CONTAGION In the movie, Elliot Gould (portraying a doctor) speaks this line: Blogging isn't writing. It's graffiti with punctuation. Interesting statement. I wonder what he meant. The way I understood the sentence, I believe he was trying to say that blogging, like graffiti, is more often scri
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09/27/2011
Case in point: I only saw Richard Yates post because of a reblog and it sounds like a worthy cause. It took me a while to get over my initial reluctance to reblog but I'm happily reblogging away these days. It's hardly for the 25 points that you get but for the fact that so many more people will
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09/26/2011
BRIAN BUFFINI'S SUCCESS SEMINAR This morning, I was excited to attend Brian Buffini's Success Seminar held, close to home, at the Marriott in Uniondale. Although, it was a gray and rainy day, there was a large turnout and the crowd was eager to hear what he had to say. If you've never had the p
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09/23/2011
GET AROUND NEW YORK QUICKLY BY BICYCLE - ALTA BICYCLE SHARE PART II Just in time for New York City's new bicycle initiative GET AROUND NEW YORK QUICKLY BY BICYCLE - ALTA BICYCLE SHARE Part I which begins the summer of 2012, New York's Hunter College has rele
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09/22/2011
GET AROUND NEW YORK QUICKLY BY BICYCLE - ALTA BICYCLE SHARE PART I In the summer of 2012, a new initiative is set to launch. Alta Bicycle Share, a vendor based in Portland, Oregon (a known leader in green cities) will fund the multi-million dollar program which allows users to rent a bike from
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09/21/2011
PATCHOGUE THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS - Schedule through the end of this year Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts 71 East Main Street Patchogue 631.207.1313 www.patchoguetheatre.com Sept 24. Mickey B's Fall Spectacular Sept. 25.
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09/20/2011
THE UNDERBELLY OF THE SHORT SALE AND FORECLOSURE WORLD - A REAL ESTATE AGENT'S PERSPECTIVE I never planned to get involved in short sales and foreclosures. My preference was the senior population, hence my SRES designation. Early in my career, I signed on with a referral company. The leads I re
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09/18/2011
THE PLAZA THEATRE, EAST PATCHOGUE, NY Original and updated post on the demolition of The Plaza Theatre Original photo taken by John Paraskevas Finally, about 100 people gathered to see and cheer the long overdue bulldozing of The Plaza Theatre in E. Patchogue. This theater, which sat empty for
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09/15/2011
LONG ISLAND CARES - The Harry Chapin Food Bank Thirty years ago, folk singer/songwriter/social activist Harry Chapin died in a car accident on the Long Island Expressway, on his way to a free concert he was giving in Eisenhower Park. Harry Chapin was extremely passionate about making a difference
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09/14/2011
Jan and Steve have done a super job of making us aware of the possible pitfalls and frustrations of being a landlord, and they did it in the funniest way possible, with no exaggeration. I love the way they set it up as a hypothetical conversation with one who is interested in getting involved in
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09/12/2011