Nothing could compare to yesterday. Not anything since the unexpected 2007 NBA Title run when I believed we were destined to lose to the Suns before Horry hip-checked Steve Nash into the NBA Playoffs on TNT sign. Nothing.
June 24th, 2009 gave me the type of event that ‘might’ (I stress that work) make me [...]

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To the man I like to call “The Blueprint.”
That folks is Claudio De Jesus Cabrera. He is who my grandmother’s and everyone in the family call “Claudio El Viejo,” because he’s the older Claudio. I get called “Claudito.”
For Father’s Day, I decided to give my dad the gift of a Broadway play. I [...]

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It was only a few months ago, when I was in the barber shop I regularly attend and walked into a conversation where a middle aged man and a few younger ones said they had no problem hitting a woman.
‘Si me encojona, le voy das si estoy en mala,’ said a few of them [...]

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So this past weekend, I went out with the Jersey Gang of E, Jay, Jason and Jess. I forgot the other dude’s name, but he was also cool. We went to see my first professional boxing match on the eve of the Boricua parade. It was well worth the money; great fight and people in [...]

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Two Fridays ago, I came home from a long day of work and logged onto my Twitter account at about midnight. I was about to scroll through to see what people were talking about. To my surprise, I saw something I would never imagine seeing as the #1 trending topic and that was rapper Jay-Z.
While [...]

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To a bowling match.
I scored a 153 on this night as you can see with the “C” right next to it. That’s great for a “social bowler.” I was kind of drunk so that was me on an off day (look at me talking trash).
Meet me at Chelsea Piers, Bowlmor or Harlem Lanes to [...]

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Tell me if I’m telling the truth or not:
Sometimes, just sometimes, you hate or even think twice about going to Mamajuana’s, Tabaco Y Ron and IL Sole (restaurants in Dyckman) on any day of the week because you’re going to run into these ‘wanna-be bourgeoise’ Dominicans. These Dominicans that will spend a ton of [...]

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