[Fredslist] Was I hallucinating, hacked or what?

[Odey Raviv]

Shelley, you deserve a Pulitzer for a great journalistic display. But, a
prize only goes for a writer who covers a great story!
A Zoom Holiday Party with laughs, music, heart, and tears is such a story.

Well done,
Odey

On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 10:26 AM Shelley Simpson, Esq <
simpson.shelley at gmail.com> wrote:

> HOLY GOTHAM HOTSPOT BATMAN! It was a wonderland of winners this morning at
> Gotham Queens. We had Brad Scherer (Klerer Financial) and Dan Schwartz (Car
> Business Systems) our 2020 Networkers of the year.  We had the winner of
> the 2020 Red Bandana Award, the most lovely, Lourdes Villanueva Hartrick
> (Realty Connect USA) Our famous pretzel purveyor for FANs, Jose Villa
> (Philly Pretzel Factory) was there too. ALL MEMBERS OF GOTHAM QUEENS!
>
> BUT LET’S TAWK GOTHAM HOLIDAY PARTY. 5 not-for-profits that support kids,
> critters and the planet we live on will be receiving donations thanks to
> Gail Koelln (GK Grant Writing), David Rubin, Jim Robinson (Jane M Meyers
> PC) Vincent Russo (Russo Law Group) and Paula Oleska (Natural Brain
> Systems) Paula, also performed as part of the Karaoke World Tour -
> seriously revealing a side of her many hadn’t seen - Don’t tell her Mama!
>
> Norman Spizz (SPN Music & Entertainment) outdid himself with this event. I
> wondered how could we possibly have a party on Zoom that would be anything
> like a real party. Norman made sure we had that and more. Plenty of
> schmoozing inside and out of breakout rooms.
>
> Mitch Tobol (CGT Marketing) stepped up at the last minute to help us build
> our drinks for the evening since the mixologist was suddenly unavailable.
> Mitch is a man of many talents.
>
> BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING PECULIAR GOING ON!  DID ANYONE NOTICE???
>
> I thought I was going to have to call Raj Goel (Brainlink) to help with
> some cyber weirdness. Something that kept appearing in the squares … I kept
> adjusting my screen to no avail.
>
> More entertainment broke up the party banter. David Padrusch (LIMULUS
> MEDIA)zooming in from DC produced and performed a new theatrical
> performance of “Blue Suede Shoes.” Mark Eisemann, the "man with a thousand
> voices" direct from Las Vegas, sang and played guitar. We all did a “follow
> the magic highlighter" sing-a-long.
>
> BUT SOMETHING KEPT HAPPENING ON MY COMPUTER.
>
> I thought maybe it was from the snow storm? Maybe it was the Negroni? IT
> SEEMED TO land on each person at some point like when Raj called Fred the
> "beating heart" of Gotham and Nancy the "soul of Gotham who puts up with
> our shenanigans.”
>
> It happened as Alison Crowther talked about her son Wells Remy Crowther.
> It happened when Brad accepted his award and Dan his; the moment we mourned
> the loss of Gideon Schein and when we learned of Cindy Somma (Physicians
> First Reimbursement Services)being a kidney donor THERE WAS SOMETHING
> MOVING ACROSS MY SCREEN.
>
> DID ANYONE ELSE NOTICE?
>
> It got even more clear to me as Divine Ms N … Nancy Schess (Klein Zelman
> Rothermel Jacobs and Schess) also part of the Karaoke World Tour, sang
> “Yesterday.” THEN I FIGURED IT OUT … We’ve been through quite a year -
> we’ve longed for yesterday - for life as it was pre CoronaTimes.
>
> Instead of crumbling like a cracker, Gotham doubled down - more events,
> helping and supporting each other in more ways than ever before. GOTHAM
> MAGIC “IZ” US.
>
> IT WAS GOTHAM MAGIC ON THE SCREEN - joy, gratitude and excitement. We
> didn’t hide away! We continued on - touching lives and celebrating each
> other.
>
> GOTHAM MAGIC … the combined energy that creates all of the silver linings
> Fred reminds us to look for - the chance to do more, be more and have more.
>
> We shared stories, sang and laughed, and enjoyed each other. And as we
> watched a beautiful video retrospective we experienced a Gotham Holiday
> Party unlike any other and one for which this reporter will be forever
> grateful.
>
> Wishing you all a healthy, happy and prosperous holiday season and a
> bountiful New Year.
>
>
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>
> *Shelley Simpson, Esq*
> *Business & Personal Development Partner*
> 646-549-7217
>
> More than a Business ~ It’s a Mission!
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*Odey Raviv, Ph.D.*
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Learning, Executive Functioning, Motivation
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