically my kind of movie, I enjoyed it. Good bid of humor, lots of action and a great
Verizon Wireless 4G: faster but waiting for it in my neighborhood
The Samsung Charge is the second 4G phone Verizon Wireless (VW) has given me to review and my experience was much like the first 4G phone I reviewed
Vanishing video on 3G on smart phones – still slow after all these years
I keep hearing about how everyone is watching video on their smart phones. Then I try to do it and the experience is, well, awful most of the
Steve Jobs, a few encounters of my own
Steve Jobs would have to be at the top of anyone's list of American innovators and pioneers. Not just modern day, but over a century or more. His
Why banks give us so many reasons to hate them
We are continually reminded why it is so to hate, no, despise, banks. This arrived from friend via e-mail, and is supposedly legit. Even if it isn't, it's
MotionX-GPS quickly sucks life out of iPhone battery
Short iPhone 4 battery life is a fact of life just running regular apps like mail and browsing. Throw in a power hungry app and any semblance of
Pan Mass recap
A big part of my 2011 has been the Pan Mass Challenge, which is now in the rear view mirror. [caption id="attachment_2149" align="alignright" width="168" caption="Pan Mass registration"][/caption] [caption
Malignant cells in a child
This is the fourth and most recent e-mail published on The Dodge Retort about little Avalanna's life and death struggle against cancer. The idea is to convey the




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Simmy Atkins: We just found your fantastic article on your April visit to Cuba. We ...
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John: Hi Judy, I posted it about a week about and sent the link along to Sa...
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