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I am new to this site, just graduated from CU-Denver with my BA in English Creative Writing. I'm 28. I am hoping to get a career as a writer, mostly as a baseball beat writer for my Cubbies. I also love to travel, I did my senior writing project on poetry.

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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Across the Universe: 5 of 10

I just saw the new movie by artistic director Julie Taymor called Across the Universe. It uses the Beatle's music to backup the story. The story has a love story mixed into the events of the 60's, with the Vietnam war and riots and protests. Jude is a young man from Liverpool who comes to the U.S. to find his estranged fathe...
Sports & Recreation > Baseball (Other) Book reviews: Haunted Baseball: Ghosts, Curses, Legends, and Eerie Events, by Mickey Bradley and Dan Gordon: 1 of 1

Now that the calendar has turned to October, it means that Halloween is around the corner and it will be time for ghost stories and scary movies. Well books are good for telling ghost stories, non-fiction accounts are the best and I just read a great book called "Haunted Baseball" that is full of interesting accounts from pl...
Politics, News & Issues > Sports Archives Predictions: 2007 Chicago Cubs: 8 of 10

As the 2007 baseball season is in its last few weeks, fans can start to see how the division races are shaping up. For the NL Central division it has become a three team race with Chicago over taking Milwaukee with their win over St. Louis. As of today, August 18th, Chicago has a half game lead over Milwaukee and three games...
Politics, News & Issues > Baseball News & Opinion Should the Chicago Cubs end the practice of the 7th inning guest conductor of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame?": 9 of 10

Singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at Wrigley Field during the 7th inning stretch has become a tradition that has gone on for years. Each game, the fans would stand and look to the booth for Harry to wave his mike out of the windows and lead the fans in singing. Since his passing in 1998, they have invited 'guest conducto...
Politics, News & Issues > Sports Archives Reflections on the Chicago Cubs making it to the 2007 MLB World Series: 2 of 2

As we start the second week of September, I am sitting here watching the Cubs play the Cardinals in a makeup game at Wrigley Field. After this last weekend, the Cubs find themselves back in second place and a game behind Milwaukee with the Cardinals behind us, yes I say 'us' because I am a die-hard Cub fan. With twenty games...