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Benjamin Geizhals
Aug13
A Bad Driver?
Posted By : Benjamin Geizhals

Recently, I attended a webinar on the topic of Diversity and Inclusion and I heard the simplest, and most insightful, explanation of Implicit Bias that I have ever heard. I share it in the hope that it adds to each of our understandings and helps in our respective journeys toward better self-awareness. The speaker recalled that whenever his grandf

Carly Bentley
Aug12
Is it Happening?
Posted By : Carly Bentley

Finally! The end is in sight. December of 2018, my husband and I started building our new home. We bought the lot and began the selections process. It was supposed to take 8 months. Until, the wrong siding went up. That had to be taken off. Then, the windows in the primary bedroom were placed too close together. The windows had to be pulled out an

Nancy Schess
Aug11
I Did It
Posted By : Nancy Schess

It has been a long time coming but I did it. I made the trip into the office and spent a day at my desk. Sure, it was different. Plexiglass everywhere, hand sanitizer literally every few steps, and a bucket of wipes the size of which I have never seen. Perhaps the most difficult change for me is the taped-up coffee machine. No communal coffee.

Rona Gura
Aug10
Safely Putting My Toes Back in the Water
Posted By : Rona Gura

I was extremely apprehensive about doing it, but the circumstances required it. To properly represent a client who was granted an Emergency Order of Protection, I appeared personally in the Family Court, in Nassau County last week. While the appearance could have been made virtually, my client and I decided that a personal appearance was necessary.

Corey Bearak
Aug09
Power
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Big news of the week involved so many of us – including this commentator – losing power last week.  Lost ours around 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday.  I reported to Con Edison via text message. Interestingly the text “process” never yield an approximate power up time.  News stories Wednesday suggested today.  Ouch! I worked with my local NY City Council Membe

Mitch Tobol
Aug08
More bubbly please
Posted By : Mitch Tobol

In this bizarro moment in time, here's a problem I think most of us can get behind.   “We are experiencing a crisis that we evaluate to be even worse than the Great Depression (1929-1939) in terms of economy for Champagne,” Thibaut Le Mailloux of the Champagne Committee said . “And if you look at a more recent crisis like 1974, the drop in Champagn

Fred Klein
Aug07
Stay at Home Chores
Posted By : Fred Klein

During our past reality, when I came home from a “Hard Days Work” Joanne would greet me with “How was your day?”, serve a great supper and ask for little help with the “House Wife” work. Now that we are mostly marooned at home the equation has shifted drastically. To say the least, since the onset of the pandemic, I have undergone significant chang

Benjamin Geizhals
Aug06
On the Line
Posted By : Benjamin Geizhals

We had just gotten on the short line outside the ice cream parlor. Two couples ahead of us. I felt the presence of a person behind me and turned around to see an older man without a mask — it was on his chin — uncomfortably close to me. As I turned to look forward and considered whether to say anything, a man ahead of me turned and called out “How

Nancy Schess
Aug03
One Old Photo
Posted By : Nancy Schess

  Have you ever noticed how much meaning an old, frayed picture holds? And if it is in black and white, it is like sunshine in December! This past weekend, I was at my mom’s house. I went downstairs for something and found old photos strewn across the downstairs bedroom. I suspect that they were left over from Hurricane Sandy. Her downstairs was l

Rona Gura
Aug03
Celebrating Creatively
Posted By : Rona Gura

Since March 23, 2020, when New York State officially closed down, my family has celebrated five birthdays, including my own. Three birthdays have been milestones, my two now twenty-five year old’s and my now thirty year old.     Prior to March 23, 2020, my family would celebrate birthdays by having the person whose birthday it was choose their fav

Corey Bearak
Aug02
Summer’s almost gone
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Summer’s almost gone   Yeah it’s almost gone.   Above are lyrics from song of the first phrase by the Doors. The LP is Waiting for the Sun.   It goes back 52 years.   It concludes with a question,“where will we be?   In this summer of Covid what do you wish for the fall and winter. In part I post the question as we continue to face limits on some a

Mitch Tobol
Aug01
Phone home
Posted By : Mitch Tobol

In 2017, The New York Times disclosed the existence of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program. The program, which was started in 2007, studies the mystifying encounters between military pilots and unidentified aerial vehicles.   The NYT reports..."Although Pentagon officials will not discuss the program, it appeared last month in a Se

Fred Klein
Jul31
Our Wedding Anniversary
Posted By : Fred Klein

Yesterday was the anniversary of my marriage to Joanne Carol Davidson, my Roslyn High School Sweet Heart. Our wedding picture is above. Yes we looked like Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 back in the day and yes so many lamented that I “Got the Girl”. Only last week in the run up to our Anniversary someone wrote to me on Facebook “You are a lucky guy Fre

Benjamin Geizhals
Jul30
Play Ball ?
Posted By : Benjamin Geizhals

"Play Ball" I was actually looking forward to hearing that call.Yes, it would be different. No fans in the stands. But then again, no one came to watch me when I played ball. So much drama leading up to the season. Negotiations. On, off and on again. A short season. A sprint, not the marathon of the usual baseball season. But, perhaps, a little mov

Carly Bentley
Jul29
Carly Goes Back to School
Posted By : Carly Bentley

Yes! You read it right. I decided to load up on more knowlege, in conjunction with my amazing career. I'm a girl from the Midwest and decided to choose a school that speaks to my roots, with a robust reputation in Behavioral Sciences. As of today, I am a registered student at Purdue University in Indiana, pursuing my degree in Industrial Psychology