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Mitch Tobol
Jun14
The ongoing shift in labor
Posted By : Mitch Tobol

It’s kind of wild to think about—early humans worked because they had to. If you didn’t grow it, build it, or catch it, you didn’t survive. Your labor was life.   Today, most of us are far removed from the work that sustains us. Our food, clothes, and everyday essentials are made by hands we’ll never see, on farms, in factories, in different countr

Fred Klein
Jun13
Friday the 13th
Posted By : Fred Klein

In our family 13 is a lucky number, as it is the date upon which my wife Joanne was born.  Throughout our relationship, everyone has always reinforced this reality by telling me how "lucky" I have been to be with her and, more than anyone else, I readily agree!In addition, for many years my law firm thrived on the 13th floor, I came of age at 13 an

Benjamin Geizhals
Jun12
If ....
Posted By : Benjamin Geizhals

Rudyard Kipling, is his famous poem “If” got it right.“If” is the most consequential word in our language, and in our lives.

Brian Timpe
Jun11
Tranquility Outside the City
Posted By : Brian Timpe

Follow up to a prior blog about Spring get-away inquiries, my wife and I landed on a long weekend out in Sag Harbor. This turned out to be our "baby moon"...did not know this was a thing until she found "bloggers" talking about on social media [blogging works!].  In any event, we've stopped through Sag Harbor several times in the past for lunch but

Nancy Schess
Jun10
Ice Breakers -- Gotham Style
Posted By : Nancy Schess

Following in the footsteps and by the examples of our stellar Manhattan and LI Dinner groups, as I write my blog this evening, I am getting ready for a fun LI Womens meeting tomorrow.   I am sitting here with an envelope full of questions on little slips of paper ranging from – “If you were an animal, what would you be?” to “What is your least favo

Rona Gura
Jun09
Making AI Decisions
Posted By : Rona Gura

Both Nancy and Mitch wrote about AI this week. I just had to add my recent experience.   I was following up with two mediation clients, both of whom are highly successful professionals. At the previous session we had ended with a discussion as to whether one of them would rather take part of their equitable distribution in the form of a credit towa

Corey Bearak
Jun08
Walk This Road
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Another special show last week. Not a birthday show as was the case with John Fogerty the week before.  The Doobie Brothers - Walk This Road Release Event featured a new album release by this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member band (inducted in 2020).  It took place in a relatively small Venue, Irving Plaza.  Again accompanied by my daughter Marisa.

Mitch Tobol
Jun07
Living in an AI-Driven Society
Posted By : Mitch Tobol

Over a year ago, I wrote about being at the cusp—an inflection point in the evolution of artificial intelligence. I referenced Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of AI at Microsoft, who described AI as a “new digital species.”   Since then, AI has become deeply embedded in nearly every aspect of our society. It monitors our clicks, movements, and scrolling

Fred Klein
Jun06
"My Boys!"
Posted By : Fred Klein

Last Sunday was absolutely thrilling, as I bore witness (and recorded) my Grandson Shawn Atom sing and perform with my son Alex's, Bodega Tallboys, band at the Sunset Club on Tappen Beach, Long Island.  It evoked so much emotion, even tears, as they sang and played Dylan's "Rock Me (Like a Wagon Wheel)"! On the video, one can hear me exclaiming "My

Benjamin Geizhals
Jun05
The Diner
Posted By : Benjamin Geizhals

As I was entering the Diner, I held the door open for four women who were leaving.As each passed me, they said “Thank you” and I responded “you’re welcome”. Until the last who said “No tip tonight” to which I did not respond.I wonder whether she was trying to be clever?