ADULTHOOD
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We all grow up making life decisions with more successes and fewer failures resulting in lessons that hopefully will allow us to grow.
RIP FERNANDO MACIAN
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We learned about the death of our beloved friend and City Island neighbor Fernando Macian-Juan, M.D., Ph.D., and professor.
Fernando was a popular member of the Einstein Institute for Aging Research and Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center, an associate director of the Medical Scientist Training Program, and a pioneering scientist in his fields of immunology, cancer, and aging research.
FIGURE IT OUT
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I'm attracted to full-figured women with meat on their bones, especially in all the best-placed all-around areas, but Fatphobia ain't it.
YELLOW SUB
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Five decades ago The Beatles were changing the world with songs the band recorded is staggering.
Their sheer creative output is part of why they have such a lasting legacy, and it becomes even more overwhelming when you remember they were also movie stars. The quality of those movies varies wildly, but there are several all-time classics among the films The Beatles made together, and none hold up better than Yellow Submarine.
POLLING vs VOTING
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The truth is that many people believe lying to pollsters is fair play. Political polling is a lot like the odds on racehorses.
Sometimes, it is more accurate than other times, but it helps if you buy a ticket to win, place, or show. In politics, it is all about winning. I do not have verifiable statistics, but I have sufficient anecdotal knowledge to believe that many people routinely lie to any pollster they encounter if they think it will help the viability of their candidate.
EL FUMA aka HE's SMOKIN
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We are sharing a recent performance at NYC's The Advent Lutheran Church by a newfound friend and marvelous musician.
Here are two sample videos on YouTube. We hope you like Jose Luis M Rodriguez and would like to hear from you. cityimages3@gmail.com
SUPREMELY SHAMELESS?
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SCOTUS RELEASES A HISTORIC STATEMENT REGARDING THEIR CODE OF CONDUCT - IS IT ONE SMALL STEP FOR US?
SILENCED SONGS
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For nearly one hundred years musical artists in the USA have endured their songs being banned for one reason or another.
SWEET POTATO
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Sweet potatoes are nutritious, packing a good amount of vitamin A, vitamin C, and manganese into each delicious serving.
I eat a sweet potato with or without brown sugar-cinnamon butter. The tender, melt-in-your-mouth sweet potatoes found at restaurants do not compete with the allure of this irresistibly fluffy interior.
8 BILLON OF US
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The Voice of America reports It is beginning to look a lot like crowded everywhere we go on Earth as humans topped 8 billion people.
And with longer lifespans offsetting fewer births, world population growth continues a long-term trend of slowing down.
The scientific estimates are that our global population exceeded the threshold near the end of September. The United Nations estimated the number was passed 10 months earlier, having declared Nov. 22, 2022, the "Day of 8 Billion," the Census Bureau pointed out in a statement.