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Rudolph Giuliani

On the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001, I was driving through Manhattan with three co-workers. As we approached a street corner, we noticed a handful of people looking toward the sky. When we reached them, we all looked up and saw an enormous burning hole on the side of one

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Wait!!!!!!

I just saw a black woman in the crowd at the Republican convention. And an Asian lady. That’s two.

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Leah turns 40

Today is my sister-in-law’s birthday. At work, they surprised her with, uh, eh, ahem, a big purple monster. I don’t quite know what to make of this. I’ve had 36 birthday celebrations, and never—not once—did anyone send a big purple monster. In fact, I never even had a horse. Popeye.

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Where are the black people?

“I have one more cure for energy conservation—let’s keep Al Gore’s private jet on the ground.” — Mitt Romney Am watching Mitt Romney speak at the Republican National Convention. They keep panning the crowd, and I see nary a single black person. Not one. This sounds funny, but, to me,

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The winner of the 4th jeffpearlman.com book giveaway …

One week ago I posed the following: As the fourth (and best) jeffpearlman.com book giveaway, I offer this: I have compiled a list of the 10 players I consider to be most vital to the 90s Dallas Cowboys’ vast successes. Post your own list here (in order of importance), and

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Library Journal review

Another review today, this one from Library Journal … Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty BYLINE: John Maxymuk Pearlman, Jeff. Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty. Harper: HarperCollins . Sept. 2008. 288p.

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Seventeen

This past weekend my 19-year-old sister-in-law got a tattoo on her ankle that says LOVE in Hebrew (Although, considering my sister-in-law doesn’t speak Hebrew, it may well say I LIKE MOLDY TURKEY). She was extremely excited about the whole thing, which—to be honest—I immediately dismissed as a random (yet classic)

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Men like pedicures

OK, maybe not most men. But I do. I’ve gone with my wife five or six times, and I always dog it. I even ask the women to please paint my nails, usually in some offensive shade of Hooker Red or Mandy Moore Pink. Hence, I was thrilled when my

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The power of a book review

Today “Boys Will Be Boys” was reviewed in the New York Post. You can read the entire review here. Amazing, the power of a single review. Just checked Amazon, and my book is No. 1 in football, and No. 709 overall. Those are pretty good signs (knock, knock) considering “Boys

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If you’re going to make someone your VP candidate …

… you might just want to do a background check, first. This is amazing. Absolutely amazing. As a first-term governor whose most extensive governmental experience came as the mayor of a town with 6,500 residents, you might want to at least be accurate in your most oft-repeated claim—in this case,

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