This past Thursday, I had the pleasure of travelling down to Washington D.C. with a delegation of members of the Zionist Organization of America, the oldest and largest pro-Israel organization in the United States. I have done the ZOA’s Mission to Capitol Hill for the past three years and every time I am amazed at [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 29, 2009
Miami University’s Hockey Team is Headed to the Frozen Four
It has eluded the Redhawks for the last several years: Advancing to the semifinals of college hockey was something Miami could taste, but never experience for themselves. Thanks to the Boston College Eagles, who knocked the Redhawks out of the NCAA College Hockey tournament in 2005, 2006, and 2007, Miami was never able to advance [...]
March 25, 2009
Movie Review: “What Happens in Vegas” (2008)
After a night of wild partying in Las Vegas, two young adults wake up and realize they had officially been married sometime during their drunken cloud of activities. Jack, played by Ashton Kutcher, also seemingly manages to win the jackpot at the slot machines the morning after the couple gets married. Joy, played [...]
March 20, 2009
My Favorite Time of Year
In the first few months of a new year, there is one sporting event I look forward to in the month of March. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament commonly known as “March Madness” features 65 teams from more than 31 different conferences competing against each other in a “win-or-go-home scenario.”
Perhaps, the excitement and hype [...]
March 17, 2009
A Weekend of Unhealthy Habits
This ad for an American fast-food chain known as Krystal, says “There’s a Reason Your Dog Won’t Eat It.” As I seemingly managed to digest four of these smaller sized snacks on my recent trip to South Carolina, I thought to myself, “There is also a reason why humans shouldn’t eat this kind of [...]
March 11, 2009
Shea Goodbye
Shea Stadium, the former home of the New York Mets baseball team was recently demolished after a five month long deconstruction. The picture on the left was taken in June of 2006, when I was fortunate enough to attend a Mets home game against the Cincinnati Reds.
The stadium that was named after William Shea, [...]
March 1, 2009
ESPN’s Salary Crunch: Compare Your Salary to a Professional Athlete’s Salary
In case you were wondering how long it takes for a professional athlete like Alex Rodriguez to earn your annual wages, you can go to this link on ESPN and find out how many home runs, strikeouts, sacks, tackles, or other measurements it takes for certain highly paid athletes to earn what you earn in [...]
