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Mr. Unlucky’s Almanack

Do the aphorisms and observations of Benjamin franklin and his Poor Richard still apply, or are we beyond hope and salvation?

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Donald Trump announced he will buy Ed McMahon’s home, which is in default and subject to foreclosure, and allow the former talk show sidekick to stay there for peanuts–where’s Donald for the rest of us?

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Lakers’ guard (whom does he guard, ever?) Sasha Vujacic just resigned for $15M, but the truth is his name should be Vujachoke

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As The Joker in ‘The Dark Knight,’ the late Heath Ledger sets a new standard for on-screen evil, one that is eerily too real

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Floyd Landis’s losing his doping appearl in a world court only shows that athletes exposed to be steroid users and cheaters come in all shapes, sizes and personalities–right, Roger and Barry?

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General Motors unveiled its Buick Invicta concept car at the Beijing Auto Show in April, a design to span the U.S. and China, according to officials

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The quotrain from the ‘Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam” about ‘the moving finger’ still holds truth–eternal truth of life on earth

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Saturday, June 14’s Wine & Cars Under the Stars was a fun event featuring food, wine and restored and custom vintage automobiles

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The new (2008) Indiana Jones movie is hokey and contrived and comes across as a genre that’s lost all its steam

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No one is willing to connect the dots, but the lack of home runs in baseball this year is due to one siple fact–players are off the juice finally

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At least Biff in “Back to the Future” had some meaning to his bully essence, but Roger Clemens is just a bully and a fraud, in the immortant word of Michael Wilbon

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