This blog is not written by Scroog. However, I noticed that I received fewer holiday cards this year than ever before. Several years ago the trend of fewer paper (and mailed) cards replaced by eCards became more and more apparent, but this year I received fewer holiday greeting cards of either kind. I am not sure of the reason for this phenomeno …
On this day in 1783, George Washington returned to Mount Vernon, after disbanding his Army, following the Revolutionary war. They had their final meal at Fraunces Tavern, where you can have a meal yourself today in lower Manhattan. Kind of amazing to think you can eat where George actually presided over this historic gathering. Nice that he got hom …
I saw a news report recently about an artist whose business is making bracelets. Each bracelet consists of colored string tied to a circle upon which a single word is imprinted. You choose the word and the artist imprints it onto the bracelet. Turns out it isn’t easy to pick one word that has significance, important enough to look at every day. …
It’s become an epidemic in my office. When they first started appearing, it was every few weeks. Then they began appearing weekly and now it’s almost daily. I am talking about deliveries of the brown, cardboard boxes with the smiles on them. The box that signifies that someone in my office received a delivery from Amazon Prime. When I first …
I especially think about my parents in December. They both have December birthdays -- my mother the 17th, and my father the 21st. Eve's parents by chance were also December babies -- her father the 15th, and her mother the 22nd. Of the four of them, only Eve's 96 year old father, Rupert, is still with us. We had a splendid little family birthday …
No it's not a new App or device...it's what happens when you slouch over your smartphone. No only does it ruin our posture, it alters our mood. Recent studies actually prove that being in an iHunch makes us less productive and lowers our self esteem. Fortunately, there are ways to fight it. Keep your head up and shoulders back when looking at y …
I'm a dreamer (morning, noon and night) and I remember many of my in sleep dreams. Most, if not all, are not good. For example, last month I propelled myself out of bed to escape a particularly gruesome situation and landed on my head. I will never forget that dream no matter what my brain damage may have been. Many of my dreams are recurrent lik …
How do you put 70 people of diverse backgrounds and interests in a room at the Friar's Club for an hour and a half lunch and keep it in the family? Well, that's exactly what Nancy Schess (and all those who attended) did yesterday at a triple meeting of the New York Women's Group, The Bandit Group and the New York Health and Aging Resources Group. …
Time for a trip down memory lane. A story from Parade magazine: Christmas in Boston, 1963 “John F. Kennedy had been shot a month earlier in Dallas, Texas, and the world was like an ice-ball. It wasn’t just Boston or the Catholics that loved JFK. The entire world loved him. Everyone was sad, and now it was Christmas. I had my eye on a toy “Supercar” …
There has been a lot of talk in my house recently about sleep habits. Most people I talk to complain about not getting enough sleep. Here is the debate though. Television or no television? I need the distraction of mindless television to take my mind off a long day. The men in my house would say the same thing, although I am reasonably sure i …
It’s the news story that is being covered all over the news, on the web, television, and in print. It seems that winter has not yet arrived in the northeast. States all over the northeast are setting records for high temperatures, with the weather in mid-December feeling more like September. Buffalo, New York, where my daughter goes to school, is …
I have never seen this before. Toilet seat handles. Now why didn't I think of that.
Yesterday was a day not like any other. It was my birthday (57 years thank you:) but it wasn't just another birthday. Sure the milestones like 30, 40, and 50 are memorable (especially my 50th because it was a surprise party) but birthdays seem to roll by. However, this one had special significance because there was a moment during this past year …
When we were young we worshipped the sun and could never get enough "Rays". "Catching Rays" with a reflector while coated with iodine laced baby oil was de rigueur. The above picture is representative of my "Chocolate Man" period. However, as the years passed (and the ozone layer burned away) baby oil morphed into sun screen as the sun began to …
A lesson in how it works. Last Sunday there was a Fredslist posting from Warren looking for a nurse in Delray Florida for his mother. I saw the posting and got an email from Debbie highlighting it and asking me to forward it to the Advocates. I did and also emailed Warren with my suggestions for how best to proceed. But that wasn't the end. Fl …
