First, Happy Birthday to all of you celebrating your 15th – 19th birthdays, regardless of your actual age. Why do we have leap years? Wikipedia will tell you more than you may ever want to know, but basically it has to do with planet rotation and the synchronization of our calendar to the astronomical or seasonal calendar. The other option consid …
The concept of “good old days” is a puzzlement. What stage of life doesn’t come with challenges? I don’t want to go through my early teens again – no way! And truth be told, the 1950s were not so great. My philosophy is that the best is yet to come. Sure, I love old movies and music; I love old cars – clothing styles from the past, however, are …
When I hear people talk about being “burned out.” it makes me think about campfires and warnings from Smokey the Bear- remember him? “Only YOU can prevent forest fires!” When we used to go camping, after finishing with the campfire, it was important to make sure the fire was completely extinguished because leaving even a small spark in the ashe …
Last week at the Gotham Happy Hour there was the usual catching up, general silliness and good conversation. We started talking about jobs we had in the past and some mused about professions other than their own that they might have chosen. That got me thinking about jobs that have disappeared over the years .. the TV repairman, typesetters, an …
