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Wow! Are there any books out there from which this Kaavya Viswanathan DIDN'T outright steal material? I hate to pile on when the subject is a 19-year-old young woman from my home state of New Jersey, but the evidence is mounting that this was grand theft authoring.Viswanathan's "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and … Continue reading How Opal Mehta Got Copied, Got Exposed, and Got Her Life Ruined…by 19

Last night, Christian Beach and I saw the Tony Levin Band play at The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ. Wow! What a great freakin' show! Never thought I would hear Genesis' "Back in NYC" from "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" performed live, but Tony & Co. made it happen.For the uninitiated, Tony Levin is … Continue reading In the presence of greatness

Well, when I went to the Dodgers-Phillies doubleheader last Sunday, I saw the Phils win their first game of the season after an 0-4 start when Bobby Abreu hit a two-out, three-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 6-3 victory. Of course, the Phils dropped the nightcap of the twinbill, … Continue reading I create ballpark magic once again

Well, I moved to a new seat late in Game 1 of the doubleheader (see previous post for my original seat location) and took these pics.To update my previous post, I wound up having a total of five hot dogs on Dollar Dog Day. Since I was getting two games for the price of one … Continue reading More pics from a day at the ballpark

I just thought I would take a minute or two to offer my congratulations to the University of Florida Gators men's basketball team on winning the NCAA Division I championship.Having a friend who lives in the Gainesville, FL, area, has led to my becoming somewhat of an honorary Gator fan. Also, because I saw the … Continue reading Congrats, Gators!

This is a club around the corner from the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel......as you can see, former King Crimson guitarist Adrian Belew played here on March 25...just missed him!Vanderbilt Stadium, home of the Commodores.Fraternity row on the campus of Vanderbilt University.A castle-like frat house at Vandy.The Parthenon at Nashville's Centennial Park...a full-scale replica of the original.Details … Continue reading More pics from Nashville

NOTE: I actually recorded and posted this around 12:30 p.m. Nashville time before I went to the CASE Editors Forum. However, I had my AudioBlogger settings set to go to the wrong blog. Hence, I have moved it over to this one. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to modify the time stamp because that isn't showing … Continue reading Some words from Nashville

...Nashville style.This message was sent using PIX-FLIX Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!To learn how you can snap pictures with your wireless phone visit http://www.verizonwireless.com/getitnow/getpix. To learn how you can record videos with your wireless phone visit http://www.verizonwireless.com/getitnow/getflix. To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime 6.5 or higher is required. Visit http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download to download the … Continue reading The Parthenon…

Well, I'm not the biggest fan of country music, but I wasn't going to let a trip to Nashville go by without a trip to one of the hallowed halls of American music history, the Grand Ole Opry House.So that is what I did my first night in Nashville...and I must say, it was surprisingly … Continue reading A Night at the Opry!

Well, I am in my room at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville and just thought I would say hello. As I often do, I took some pics of the view outside my windows. I think this may be the first hotel room I have stayed in that as windows facing more than one way. … Continue reading Hello from Music City