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Made in Queens: The Worst American Fighter Plane of World War II	The New York Times reported that recently — just off the island of Midway, where the pivotal naval battle of the Pacific War was fought 71 years ago — archaeological divers discovered...	0	23-01-2013	01-11-2013	No	jwalsh	Read More..	Login to comment	History	Library	aviation, battle of Midway, Brewster Buffalo, dogfights, JetBlue, Long Island City, Marine Corps, Midway, WW II	Jeremy Walsh	0	Blog entry
Elmore Leonard: His Reputation is ‘Justified’	The week of January 7 marked the start of a new season of a certain popular television series about a federal marshal and the colorful criminal underworld in the rural county he calls home. While...	0	04-02-2013	01-11-2013	No	jwalsh	Read More..	Login to comment	Books	Library	3:10 to Yuma, crime novels, Elmore Leonard, Get Shorty, Jackie Brown, John Travolta, Justified, Mr. Majestyk, Out of Sight, Pronto, Quentin Tarantino, Raylan Givens, Riding the Rap, Timothy Olyphant	Jeremy Walsh	0	Blog entry
How the Roller Coaster Came to Queens	January 20 marks the 127th anniversary of the patenting of the roller coaster. These scream-inducing attractions have spread all over the world and endured their own peaks and troughs of popularity...	5	10-01-2013	01-10-2013	No	jwalsh	Read More..	Login to comment	General	Library	Adventurer's Inn, amusement parks, cinerama, Coney Island, Cyclone, Fairyland, l.a. thompson, Rockaways Playland, roller coaster	Jeremy Walsh	100	Blog entry
Happy Birthday to a Legendary Percussionist	January 15 marks the birthday of one of the greatest drummers of all time: Gene Krupa. Born in Chicago in 1909, Krupa had been groomed for the priesthood by his parents, but decided to go his...	1	08-01-2013	01-02-2013	No	jwalsh	Read More..	Login to comment	Music	Library	Benny Goodman, big band, drummers, Gene Krupa, jazz, KISS, Martin Scorsese, Neal Peart, Peter Criss, Rush, Taxi Driver, World War II	jwalsh	20	Blog entry
Wherever I Wind Up: A Staff Favorite of 2012	I recently read Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball by New York Mets pitcher and Cy Young Award winner R. A. Dickey. Mr. Dickey’s story is not the...	5	21-12-2012	12-21-2012	No	MKearl	Read More..	Login to comment	Books	Library	athletes, baseball, Books, New York, R.A. Dickey, reviews, sports, the Mets, Wherever I Wind Up	Peter W.	100	Blog entry