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[27 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]

Reggie Jackson once said, “God do I love to hit that little round son-of-a-bitch out of the park and make ‘em say ‘Wow!’” Home runs have the propensity to wow us.
Baseball is America’s sport no matter what football fans try to argue. There are 162 baseball games a year(more games in a season than any other sport and more for the fan to enjoy) and most stadiums hold between 35,000 and 55,000 fans. Even with so many games, most stadiums are full every night. Over the course of a …

Love »

[20 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]

By Avishai Fuksman
Conversation starters can literally save your life on a first date.
Why?
Well, as you know, going on a first date can be very scary and intimidating. Our minds are overcome with fear and insecurities and we cave in to those emotions.
We’re scared of being rejected, we’re afraid of failure, we’re nervous about saying the wrong thing at the wrong time and we’re anxious about what our date will think of us.
All these anxieties are totally human and completely understandable – but they produce devastating results: they paralyze us and …

Technology »

[13 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]

By J Yahshar
I heard about Twitter maybe 5 months ago. It was one of those things where you hear someone mention something but you don’t recall the time or place because it just isn’t that important to you at that moment.
Twitter, what’s that?!? It’s some Internet thing where your constantly update people about what you are doing.
When I first got hold of the concept I couldn’t connect the dots. I said, “that’s not for me.” I looked down on that hopelessly addicted group of text messaging slaves. With their heads …

Living, Sports »

[6 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]

I am breathing a sigh of delight every time I think about it. Baseball season has started.
I have been a baseball fan since the first time I dug my sneakers into the dirt around first base so many years ago. I remember the thrill of standing out there, smacking my glove and waiting for the throw from the shortstop to zip my way. And then standing at the plate, a fastball coming right down the middle and knowing I just had to swing fast and accurate enough if I …