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Former NBA center Shawn Bradley suffered a traumatic spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed, according to a statement released on his behalf by the Dallas Mavericks. On Jan. 20, Bradley was struck from behind by an automobile while riding his bicycle a block from his home in St. George, Utah. He underwent neck fusion surgery and has spent the past eight weeks hospitalized and undergoing rehabilitation. "With his wife Carrie at his side around the clock, and supported by an amazing team of rehabilitation specialists and family, Bradley is in good spirits," the statement read, in part. "He plans to use his accident as a platform to bring greater public awareness to the importance of bicycle safety." Bradley, 48, was the No. 2 pick in the 1993 draft, selected by thePhiladelphia 76ers after spending two years on a Mormon mission following his freshman year at BYU. He's 7-foot-6 and averaged 8.1 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.5 blocks during his 12-season NBA career, spending the last 8½ years of that time with the Mavericks. "We are saddened to hear of Shawn's accident," Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said in the statement. "Shawn has always been incredibly determined and shown a fighting spirit. We wish him nothing but the best in his recovery. He will always be a part of our Mavs family."

Well, as @WilliamM recently shocked me by telling me WITH NO SPOILER ALERT!, we all die sometime.

My best friend and I once ate lunch at the restaurant below her apartment. Not because of anything to do with the case, but because we were seeing a movie across the street, and because I got airline miles for eating there. https://www.google.com/maps/place/82-70+Austin+St,+Jamaica,+NY+11415/@40.709539,-73.8298802,3a,75y,221.02h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1se1IQq9kqV-ScjF9Wy7Ym6g!2e0!6shttps://streetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com/v1/thumbnail?panoid=e1IQq9kqV-ScjF9Wy7Ym6g&cb_client=search.gws-prod.gps&w=86&h=86&yaw=221.0221&pitch=0&thumbfov=100!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c260bcb3238e25:0xd4fd82e5ee34433a!8m2!3d40.709375!4d-73.830072

One of the country’s most famously creepy houses is back in the news. Ronald DeFeo Jr., the notorious killer at the “Amityville Horror” house — a dwelling whose mystique continues to fascinate the public in the wake of a subsequent book and film franchise — died in prison Friday at 69. DeFeo, whose nickname was Butch, spread terror across Long Island following the gruesome 1974 slaying of his family at their home at 108 Ocean Ave. The home — its original address was 112 Ocean Ave. but was changed to 108 to deter tourists — was purchased by George and Kathy Lutz one year after the murders. But they ditched the property after only one month due to reported paranormal activity, which inspired a 1977 book and 1979 movie. On Nov. 13, 1974, DeFeo — who was 23 at the time — shot and killed his parents, Ronald and Louise DeFeo, both 43, and his two brothers and two sisters, ranging in age from 9 to 18. The house has been on the market four different times since the murders. It was last listed in June 2016 and sold in March 2017 for $605,000, according to property records. Built in 1925, the single-family home sits on a 10,900-square-foot lot. DeFeo Jr. was convicted in 1975 of six counts of second-degree murder and received six sentences of 25 years to life. He was serving his sentence at Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, New York, when he died. He had been transferred to Albany Medical Center and pronounced dead at 6:35 p.m. An autopsy is underway. https://nypost.com/2021/03/15/inside-the-amityville-horror-house-today-long-islands-most-notorious-mansion/

Well, none of my (barely) middle class friends or I have ever had a card that wasn't made of plastic.

I wake up and remember I don't have rich people problems.

'Affordable' Housing: Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for six Units in Bed Stuy, Starting at $2,245 a month Monthly rents for the income-restricted apartments -- two one-bedrooms and four two-bedrooms -- are higher than for market-rate units in the building. Of the income-restricted apartments, there are two one-bedroom units and four two-bedroom units. Monthly rents start at $2,245 and top out at $2,710. Current market rate listings show available two-bedroom units asking $2,261 a month and three-bedroom units asking $2,705 a month, which is actually $449 and $5 less than the income-restricted two-bedroom units, respectively.

Because this thread was started about the first on-going gay male relationship (not one-shot patient storylines with characters never seen again), as opposed to the numerous lesbian relationships the show has had.

I'm just impressed that a high school student with only piano accompaniment can sound that good. And that song speaks to me... if I had to sing a song about how I've lived my life, it would be called I'm So Afraid Of Everything. I always let fear of failure stop me from trying anything scary or out of my comfort zone. So that song, sung by a high school student with the guts to be a performer, makes me sad and nostalgic for myself, but uplifted by her talent.

A Far Rockaway social worker was charged Thursday with grand larceny and identity theft after she allegedly stole nearly $150,000 from an elderly patient at a rehab center where she worked in 2019. Olivia Gordon, 28, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on March 11 on a host of charges, following allegations that she robbed a 90-year-old patient in her facility after getting access to her bank account, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Gordon, who’s from Hempstead, Long Island, was serving as the director of social services at a Far Rockaway rehabilitation and health care center in March 2019. That month, a 90-year-old woman was transferred to the facility after falling over and injuring herself inside her Brooklyn home. Upon her admittance to the facility, Gordon gained access to the woman’s bank account statements and other financial documents. Shortly after the woman was admitted, Gordon allegedly began taking money out of the woman’s account and transferring it into her own. In May 2019, Gordon made multiple withdraw’s from the patient’s account, including one of $106,148, according to the criminal complaint. Each withdraw from the elderly woman’s account corresponded with a payment made by Gordon a short time later, according to the DA. Late in June 2019, Gordon paid off a federal student loan with a single payment of $106,148, the charges state. Gordon also allegedly used the stolen cash to pay off several credit cards. But Gordon went further, attempting to make her self the legal heir to the woman’s nearly $1 million fortune upon her death, Katz said. On May 7, 2019, the company holding an annuity for the 90-year-old received a fax from Gordon claiming that she was the “caretaker/pseudo grandchild” of the woman, according to the authorities. Several days later, she allegedly sent a second fax requesting the company send her cash. The company denied the request after being unable to verify the claims with the 90-year-old. Gordon, who will return to court on May 4, faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

I don't enjoy musicals on screen or on stage. Although I did enjoy my niece's high school production of On The Town. This isn't my niece; I just like her voice.

Khloe Kardashian's baby daddy:

We're even... I've never seen the film version.

Wasn't the big number 'Singing in the Rain'?

I've always called it Fairly Ridiculous University.