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The Webmaster
May03
Where Were You?
Posted By : The Webmaster

I very distinctly remember where I was on 9/11. I was on my way into the city merrily sleeping through my everyday ordinary commute on what was not an ordinary day. From the moment I arrived at Penn Station, I knew something had gone terribly wrong. But it took me some time to piece it together. People were talking but there was no real information

Benjamin Geizhals
Mar28
The Key Bridge
Posted By : Benjamin Geizhals

The tragic accident at the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is sending shock waves through the country and, in addition to the loss of life, will be felt for many years to come.For me, news of the accident has a very personal side. I don’t want to speak badly of a bridge - especially after it has been knocked down and people are lost as a resu

Shawn Bernabeu
Mar27
Good Furniture
Posted By : Shawn Bernabeu

I never thought about it but when it comes time to get rid of furniture I learned the last few weeks its not so easy. We have had some really nice furniture in the living room and the second living room for many  years. Its nice, high quality stuff, well made, expensive. But now we got some new furniture. What do you do with the old stuff. We put i

Nancy Schess
Mar26
Family
Posted By : Nancy Schess

Anyone who knows me at all, knows how important family is in my world.  It is not just about those in my immediate circle.  I appreciate all family – mine and everyone else’s too.   I also appreciate being a student of family.  I am always taken with how our ancestors came to be together from generations before.   I will tell a story – and one that

Rona Gura
Mar25
Facial Recognition
Posted By : Rona Gura

I am, admittedly, horrible with remembering people’s names and faces. There have been a countless number of times wherein someone will say hello to me, by name, and I have no idea who the person is.   My husband and I actually have it “down to a system.” If someone says hello to me and I do not introduce them to my husband he is well aware that I p

Corey Bearak
Mar24
Home
Posted By : Corey Bearak

A few weeks back I updated one of my playlists with a Traffic song -- Many A Mile to Freedom -- that played on "my" AppleMusic radio station while Shelly and I took a drive to the "mall."  When I opened the "Playlists" folder on my MacBook I found an unfinished one (from the summer of 2022); a list of songs but no links to YouTube; I also found i n

Mitch Tobol
Mar23
Try this...
Posted By : Mitch Tobol

As spring approaches, many of you might be looking at your grills wondering what you might be cooking this year.    For me, I'm a year-round griller/smoker but the better weather allows me to smoke longer with more consistency, not always having to tend to the fire. I was asked last night for my recipe for smoking baby back ribs. So here it is (d

Fred Klein
Mar22
Puppies
Posted By : Fred Klein

I am enamored by the word Puppy (and puppies too)! It is such a positive, loving, warm word, as in "Puppy Love" and all things sweet and adorable ❤️ By strict definition a Puppy is a young (less than 1 year) dog. Yet in my mind our Charcoal (an 11 year old Schnoodle pictured) is still a puppy and, yes, I am still in puppy love with her. She is swee

Benjamin Geizhals
Mar21
Lord Byron
Posted By : Benjamin Geizhals

One of our favorite restaurants is Ada’s on the River in Alexandria, Virginia. It is named and themed after Ada Lovelace, known for her revolutionary impact on mathematics and computing in the early nineteenth century. She is also referred to as the first computer hacker.My favorite cocktail at Ada’s was the Lord Byron, appropriately named after Ad

Crysti Farra
Mar20
Vacay stress
Posted By : Crysti Farra

If you are like me (and most of the self employed working world) you both look forward to and somewhat dread vacation time.  Why? Because you work like a crazy person before vacation so you can enjoy your time away, knowing when you return you will just have to "rinse and repeat"! We were away for 2 weeks. i spent the first couple of days acclimati

Nancy Schess
Mar19
Off Off Off and More Off Broadway
Posted By : Nancy Schess

And fantastic!   We are great fans of local theatre.  Frankly, we are great fans of theatre anywhere.  Make it a musical, and we are in heaven. I can pretty much guarantee that we are the singing and swaying couple at most musicals.   Recently we went to see A Chorus Line at The Argyle Theatre in Babylon, Long Island.  What a wonderful performance.

Rona Gura
Mar18
An Act of Kindness
Posted By : Rona Gura

Recently my family, consisting of eight adults and two very young children took a trip to Costa Rica together. On the way to Costa Rica, we had a two-hour layover in Miami. Unfortunately, the first flight left New York over an hour late, leaving us very little time—less than 45 minutes-- to get our large party through the Miami airport to our secon

Corey Bearak
Mar17
Access restored
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Two weeks ago yesterday on my way back from bringing in dinner, I notice fallen tree branches on my sidewalk.  Blocking it.  I moved them against the tree pit and which extends about 12 feet.  The larger of the two fallen branch still block access from the curb/street as it extends about 20 feet.  Shelly took this picture and I submitted it as p

Mitch Tobol
Mar16
The Bear
Posted By : Mitch Tobol

Is anyone else watching this on Hulu? It's a tragic comedy based in Chicago.   I think this is a breakthrough series, similar to "Breaking Bad," that will change how series are made. It centers around a family in Boston and starts at a specific point in time, but goes into the past, filling out reasons for relationships through the exploration of t