I've seen a lot of embarassing things in my lifetime...but how would you like to be one of the wonderful citizens of the city of Toronto. Mayor Rob Ford continues to feed the evening news with wonderful sound bites that Saturday Night Live must struggle with to actually find something funnier than the real thing. Again, my guess is it's only funn …
I don't mean this to be argumentative (not that I ever would, lol) but I hear continuously about the "Core Curriculum" controversy that is exploding throughout the social media world. I have to admit that I don't have an opinion on it and I really don't understnad it. My son is in 6th grade, his first year in Middle School, and I don't notice any …
Most people have heard about the Running Back Adrian Petersen's two year old son who was beaten to death by his mother's boyfriend. At least two different sports columnists wrote pieces decrying Petersen's personality and lifestyle choices for having multiple children with different mothers without being involved in their lives. Both or these rep …
The other day I was picking up breakfast from the deli for my family. I grabbed a Nestle vanilla milk for my son and waited for my order. The counter person packed my order, I paid and then I grabbed my bag and the Nestle chocalate milk on the counter and left. On the way home, I looked down and noticed that I must have grabbed someone else's ch …
OK, so Scraps is now gone all night Sat, all day Sunday (I call but few places are open) and now Monday morning I start making calls again. The Islip town shelter gives me the name and number of a young woman who picked up a dog of similar description late Sat. and I call the woman around 10am. She grills me a bit on describing the dog and asks m …
As we wrapped up our day over a beer, I remarked to my wife, "We were victims of not-for-profit, psychopathic, serial dognappers!" Ironically, I had just recently commented on Fred's blog about our young dog that we had "rescued" after he had lost his home in a fire. I was not dying to get a second dog, but the rescue dog group had a table at my …
Last Thursday, after having numerous softball games cancelled for rain this season, we were pumped to play our final regular season game on the schedule. The forecast was for possible showers all day and evening. I trepidaciously took my son to the Mets game (courtesy of Vincent Russo & Associates, Elder Law Specialists - thanks again) and we …
Perhaps you have felt it in the past, but just not realized what it was or how severely it has affected you and the others around you. NASA has determined that within the next several months, the Sun's magnetic field will 'flip'. In fact, the process has already begun as the North Pole of the Sun flipped pre-maturely last year, leaving the Sun …
Alex Rodriguez was always disliked, even often called 'Lightning Rod' for not being able to avoid trouble. But the level of hatred is reaching nuclear proportions...and it's just getting started. Let me assure everyone that I am neither defending A-Rod, nor producing any confusion as to his guilt or need for punishment, This is simply a mocking …
It feels like the concept of contrition is truly a thing of the past. Ryan Braun and Anthony Weiner are both being blasted not just for their transgressions, but for the disingenous manner in which they handled their controversies. After testing positive for steroids last year, Braun challenged the system and eventually won, I believe even go …
I had very much wanted to blog about the Trayvon Martin case, about information poison and media greed. I very much want to contribute to fixing this. I very much want to help subside what really caused this tragedy...fear. Yes, fear, not racism, on both their parts was the catalyst…fear and societal breakdown. You see both were in bad situation …
It may have been Independence Day. with thoughts of revolution and fireworks, but to me, it was a day of nothing more than family, friends, nice weather and relaxation. It is not something that I get or enjoy often, but nonetheless, I did actually take some time to bask in it. I did remember at some point sitting back and being truly proud of wh …
I see everyone posting all over Facebook all of their kids' accomplishments...getting into college, honor roll, winning championships, peeing in the toilet. It doesn't really bother me and there certainly isn't anything wrong with it, but I am not a big believer in using Facebook to pat myself on the back on behalf of my son (especially since he d …
We heard about the Rutgers scandal with basketball coach Mike Rice a couple months back. He was fired for his abusive basketball style which was actually caught on video. He was guilty of physically contacting kids in a detrimental manner and using homophobic slurs. This week, former Rutgers coach Mike Rice was given a chance to address a baske …
I write this not to bash a company for an individual incident, but rather to shed light upon a policy that not only do many millions not know about, but also that all of the friends and relatives that I have who work for Citibank do not know about. I also am curious if this is legal or standard policy among all other banks, as I have not yet decid …
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