The police in the United Arab Emirates are now using unusual means to prevent speeding -- signs that look like police cars.
It's actually just a flat sign of a police car that appears from the front to be the side of a real three-dimensional car with its lights flashing at the side of a road.
All my life I've thought about being a schlepper.
Schlepper? It is a Yiddish word meaning someone so stupid or ill educated that he or she can only be employed to carry (schlep) things.
Really. To be precise, for my whole life I have wanted to be a schlepper for a famous artist and now my dream has come true as I schlepped my wife Joanne Klein's beautiful art (sample above) over to the wonderful Helen Harrison Gallery for an opening last week.
We had been to the glass artist's studio and Gallery before, but I didn't remember the big neon sign that went through its computer-generated silence, sequenced blinking to full message and back to silence.
"LOOK! SEE?" At first glance, a very simple message.
Look at the art but are you seeing it? Really seeing?
Allow the art have its effect on you. Let it in.
Its akin to hearing and listening.
Pause, focus, STOP and smell the roses.
"Water is the essential building block of life. But it is more than just essential to quench thirst or protect health; water is vital for creating jobs and supporting economic, social, and human development.
On Friday, I had the occasion to take the Long Island Rail Road into Manhattan for a court appearance. Sometimes, while on the train, I enjoy just sitting in my seat, looking out the windows, and just watching the world go by. You never know what you might see.
Don't Miss the 5th Annual Gotham Battle of the Bands®
April 30 at the Legendary Cafe' Wha? Still some time to get your band in!
Whether you’re Democrat, Republican or independent, the country’s unstable political climate, before and after the presidential election, has created political angst for many people.
I stopped watching and reading the news for awhile because of the stress and anxiety I felt in listening and reading. However hiding from it won't make it go away.