Last week I was fortunate to be a guest at a dinner sponsored by the Long Island Chapter of the Jewish National Fund. After dinner the film, “Beneath the Helmet” was shown. This documentary chronicled the lives of four Israeli young adults for a period of eight months; the period after they graduate high school, enter the army, and complete their i …
Last week I blogged about how our Gotham tribe works for each of us as “social business network.” Just three weeks from today – Sunday March 22, 2015, our tribe holds its third Annual Gotham Battle of the Bands. The wonderful afternoon of music and networking takes place at The Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11211. Show …
In a new use of the largest social network in the world, Facebook is adding features focussed on offering advice and support to those who may be considering suicide. Right now if a friend sees a post that indicates self harm or suicide and flags it, Faceoobk reviews it and recommends a help line (which isn't new). Here's the new part...the pers …
In early March Gotham will reach the recognized good luck number of 18 years in age. The time has zoomed by as we have had so much fun in the exercise of our giving spirit which has boomerangedback with ample psychic compensation. Back in 1997 Nancy and I had a notion, but no plan and nary an expectation of what was to come. Fellow pioneers: 1) S …
We – or at least many in our tribe – tout Gotham as a “social business network.” I like nothing more when after a Gotham meeting concludes, group members, circuit riders and guests hang out, exchange cards, get to know each other better and explore business synergies. That happened after the February 18 Gotham Green meeting. It just seemed ever …
With the tomorrow’s guest speaker, Shelby Rowe, being an expert in suicide prevention, at the LGBTQ meeting, it got me to thinking about the topic and what are the statistics for suicide in New York City. I was happily surprised to find that we are at half the national average, in other words, only half as many (still too many) are likely to kill t …
This is my Oscar blog. I really enjoyed the show this year but there was one glaring omission for me. I always enjoy the part of the evening that shows respect for the stars who have passed in the prior year. I am usually surprised at someone who I thought was still around or nostalgic about a particular celebrity about whom I have fond memori …
Fred’s blog this past Friday made me anxious. Like Fred, I generally write my blog a few days before it’s posted or, if I’m going away, I use a prewritten blog from my blog bank. Normally, by Friday, I have a blog topic selected. On Saturday morning, I sit at my kitchen table with my cup of coffee and write and post my blog. As I read Fred’s …
From now on I am going to say less. I think that is best.
With the flix email through Gotham heating up and my uncannily accurate predictions for the year, I decided to jump out on the ledge to predict the Oscars this year. Here are my predictions for tomorrow night's contest: Best Picture: Birdman Director:Alejandro Inamitu, Birdman Actor in a Leading Role:Eddie Redmayne. The Theory of Everything Act …
My Friday With Fred blog appears in this space weekly and, theoretically, there is attendant deadline pressure. A deadline is a date or time on or before which something must be completed. When I was young I oft times failed to meet deadlines. As a consequence I paid many a price and learned my lesson. Now my reaction to a deadline is to stay ahe …
2 Fools And A Bull is a restaurant in Aruba. Only one sitting per evening. About sixteen people sitting around a counter with the chef and host in the center. Chef’s choice and many courses with wine. Lends itself to good conversation with interesting new friends for the evening. We had a wonderful meal and evening at 2 Fools And A Bull last …
Do you have it? Have you ever found yourself holding your breath while answering email? Apparently, not knowing the content of the emails or texts you are about to read creates anticipation. Coupled with an ever increasing volume of those emails and texts, that anticipation can lead to spontaneous shallow breathing and even breathholding. Kind …
I learned at a very young age that there are two types of people in the world; those that like milk chocolate and those that like dark chocolate. And, the best marriages, are composed of one of each type of chocolate lover. My earliest memories of Valentine’s Day consist of giant red hearts of candy that my Dad would bring home to my Mom. In …
As mentioned last week, we are moving shortly. We have been very busy packing. We also have to paint two darker colored walls in our current townhouse with primer. There is a handyman we use for all sorts of things and we had asked him to do it. Then I thought why not do it myself and save a few hundred dollars. So I bought the primer and a …
