Twenty Years

Monday, Oct. 08, 2007 - 12:34 a.m.

Today is my little brother's birthday. Jon Landerman is 38.

Happy birthday, bro!

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Whoah! I've been waiting about twenty years to see this!!!!

Here's an excerpt:

Four days after Knicks Coach Isiah Thomas was held liable for sexual harassment, the Rev. Al Sharpton said yesterday that Thomas must apologize if he felt there was a different standard between black and white men in using a derogatory term toward black women.

The Rev. Al Sharpton says Isiah Thomas must prove he did not use abusive language to Anucha Browne Sanders.

In a video of Thomas�s deposition, he was seen saying it was less offensive for a black man to call a black woman a �bitch� than it was for a white man.

Sharpton said Thomas told him by telephone yesterday that crucial context had been omitted when part of his deposition was seen in court.

The jury found against Thomas, the Garden and its chairman, James L. Dolan, and ordered the Garden and Dolan to pay $11.6 million in damages for subjecting a former team executive, Anucha Browne Sanders, to a hostile work environment and for improperly firing her.

Sharpton said that if the tape was not incorrectly spliced, Thomas had to apologize. If Thomas does not, Sharpton said that his organization, the National Action Network, would picket Knicks games.

I've awakened in a different universe.

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Last night, I caught a few minutes of Field Of Dreams, and that reminded me to do a little research about that movie and about the book.

Guess what I found out?... One of the characters in the movie whom I thought was fictional was in fact, very very real.

My husband is reading this at work, and his mouth has just opened.

Close your mouth, sweetheart. Thank you.

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That's it. Have a good Monday.

To my beloved Canadian friends, have a marvelous Thanksgiving.

To my fellow Americans: Don't forget; there's no need to check the mailbox today.

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