Tonight I will be honored by the Russo family Theresa Foundation. In the run-up to the event I've spent a lot of time thinking about what I'm going to say and am mindful of my son Alex's comments that my blogs and other utterances should have a serious impact and not be frivolous. In my comments I plan to thank Gotham as a whole and many indiv …
We've all been subjected to it. That stamp on the back of your hand that guarantees re-admission to an event. Once stamped, have you ever had the lingering question of what if the stamp fades? We were in Washington visiting Mea and went to a craft show. Paid our admission, entered and stamped. Later in the day, after leaving and re-entering once …
She was walking to work and fell in a pothole. Corey, who do we go after for this? So now we're in the ER, waiting for X-ray results or maybe some pain meds. At least we're not in Nepal. Or Baltimore. Acts of injustice done between the setting and the rising sun in history lie like bones, each one. -W H Auden
Last week I was cranky (see last week's blog post). I am still cranky. Last last week, my son shared his flulike cold with me. Some things are not meant to be shared. I went back to work yesterday with some coughing and sneezing still going on. Shortly after getting seated on the LIRR, I had a profound realization. I was that person other commute …
Last week I was cranky (See last week’s blog post). I am still cranky. My son shared his flulike cold with me. Some things are not meant to be shared. I went back to work yesterday with some coughing and sneezing still going on. Shortly after getting seated on the LIRR, I had a profound realization. I was that person other commuters do whatev …
One could not go on the internet in the past week or turn on a television without seeing or hearing Bruce Jenner’s name. To me, he always has been that incredibly handsome athlete who captured America’s hearts when he won the gold medal at the 1976 Olympic decathlon and became the “best athlete in the world.” To my daughter’s generation, however, h …
As we finish unpacking in our new home, one of the last decision to be made is where to put our framed photographs. We have limited space for pictures of us, vacations, our weddings, our parents, children, and now grandchildren. Carefully we pick and chose which to display. Those not chosen get packed in a box that is taped up and sent to the ob …
Golf in the United States is a $76 billion annual industry with about 25 million players. Thirty-eight percent of Americans call themselves golf fans. Proponents say that golf meets the definition of "sport" found in the dictionary, requires physical exertion and coordination, and is recognized as a sport by sporting goods companies, athletic assoc …
We traveled last weekend to the Berkshires to stay with old friends. It was our first visit in two years. So we had a lot of catching up to do. One of our friends' tongue in cheek "House Rules" is "Gossiping is encouraged, during your entire stay". Well, lots has happened in that 2 year interval and boy did we gossip. I must admit I love to gos …
Last Sunday I attended the annual Holocaust Commemoration at Temple Emanu-El. As in recent years, for me the ceremony accentuates the fact that the number of survivors is decreasing every year. My Mother lights one of the thirty-six memorial candles and, unfortunately, there were not enough survivors to light them all. As I listened to the stories …
According to earthday.org: Each year, Earth Day -- April 22 -- marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. The height of hippie and flower-child culture in the United States, 1970 brought the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water …
That’s me! I had a bad week last week. Did you ever have one of those weeks where every time you turned around there was another crisis to avert? That was my week. Happily, this week has started out better but I am still suffering from lingering cranky. Any suggestions for how to relieve the stress? How do you get yourself out of a cranky …
Like Donald, I sometimes find inspiration for my blogs in The Sunday Times. An article I found especially interesting yesterday concerned the proliferation of technology and devices for self-monitoring and behavioral change. The focus of the article was an MIT professor and her proposition that the primary function of these devices have cha …
I am stealing from an article in the New York Times this weekend. It was about the relationship between what you spend your money on and your happiness. Do you choose to spend your dollars on things, or on events like vacations. One is long lasting, the other fleeting. Now maybe if you are rich, like Fred, you can go do both. But that doesn't …
After a two year break, the world's largest atom smasher is about to enter uncharted territory. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 17-mile-long (27 kilometers) underground ring in Geneva, Switzerland, revved up again last week at double its previous power. The humongous particle collider will now begin searching for elusive subatomic particles an …
