Yesterday I actually made my first real appearance at Steinbrenner Field for spring training.Since the pandemic, many things have changed. Many new faces, many new rules, just a little bit of everything. This year I enter my 49th season around the Yankee Universe. Rather than go through the whole credential process to get into the […]
Month: March 2022
Best Paperbacks of the Month
Although we are only three months into the new year, tons of new book releases have taken the world by storm. Whether your favorite genre is horror, mystery, sci-fi, nothing feels better than curling up and diving into a new paperback.
Violeta Noy’s “The Right One” Speaks on Acceptance in All the Small Differences
White sheets are a popular, easy costume idea that kids would wear to portray a ghost for Halloween. While many ghosts look the same with their white sheets, there is a ghost smaller than anyone else who feels isolated from his ghost family. The boisterous, inviting colors are no wonder why “The Right One” speaks for children of all ages, including adults who are also finding acceptance in the world they live in.
Luis Guzman meets FERRYHAWKS in Staten Island
People from all the other boroughs in New York were asking what all the commotion in Staten Island was this week. Well, it was because one of the most recognizable celebrities and the world’s greatest character actor was doing a movie there. New York’s own Luis Guzman spent a week in Staten Ialand working in […]
Guardian Angels Protest the Warriors
Are “The Classics” Still Important, or Simply Outdated?
It’s likely you read at least one “classic novel” if not more during your time as a high school student. At 16 years old, it is also likely you found some if not all of them to be boring and difficult to understand. Students often read famous works like Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet or The Great Gatsby. Some argue that these stories show how the English language has evolved or tell important lessons we can’t find anywhere else. However, what’s really so priceless about a 13-year-old girl being manipulated into a suicide pact with a man 4 years her senior? Or a man who is so delusional and obsessed with a woman he’s never met that he throws extravagant parties each night in hopes she will attend? More importantly, could it be found in a book that would keep the attention of students better?
Baseball Hollywood and Frankie Valli and Chazz all in Staten Island
They used to say that Staten Island was the lost borough. There have been negative situations that can be found in any of the five boroughs but for whatever the reason it always came out worse here in Staten Island. I can do the analytics and statistics and prove that things are no better or […]
Books Trending on Bookstagram
If you love reading YA, romance, fantasy, or fiction, you’ll want to check out this list of books trending on Bookstagram. I’ve come across tons of reels recently raving about these books. Though most readers’ TBR (to be read) pile is typically enormous with all the amazing books out, these trending books have been dubbed “must-reads” from several bookstagramers!
‘SLIDING BACK INTO ABYSS’ Guardian Angels founder warns New York City is heading back to crime-ridden days of the 1980s amid surging violence
Featured on the Sun NEW York City is heading back towards the dark days of the 1970s and 80s amid a terrifying surge in violent attacks and other major crimes, the founder of Guardian Angels has warned. Curtis Sliwa, who founded the revered citizen crime-watch group in 1979, told The US Sun that the current […]
‘RIDE OF DESPAIR’ Inside NYC’s post-Covid subway crisis & how Guardian Angels have turned from confronting gangs to helping mentally ill
THE NYC subway has gone from battlegrounds in gang turf wars to the land of the forgotten homeless, addicts and those battling mental illness. For more than 40 years, the citizen crime-watch group Guardian Angels has patrolled the city’s subway every night from around 6pm to 3am in their distinct red berets and jackets in […]
More Asian Hate Crimes and Nothing is Being Done by the Authorities
Once again we joined our fellow citizens in Times Square to protest attacks this time against Asian Women. The most recent an elderly Filipino woman was attacked from behind in the entrance to her building in Yonkers. She was hit at least 128 times by a crazed attacker. The Politicians do nothing. The police are […]
Kenan Thompson’s Milestone of 1500 Sketches on SNL
Kenan Thompson reached a milestone accomplishment of performing in 1500 sketches on Saturday Night Live on March 5. The veteran comedian, who has been a part of the SNL cast since 2003, performed his 1500th skit, “Home Repair Show” before receiving a backstage celebration from cast and crewmates, applauding the star for his amazing accomplishment.
