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The Great Jersey City Whiteout: 23 Inches of Whoopass!

The weekend snowstorm that tackled us into Monday opened 23 inches of Whoopass here in Jersey City, and many pockets of humanity in and around the Tri-State area are still trying to dig out of the drifts.  We lost power several times Sunday and Monday and lots of neighborhood trees were tipped into felling by the heavy, wet, snow.  Streets are still unplowed.  Sidewalks are still impassable.  It’s a winter whiteout of neighborhood morality and city leadership.

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Could too Much Vitamin D Be Bad?

It has been well documented that taking megadoses of Vitamin D may be a foolish, unhelpful act. We now are coming to understand that without the addition of calcium, all the extra vitamin D might not be making it into the system at all.


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That Lad Can Throw: Ten Sentence Story #106

The lad, at two-years-old, picked up a peach pit and threw it in a straight line against the broadside of a barn.

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Pennsylvania and Wine Vending Machines

Have we Americans become so parched for our sugar fix that we now need to get our “alcohol on” in supermarkets and on street corners?  That appears to be the case in Pennsylvania where they are now selling you wine from vending machines.

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Why the Yankees Lost Cliff Lee

Who didn’t see the non-signing of Cliff Lee by the Yankees coming a mile away?  All the signs were there — namely in dead silence from Lee — yet few people ever expected the notion that the Yankees could ever be out-bid by another team. However, what the faithful failed to understand, is the Yankees were — but are now no longer — about so much more than just money.

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