Victor Lana has published numerous stories and articles in literary magazines and online, including his favorite haunt here at Blogcritics. His books A Death in Prague (2002),Move (2003), and The Savage Quiet September Sun: A Collection of 9/11 Stories are available at online bookstores. His new novel, Like a Passing Shadow is now available.
Victor Lana is a native of New York City, where he has studied acting, writing, and literature. He received a doctorate in English from St. John's University, New York, and has taught at every level in education. Please check out his blog.
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What would make perfectly healthy and sane people stand in the way of a two thousand pound bull?
I don't think we want to reach a point in this country when trial by jury is dissolved because of unpopular verdicts.
In another universe we would be crying out there on the West Coast; This team seems different and they keep finding ways to win.
Mets fans have to get out there and cheer this underdog team for no other reason than they are New Yorkers who are not Yankees' fans.
The question one can ask is, when do these guys throw in the proverbial towel?
So, goodbye, good neighbor Carl. You will be missed.
So now the great Peter Falk is gone. He has left behind one of the greatest characters in television history.
In general, I think interleague play should be reserved for when it really counts - the World Series.
Eight years before the famous ship sank a lesser known one took roughly a thousand people to a watery grave.
Things are starting to remind me of 1973 - that NY Mets team went all the way to the World Series and lost to the Oakland A's in seven games.
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