In a few weeks, I am leading a meeting where the topic is as follows – “what new technology, software or hardware, are you using that has made life – business or personal – just a little bit easier.” I know I am partial to certain technology. In fact, just today I had monitor envy as I admired my partner’s gi-normous (is that a word?) screen. I …
I have noticed an interesting phenomena; since we have switched to the new web site our blogs, mine included, have gotten noticeably shorter. Do you think it has something to do with the new format or have we learned to say what’s on our minds a lot more efficiently?
It has been a long time since I was hooked on a TV show. The last time I watched as religiously was Hill Street Blues, a long time ago. Now, 30 years later, it is Game of Thrones. The woman who cuts my hair told me to watch it. She particularly liked the sex scenes she said, which seem to have waned a bit after season 1. I like the tension in …
Kiplinger magazine compiled the 10 cheapest places to live in the US and guess what? None of them were in the Northeast! It's no surprise that they are all in the South and South west. Here they are... 1. Harlingen, Texas 2. Memphis, Tenn. 3. McAllen, Texas 4. Fayetteville, Ark. 5. Temple, Texas 6. Conway, Ark. 7. Pueblo, Colo. 8. Wichita F …
Last Friday Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick took the unprecedented decision to shut down all of Boston and its near environs. The shut down was coined "Shelter in place" and intended to facilitate the massive manhunt for the "White Hat" bomber. However, as the hours ticked by and there was no capture, the political and practical pressure must …
David Ortiz, a star of the Boston Red Sox, gave an impassioned speech to the 35,000 plus fans at Fenway Park last Saturday. It was before the first game in front of the home-town Boston crowd after the bombings and lock-down of the city during the final day of the manhunt. For the sake of completeness, here's what he said (as reported by the …
Last night I took my son to see 42, the Jackie Robinson story. I was a very good movie that, save some graphic language (that was necessary to the story yet difficult to sit through) had the feel of the type of feel good movie you might have watched in school. The best part of the movie I believe was how they delved a little deeper into the conc …
On a quiet Saturday in Washington in June 1972, there weren’t many reporters around at the Washington Post. A news story was breaking. There had been a burglary at a local hotel and someone had to cover the story. Who could the editors get to come in that day for what would likely be fine print in the upcoming edition? Young Bob Woodward, new guy o …
I know my fellow bloggers have all written about what occurred in Boston this week. But I couldn’t let the opportunity to go by without adding my thoughts. My cousin Josh’s speech to his son at his son’s bar mitzvah this past weekend inspired me to write about the heroes in Boston. Josh, in his speech, recalled a famous discussion between two c …
The fallout from Boston this past week included among other things whether we are entering an era of Big Brother, and if so, is that such a bad thing. Without the cameras, how long would it have taken law enforcement to figure out who was responsible for the bombing? They could have left the country by the time they were identified. While I count …
It's been less than a week since the bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon and in that time the authorities have figured out who did it and tracked them down in the probably the most intense manhunt in history. The entire city of Boston was on lock down. I'm grateful that it's over and I want to know why. At present it appears it's not connected …
When I was young I was addicted to long distance running. In fact I finished 33 (26.2 mile) marathons in my running career, but the only one that mattered was the Mecca of distance running: The Boston Marathon. "Boston" was the goal and inorder to be eligible to participate you had to achieve a qualifying time (under 3 hours and 10 minutes) at anot …
Along with many other Americans, I watched the news the other night as a relative talked about one of the victims of the bombing at the Boston Marathon. Everything that can be said about the personal tragedy has been said by those more eloquent than I. As I watched the woman speak, I noticed the Boston Red Sox cap on …
On Monday before hell literally broke loose in Boston, I was reading a post on Facebook. Obviously there are millions of them these days, but this one caught my attention and I ended up reading the whole piece and most of the comments. It was written by a woman who had lost her young daughter, nearly three, to cancer. She spoke with a subtle bit …
There was only one topic that I could write about tonight. Our friends in Boston are suffering an enormous tragedy. Glued to television and social media, we can only watch and try to support those who have been thrust into an experience you just can’t anticipate or imagine. Although for those of us who lived through 9/11 in New York, there are …
