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A New Honorary Member of The Ebony Bird Family
A New Honorary Member of The Ebony Bird Family
Sorry, it’s been a busy week. I start the weekend of posting with some awesome news from Jarrett Carter, the former blogger on this site. On Wednesday, his son was born at 11:45 in the morning. The link to his article is here, or you can tell him congrats on his Twitter ...
Around The Blogosphere
Around The Blogosphere
ebonybird.com — Again, sorry about the lack of posts. It’s been three weeks of tons of work, computer issues... and a bad internet connection. Here’s a collection of links around the Ravens blogosphere this week. Right Off Russell has a post reacting to Jamison Hensley’s playoff projection and ... (more) Around The Blogosphere
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