Perhaps it’s somewhat of a theme in our blogs this week. I am inspired by Mitch and Rona. Honestly, I am conflicted. I really feel strongly about matters evolving in the political arena. I also feel strongly that we need to be able to talk to each other respectfully in order to be able to get through the next few years. Like Rona’s, …
Almost everyone I know has been sick recently. There are some pretty nasty bugs going around. Last week, that bug caught up with me. It took my whole week away. I wasn’t in the office for a single day. If you know me at all, you know that is not comfortable for me. I tend to push through things and just keep going so when I lose that choice …
Well, not really. Unless you are part of what has become a tradition around the world – No Pants Improv. Here’s how it works. Every January, a group of willing participants join a subway prank where random passengers board different subway cars and simultaneously drop their pants. They proceed as if they do not know each other wearing their h …
Or maybe it isn’t. At New Year’s every year, I set goals. You could call them resolutions. I prefer goals. My goals range from personal to work, small to large. And they always include something about weight. With all candor, I don’t always achieve my goals. Sometimes I do. Sometimes I get close. But to me, it doesn’t matter because I appreci …
Given that we are in the midst of the season of gift giving, I thought I would share my favorite with you. I am notorious for losing my keys multiple times a day, and most often at the worst times. Bill found TrackR which is a tag to attach to my keys which connects to an app on my phone. Now when I am digging frantically in my bag fo …
I am reasonably convinced that I have written this blog before but the conversation continues so indulge me. In my house, we are temperaturistically opposed. Yes, I know that is not really a word. Forever, I am opening windows and Bill is closing them as soon as I walk out of the room. I turn the air conditioning to its highest power …
I suspect this might be showing my age but here goes. This past weekend we flew to Rochester. [Our visit there is for certain the subject of another blog.] When the plane landed, I started quietly applauding and then stopped. No one else around me was doing the same, and to be honest, Bill was even looking at me kind of funny. I always …
Rona has the food covered from her blog yesterday. Today, I want to talk about traditions for your Thanksgiving that are not food related. For years, we went around the table saying what we were thankful for. Two years ago, we Thanksgivinged (that should be a word, really) with our family in Florida where, with forethought, a question ha …
I set my alarm this morning for 5:30. I never get up that early but I had to be in the office early for a meeting that will last all day today – and I was not prepared to risk the chance to vote. So, I rolled out of bed, threw on sweatpants, and ran over to my local polling place. Apparently, I was not the only one with the idea of casting …
Years ago, I blogged about the sneaker phenomenon overtaking young teens. The craze that had (and likely still has) young men waiting in line with satchels filled with used, worn sneakers waiting to sell them for profit. Today’s blog is about a more recent phenomenon that has me similarly confused. We all know (or at least I do) some teena …
Have you noticed that with more and more frequency a commercial is repeated in the same program cycle? You walk out of the room to grab a drink and come back to the start of the same commercial that was ending as you left. Does anyone else out there find that advertising practice annoying? I do. I suppose it does make me think again about the p …
The dictionary defines reveal as “to make previously unknown or secret information known to others.” That makes sense. But the concept of “the reveal” has taken on bigger proportions. Reveals happen on television all the time – the Today show does a makeover; “George to the Rescue” renovates a bathroom for a needy family and we get to see the fi …
It was uncomfortable and took the fun away. This past weekend, Bill and I went to the home show at Suffolk Community College. We are thinking about doing some much needed work in the house and decided it would be a good place to scout out some ideas. From the minute we walked in, the exhibitors pounced. Literally pounced. We could not …
The US government yesterday issued some go ahead regulations that should pave the way for a new phenomenon to take off -- driverless cars. Think about all of the scenarios where that could come in handy. Kind of like having your own chauffeur. The picture of a passenger sitting in the back seat with no one in the front is kind of like a sce …
I need a little help from my Gotham friends. You all “get it” about the importance of networking. That’s why you are part of our Gotham family. On November 13, I am running a workshop at the Ivy Leadership Summit. ILS is an annual conference of college students that tours the various Ivy League schools. This year, the conference is being ho …
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