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Entries from December 2009

2009…

December 31st, 2009 · 7 Comments · Mi Vida

It was…
A year I started off unemployed after I got laid off from a company I loved working for.
A year where I was out of a job for five out of the first 12 months.
A year where a five year relationship ended abruptly.
A year where I still didn’t get a grip on certain vices.
A year [...]

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Happy Holidays…

December 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Mi Vida

I know I’m a bit late saying Happy Holidays, but I’ve just been busy with family, work, friends and my own personal goals these past few weeks.
I hope you guys and girls had a great holiday and wish you all the best this upcoming new year.
As for the folks asking where I’ve been: “I don’t [...]

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The Promised Land…

December 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Sports

is where he will lead us.
Currently 8-0
P.S. In case you didn’t know, I’m a die hard Kentucky Wildcats fan since the Christian Laettner broke my 8 year old heart days.
Not even the Spurs losing to Dallas in Game 7 of the 2006 Western Conference Semi’s, the Fisher shot, or Padres getting swept in 98 [...]

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When Prisoners Phone Home…

December 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Writing

Just a few days ago, the NY Times had an editorial piece on an issue that I like to say (and the paper I formerly worked with) I brought to their attention three years ago.
After I wrote about this topic for the NY Amsterdam News, guys like Errol Louis at the NY Daily News [...]

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Hector Lavoe – Periodico De Ayer…

December 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Music

Lately, I’ve been on this Boricua craze with one of my amigos.
Women, pasteles, rooting for Miguel Cotto, and days of listening to Lavoe, Marc Anthony and Santa Rosa on the iPod.
I don’t know what’s happening, but I’ve become a Boricua enthusiast within the last month or so.
Anyways, this is Hector Lavoe live in [...]

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Things you didn’t know…

December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Mi Vida

So I figured I’d tell you a few things you didn’t know about me.
Throughout High School, I went to basketball camps all throughout the east coast and got recruited by schools such as Fairleigh Dickinson, University of Texas and Hofstra.
All this was accomplished despite being thrown off my HS basketball team at Mount [...]

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