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I’d praise Congress for finally passing medical aid for first-responders at the World Trade Center after 9/11 except for that one little word: finally. You see, 9/11 happened nine years, three months and almost two weeks ago. Now to be fair to Congress, it didn’t become obvious for several months that working on the pile that once was the World Trade Center was making people really sick. Also to be fair to Congress, the date on which the Zadroga bill passed was 3,389 days after 9/11! Disgraceful! Michael Daly, writing in today’s New York Daily News, called the US Senate, “Last responders.” That pretty much sums it up.
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My son took me on the behind-the-scenes tour of Citi Field last Sunday. It was a disappointment. They wouldn’t show us the Francisco Rodriguez Memorial Holding Cell.
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On the Sunday before Christmas, Charles Osgood performed “The Christmas Song” on his excellent TV show, “Sunday Morning.” We already knew he had a beautiful speaking voice and now we know he can play the piano. I deliberately chose “performed” rather than sang, because as talented as Mr. Osgood is, he can’t sing. Neither can I.
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By the way, if you aren’t Nat King Cole (and he’s dead so nobody is), from my point of view there’s no use singing that song. It’s already been sung as well as it can possibly be sung by Mr. Cole.
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Former radio personality Dick Summer has a blog and a podcast. The other day, Dick thanked his wife for not making him grow up. I knew I hadn’t grown up, but it never occurred to me to thank my wife for not making me, or at least not trying to make me. Dick’s right; thanks honey.
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I found out that the kind of sleepwear my wife likes is called a sleep shirt. A night shirt is a little different. She likes them in silk and I also found out that the only place I could locate that sells them is out of stock until next June.
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Country music star Shania Twain is engaged to be married. Her former husband left her for another woman and Shania just became engaged to that woman’s ex-husband. Now, that’s what I call a country song!
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Snooki and JWoww of “Jersey Shore” fame are reportedly looking to buy a house in E. Setauket, NY. Whew! I don’t live in E. Setauket.
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The loose cushions you often see on couches and chairs are called throw pillows. It’s a great name for them because when I sit on a couch or chair that has a throw pillow on it, I throw it someplace else, or at someone.
