When the terrorist attack happened in France, the whole world united. Politicians, butchers and bakers alike all gathered arm in arm in the streets posting signs and exclaiming "Je suis Charlie." It was a no-brainer right? After all, it was us against the terrorists. This blog will be my last for Gotham. After I don't know how many years of …
The talk the past week and a half has been all about Tom Brady, Bill Belichek and the New England Patriots. The Deflate-gate controversy has the entire sports world buzzing (and justifiably many sick of it). We won't even mention the two week-long continuing flurry of "deflated ball" jokes. For those of you who don't follow football, one of t …
I remember years ago when the Budweiser ad campaign changed their commercials from "Real American Heroes," to "Real Men Of Genius," in the days following the attack on the WTC. It was a tasteful recognition that the way we thought about the term "Heroes" had changed forever. Monday night I took my 13 year-old son to see the movie American Snip …
I remember growing up as a kid hearing everyone speak about the television set as if it was extended from the depths of hell from Satan himself. It was destroying people's minds, it would be the end of family time, it was rotting out our BRAINS! Of course it didn't and of course we are saying the same things now about computers and the interne …
Let's start with some disclaimers: If you are actually interested in seeing this movie, I would recommend you save yourselves. But if you must, then beware that there might be a minor spoiler or two in here, nothing big though. I'm not going to pretend that I was dragged into this kicking and screaming. On the contrary, this debacle was actua …
At the risk of attacking anyone or breaking the no partisan politics rule here at the Gotham blog, how on Earth could this have happened. After a couple of weeks of built up anti-North Korean sentiment pusling through the veins of the American people, we now find out that there is a possibility than they were not responsibe for the data hack i …
It's been a rough year for a lot of people in a lot of ways. As it draws to a close, may we all look forward to a better year. I wish everyone a happy, hopeful and mostly a peaceful 2015.
At times, people can forget the real reason they love someone. They may not forget that they love someone, but the real reason other than obligation may not always be at the forefront. Luckily I am never allowed to experience such slippage. Last night a co-worker of my wife, who along with her boyfriend have become good friends ours, received …
This week the New York Rangers held a Press Conference announcing one of their best free agent signings yet. A young kid out of New Jersey named Chris Falcone. Falcone had been playing ice hockey since the age of 7, when at the beginning of his Freshman year, he was diagnosed with cancer and told that he would never play hockey again. After b …
When I posted my blog last week, I like many people in this country were in pain. There is nothing I said that was wrong factually or morally. Yet, it didn't feel good. It wasn't incorrect, just lacking something. It wasn't in those who supported me or who opposed me. It wasn't a lack of compassion or a lack of understanding as some might feel …
The verdict is out and the protests and rioting have begun. Any objective opinion understands that not only is it right not to charge Darren Wllson with a crime, but that he actually acted appropriately under the circumstances. It's easy to dislike Michael Brown, clearly a violent criminal. However, I truly feel bad for many of the protesters …
I have spent the past week with my mother as she reacovers from open heart surgery for a quadruple bypass. After some early difficulties, she is now recovering nicely. I can't speak highly enough about the amazing people at the St. Francis Cardiac Center at Good Samaritan Hospital. I have unfortunately experienced more than my share of engage …
OK so I'm about to blog on the guy who got robbed and wanted to pay for their college, and I come across this article. I really just don't know what to make of it. I will lift some quick lines to give you a little "back" ground ;) Title of article: Businesses Cash In As Women Chase Bigger Butts Now before we continue and I get all sorts …
It's election night, so what the hell. Here are two interesting questions that crossed my mind over the course of the day. Please feel free to chime in, but please also do your best to respect the Gotham Blog rule against partisan politics. 1) The Senate race in Louisiana appears to be headed for a "runoff". That's when the winner on electi …
I imagine like most sports blogs this one will not generate much interest. Nonetheless, there are times where tribute is more important than popularity. On Sunday, at the hard-fought age of 86, the legendary Gordie Howe suffered a stroke. While he did survive, he suffered damage to the right side of his body, but rumor has it the stroke got t …
Wednesday blogger
|
Empty
|
