A long-distance friend of mine, Dr. Sonnet Mondal — who Wikipedia labels “…an eminent Indian poet … writer (and) Poet Laureate" — asked me to write an essay on poetry. I had no idea what to write — I’m a ba-ad poet — when an old junior high and high school friend, and a Vietnam […]
AN EXPEDITION AT THE EXHIBITION: A REVIEW OF THE NEW YANKEE STADIUM
My visit to the new Yankee Stadium on Friday, April 3, 2009–with a buddy, Ricky, and my girlfriend, Graciela–for the New York Yankees/Chicago Cubs exhibition game was much more to soak up the environment in which I, my future children, grandchildren, and perhaps great-grandchildren will watch the Yankees compete for a World Series title each […]
MLB Improves Online Streaming, Handheld Apps
by Denis Cummings Though it has experienced some technical problems to start the season, MLB continues to lead other sports in its use of technology to attract fans. Major League Baseball has consistently been ahead of the curve in broadcasting its sport on new platforms. MLB.com began streaming live games back in 2003; […]
The Future of Bay Area Newspapers in a Digital Age
The Seattle Post-Intellegence is a Web-only newspaper, the Christian Science Monitor is doing the same, the San Francisco Chronicle is cutting staff by as many as 150 and may be looking to its Hearst Corp. breathren in Seattle for guidance in becoming another Web-only paper, and the Rocky Mountain News in Denver has closed completely. […]
30-Minute Obama Ad To Air At World Series
Within the recent weeks, the campaign of Democratic Presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama of Illinois has come up with very original, creative, and highly potent ways of promoting and advertising the campaign. Perhaps the campaign of GOP Presidential nominee Senator John McCain of Arizona should take some notes. There have been some instances in where […]
Looking Back
In my younger years, my parents moved four times in a four year period. We moved to the house I call home in the middle of a record-setting snowstorm on February 3, 1982. For a little while in elementary school, I was known as the little girl with the smile, singing voice and Southern accent. […]