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Benjamin Geizhals
Apr25
Streaking
Posted By : Benjamin Geizhals

To streak or not to streak?I play Wordle and, for a long time, they (whoever “they” are) kept track of my success (or lack thereof). It kept track of the number of games I had played without interruption. Kept track of my streak.It created a lot of pressure.Then, one day, the tracking stopped. I had never signed up or opened an account, yet I was t

Shawn Bernabeu
Apr24
Matzo Brei
Posted By : Shawn Bernabeu

A Passover tradition - Matzos Brei   Run Matzos under water. warm up the frying pan with butter Scramble a few eggs into the matzos Add sugar Add milk Add to the frying pan and cook once done and on my plate I like to add Grape Jelly.   Enjoy!   Happy Passover!

Nancy Schess
Apr23
What Are You Binging?
Posted By : Nancy Schess

We just finished The Bear.  It was slow starting, but Season 2 was spectacular.  Such great acting and character development.   Soon Bridgerton will be back I’m told but The Gilded Age is a long time away.  We spent weeks and weeks getting through The Americans, sitting on the edge of our seats.  And, we are still waiting for a release date of Shri

Rona Gura
Apr22
Tradition
Posted By : Rona Gura

Tonight marks the beginning of Passover. As we host both Sedars, my husband and I spent all day Sunday preparing.   The first step in preparation was to take out, from our storage closet, our Sedar plates, matzoh plates, and matzoh covers. As I was handling each item I was struck by the length of time we had been using them and what they each mean

Corey Bearak
Apr21
Tomorrow Celebrate Our Earth
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Some readers of this commentary surely know the significance of tomorrow. Tomorrow we observe Earth Day. On “X” – formerly twitter (Oh how I wish Mr. Musk would restore that name and much more to that “platform”) – I saw hashtags #EarthDay, #EarthDay2024 and #EarthDay24; take your pick; I expect to use at least two of the three. The environment mat

Mitch Tobol
Apr20
The Sounds of Suburbia
Posted By : Mitch Tobol

Waking up on a sunny Saturday morning, brewing some delicious coffee and venturing out my back door to feel the sunshine and listen to the sounds of suburbia waking up.   I found a video so you can share in my experience.  (BTW, there were three of them in my neighbors yard)  

Fred Klein
Apr19
Proud Grandpa
Posted By : Fred Klein

This past week has been epic for my grandson Shawn Atom. One could describe it as a "Hat Trick" as he culminated his 7 year quest to become an Eagle Scout (achieved by only 4% of all Boy Scouts), decided to attend the venerable engineering program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and and is attempting to find a vocalist so his band can enter Got