Monthly Archives: July 2018

ONLY A GAME by Peter Nolan Smith

July 17, 2018 – 11:38 am

In July of 1986 Argentina beat England in the quarterfinal of the World Cup on the ‘Hand of God’ goal by Diego Maradona. The referees ignored England’s protests over the obvious error in judgment to no avail and his team went on to beat West Germany 4-3 in the final. Few people in the USA […]

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Names In Baseball

July 17, 2018 – 2:03 am

In 2015 Brock Holt cracked the Red Sox record book by becoming the first Boston player to start games at seven different positions and last night he hit a cycle against the miserable Atlanta Braves, which was the first single-double, triple, and homer combo for a Bosox player in nineteen years. Even better my team […]

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The Beauty of FREEBIRD

July 15, 2018 – 5:55 am

My youngest brother’s health suffered a precipitous decline in 1995. The experimental drugs had failed to stem Michael’s ruthless aliment’s advances. I received a telephone call from my older brother in Boston. I was running a nightclub in Beverly Hills. He told me the bad news. The next day I was on a plane to […]

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Come Celebrate Bastille Day at Chez Oskar’s 20th Anniversary

July 14, 2018 – 11:29 am

Come celebrate Bastille Day at Chez Oskar’s 21th Anniversary Celebration and their 3nd year in Bed-Stuy. Our July 14th Brunch begins at 12 noon We’ll fete ‘Liberte Egalite Fraternite’ throughout the day with fine food, great wine, song, and petanque. From 7pm to 10 pm enjoy the enchanting music of Blue Dalhia – warm and […]

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A Word or Two from the Wise

July 14, 2018 – 8:54 am
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