Its a question that I’ve even been confused of growing up here all my life. I’ve lived on Academy, Post, Arden and Hillside. I’m more Dyckman than a lot of people can claim to ever be. The other day while walking up 145th and Broadway, I saw a flower shop called “Washington Heights Florist” and [...]

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I’m not one to rejoice in the firing of anyone, but when I heard the news that my favorite college basketball team the Kentucky Wildcats, were firing Billy Gillispie, I was ecstatic. If missing the NCAA tournament for the first time since the Mashburn era wasn’t enough justification, I don’t know what is. From the [...]

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In a down economy with no job, you have to find ways to make money right? Example 1 and 2 pictured above are what keeps me floating along with my rainy day account and unemployment benefits. I’ve been doing the ticket re-selling thing for about 3 years now. It helped me make some good money [...]

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Congratulations to Tom Perez for gaining the post of Assistant Attorney General in President Obama’s administration. I’m very proud of this moment because he is a son of two Dominican immigrants who fled the DR during the time of the tyrant, Trujillo’s dictatorship. Perez, graduated from Brown undergrad, Harvard law school and its Kennedy School [...]

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I figured as I’ve been running into a case of “What the hell to write about?,” that I’d just take you back into time to see some stuff I wrote while I was in college. The award-winning article actually forced some legislation to be brought forth in NY Congress to confront this issue. Aside from [...]

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This past Fall/Winter I volunteered as an Assistant Coach for my friend Eric’s basketball team over at Landmark HS in the city. I love basketball so volunteering wasn’t an issue for me at all. Our season started off great, but we ran into a few bumps on the road and missed the playoffs by 1 [...]

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with your girlfriend. One of my close friends is about to take the step. He decided to take advantage of a down market and buy a nice place in this up and coming neighborhood. Kudos to him for taking that step. Now, while he was in his home search, he asked me four basic questions: [...]

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shooting her new movie Salt. First, Eve with Love is Blind, Samuel L in Shaft, Law & Order, and now Angelina is up here!? Oh, she’s probably moving to Riverside for the months she’ll be shooting “Salt” too. They’re coming man – they really are… If you’d like to subscribe to this blog, click here

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“Mentally been many places, but I’m Dyckman’s own.” Manhattan Times that is. Awww, I love messing with you folk. One day it will appear in the other more famous Times, but for now, I’m very happy that the Manhattan Times recognized me. In last week’s issue, my blog was featured in popular Northern Manhattan newspaper, [...]

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How do you think this one ended? Spurs won by like 20 or something. It was unfair and I felt bad for my boy E who’s a Nets fan and had to sit through that embarassment while I had my Spurs shirt and hat on. As for the Rutgers v Seton Hall game, everyone I [...]

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