Last Wednesday night I attended the Gotham Long Island Quad meeting at The Westbury Manor. As I pulled up to the venue and gave the valet my car, I remembered that I forgotten to put cash in my wallet that morning. Thus, I had no money to tip the valet driver later in the evening. Knowing that my long time friend, Nancy Schess would be attending the event, I knew it would not be an issue.  I knew Nancy would lend me the $2.00 as soon as I told her the story.  

Folks know my enjoyment of basketball.   I still play two times weekly, most often one eve and one weekend morning.   I talk basketball with my friends, mostly the pro game.

This week is not about anything but sharing a smile and a laugh. I found this selection of parent tweets and hope you have the same reaction as I did. Enjoy!   No one is full of more false hope than a parent with a new chore chart.— Simon Holland (@simoncholland)  

When I was young, being a Yankee fan, I was obsessed with Mickey Mantle.  Mantle was the Yankee Key Man (last 3 letters of first name and first 3 of second).  The Mick, despite his frequent injuries and leg problems carried me through the thrilling 50s and much of the 60s. His career ending was sad and he once said if he knew he was going to live as long as he did he would have taken better care of himself (his dad died at 39 and Mick liked the sauce and night life). 

The recent report confirmed what was generally believed. Football is dangerous. Brain damage was found in 99% of the professional players whose brains were studied post-mortem. Even providing for statistical variations, the results seem clear and are troubling. The NFL will, no doubt, take steps to address the problem -- changes to rules to ameliorate the most injury-causing plays, and public relations to combat the bad press. But will it impact the fans?

This is all I have today: Maybe you will find it helpful. It always soothes me. I hope it soothes you.  

  Have you been?    

The news this week about O.J. Simpson’s parole hearing immediately brought me back to his murder trial. I was in a completely different place-than I am now- during that trial. I was a stay at home mom at that time and my youngest daughter was still an infant. My older daughter was in nursery school.