My Brown Eye’d Girl Comment:This is a poem I wrote for my beautiful wife and mother of my children. you popped into my life one autumn afternoon all i could think of was, i gotta hookup soon everyday i’d waait to see the view because down deep i really knew that you were a special little girl coming all the way to ky to rock my world at first the words were all but a few looking into those beautiful brown eyes, i just knew that […]
Lebron has Mob Rule Behind Him
Lebron James DAN LE BATARD My comment . This is an excellent piece written by Miami Herald writer Dan Le Batard, which I’m hoping you enjoy as much as I did. PATRICK FARRELL/MIAMI HERALD STAFF STRONG BONDS: LeBron James displays his latest NBA MVP trophy as coach Erik Spoelstra, left, and Heat president Pat Riley stand by. Legend leader Pat Riley, equal parts shaman and mobster, told this story at the Heat’s Family Day, symbolically enough. He was trying to explain with a parable why he […]
Kentucky Derby Week Thursday
After waking up for some breakfast we went out for a walk along but Road in New Albany Indiana. Walk last about 30 to 40 minutes and we hiked about several miles. When we got back to my sisters house we showered and headed to our home town of Elizabethtown, Ky. For thirsty Thursday celebration
Kentucky Derby Week Tuesday and Wednesday
Kentucky Derby Week I left you off on my way to meet my siblings at the for an early supper at the North End Cafe. There HR and I met up with our Brother Bill who lives in Louisville, Sisters: Karen who lives in New Albany; Debbie who is in from her home in Gainesville, Fl; and Nancy who was in from Paris, France where she resides. We had a good time visiting. We then went a couple of block in the Highlands area of Louisville, […]
Kentucky Derby Week Day 1
Kentucky Derby Week Day 1 I arrived in Lexington, Ky. Monday afternoon about 3 pm and was picked up by my brother HR, who was waiting for me in baggage claim. He was kind enough to come all the way from Louisville to get me. We headed for the Derby City. After arriving we went to the Brick House Restaurant where we had fish and chips and a couple of cold beers. The attention there by Chelsea was great the food was good and we really […]
New link found in red meat, heart issues
HEALTH New link found in red meat, heart issues BY GINA KOLATA THE NEW YORK TIMES A new study shows people who eat lot of red meat are more susceptible to heart problems — but the fat in the meat may have little to do with it. Dr. Stanley Hazen of the Cleveland Clinic, a nonprofit academic medical center, and his colleagues have accumulated evidence for a surprising new explanation of why red meat may contribute to heart disease. Researchers say what damages hearts is not […]
Lead Poisoning in Children
Lead Poisoning in Children HEALTH Lead poisoning toll: 1 in 38 kids NEW YORK — (AP) — More than half a million U.S. children are now believed to have lead poisoning, roughly twice the previous high estimate, health officials reported Thursday. The increase is the result of the government last year lowering the threshold for lead poisoning, so now more children are considered at risk. Too much lead can harm developing brains and can mean a lower IQ. Lead poisoning used to be a much larger […]
Most in U.S. back legal marijuana
A first: Most in U.S. back legal marijuana Thanks to ROB HOTAKAINEN & MCCLATCHY NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON — Just five months after Washington state and Colorado voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use, a poll released Thursday found that a majority of Americans agree. And, as Attorney General Eric Holder tries to figure out how to respond to the new legalization laws, the poll had more good news for voters in the two states: Sixty percent of Americans say the U.S. government should not enforce federal […]
Police Officer Questioned
How does someone like this keep his job? Or, is even hired? For people are dead possibly because of this police officers reaction. Perez, 26, who engaged in the pursuit after witnessing what he said in his report was a minor traffic infraction, has had a bumpy career. He was fired from Miami Shores Police Department, kicked out of the police academy and, as a recruit, arrested for causing a nasty crash while drag-racing off duty. Read more here: http://MiamiHerald.com
Mother Teresa’s Miami soup kitchen harassed by city
by: DANIEL SHOER ROTH DSHOER@MIAMIHERALD.COM Thanks to the Miami Herald and its writers for bringing this to our attention. Sister Joselle sweeps the floor of the convent in Overtown. The city is trying to discourage the sisters from feeding the poor there. Thirty-three years ago, Mother Teresa of Calcutta came to Miami to put her merciful motto of love into action: “To serve the poorest of the poor.” Since then, each morning a group of sisters of the congregation of the Missionaries of Charity, donning their distinctive […]