Fred keeps a diary and has for many, many years. I know this because Fred has shared some of his entries from years ago with me. Here is one that he shared and I must share. “4/9/80 - Had a life experience tonight running across 59th Street Bridge with Benj in near hail torrent getting soaked and running on water and splashing through streams.. …
We all hear complaints about Social Networking all the time from all walks of life. Facebook often takes the brunt of it. Everyone mocks and takes shot at Facebook, but almost everybody still participates. Recently, I experienced something that I found both incredibly fascinating and moving. A fraternity brother of mine who was well-loved an …
That is what over 20,000 Long Island students said last week when it was time to take the standardized ELA tests for Grades 3 – 8. In a continuing attack on the Common Core standards, a movement spread largely through social media resulted in a dramatic refusal by students all over the island to sit for the test. It was interesting to watch real …
While reading the New York Times Magazine this weekend, I chuckled at a small section entitled, “That Should be a Word.” This week’s made up word was, “buychology.” As expected, the definition of the made up word, “the science of making people make purchases." While reading, I unexpectedly thought of my mother. Whenever my brother, sister, …
After spending most of yesterday in my office arranging files for storage, I aimed back towards the garage where I had parked, taking in the mild spring-like weather. I decided to avoid the crowds and tourists on 42nd Street, and instead walked casually down 43rd St where there were few people, towards Ninth Avenue. I had a productive day, was lo …
Last Thursday was an office day. Banging away at my computer I was getting a bit wigged out and it was only 3. I had a bad case of the afternoon doldrums. So I took a break and decided to go outside. I stood there without a coat on, my eyes closed, soaking up the sunshine and warm air. It felt a little strange but quite exhilirating. Then I realize …
Are you on Facebook? If you are you're probably familiar with Throw Back Thursday (TBT) which is an excuse for one to post photos from the past, when we were young and in our prime. It is a fun, sometimes foolish, but mostly harmless tug of nostalgia. The above photo is representative.
It was in the personal section of yesterday's Wall Street Journal -- carrying two cell phones. For me, it started rather innocently. When Flo upgraded to a newer iPhone, her iPhone became available. I have always had a Blackberry (perhaps the subject of a another blog) which had increasingly become more of an office number. Our grandson had just …
That's what Fred called it. Gotham has a number of talk lists where fellow Gothamites can chat about a variety of topics. There is something about talking sports that allows people to debate, speculate, opine and even hurl light barbs without others taking things too personally. Talking politics? Most hate it. It often gets nasty, personal …
Baseball season started yesterday with the composition of the middle school team. This year, sixteen boys and one girl. The girl on the team has been playing since she was little and really, really wanted to play on the boys team. She had to pass a physical test that the boys did not but she didn’t care. She wanted to play. Last year, she tried b …
I have admitted in past blogs that I am not an athletic person. My idea of a work-out is to walk the treadmill as I watch a trashy television show that I have taped; usually an episode of The Real Housewives. As I have gotten older, however, I have recognized the increased importance of exercise for me. Recently, I increased my time on the …
Sitting on my office desk facing me is a Tiffany Lalique glass crystal sculpted eagle head. My parents gave it to me forty-seven years ago for my bar mitzvah. And for all of those forty-seven years, through high school, college, and law school, in St. Louis and Chicago, and back through a number of homes in New York, I have always had it with …
Do you think it's possible? It sounded incredible to me. I remember, in the movie Back To The Future, the unit that powered Doc Brown's cool DeLorean car/time machine. It was called Mr. Fusion and was powered by organic junk. Well hello McFly...a guy named Jim Mason is building gasification machines he calls the Power Pallet that turns garbage in …
In the last two weeks I have had car trouble. First, I was rear ended in a four car chain reaction crunch precipitated by a Snapple truck (Snapple Crackle and Pop!) which caused extensive damage to both the front and rear of my car. Then last weekend, I took the substitute rental car and parked in a lot adjoining the restaurant where we were dinin …
I reached across the desk for the stapler, carefully positioned the papers, and squeezed. Nothing. The stapler was empty. So I reached into the drawer and took out the plastic box of staples. I was amazed that there were only five strips left. I checked the drawer. No strips had fallen out. There are 5,000 staples to a box. 210 staples to a …
