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Family is the Game Plan

Fernando Mendoza is an odd name for a Heisman Trophy candidate college quarterback, much less one from Number One ranked Indiana, which hadn’t won the Big Ten for 58 years until last Saturday. Fernando ended up in Bloomington via Miami and Berkeley, California. His brother Alberto was already there, also

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Good Morning!

For the last 10 years my general sleep pattern usually consisted of going to bed sometime between 12:00 A.M. and 1:00 A.M (sometimes later) and

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Book It

It’s holiday gift giving time for those of us fortunate enough to be able to do it. Let me make a suggestion. If you have

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Machine Sabatoge

I spent last weekend in Prague, Czech Republic—a wonderful place. One of the most famous tourist attractions in the city is the Prague Astrological Clock

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Has the NF Fell?

Does the National Football League bore you like it does me? I used to love the games. Thanksgiving was the day I would gorge myself

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Call if it Hurts

Today I have doctoring on my mind. I’ve spent the last 10 days in the throes of worry, tests, doctor visits and more tests. I

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Son Rises

I get to do this blog today partly because my son Noah is traveling and will not get a chance to edit my writing like

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