There are a lot of great films out there to be seeing. I find watching a movie, especially in a theater, to be a wonderfully uplifting experience. In hard times, a good film can really change my mood.   First and foremost, you must see Hidden Figures. It is not because it is such an artfully crafted film, but because it has so many messages of hope. How much good is going on in the world that we never see. How to stay true to yourself in the midst of much resistance. How to overdeliver at work and how that can change the world. Go. Now.  

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In Yiddish the word for jinx is kaynahora.

I already played two hours of (basket)ball, enough of a workout for any day. I did not anticipate that hours later another workout loomed.  

This falls under a broad cateogry I've been calling "Trumpish." I define Trumpish as things people do in honor of Trump becoming our President.   Case in point, a Washington state trooper ticketed a single driver trying to get through the carpool lane with a giant cut-out of Donald Trump's head.   It cost the driver $136 but the trooper let him keep the cut out. It is unknown who the driver voted for but as the Trooper was walking away he thought he overheard the driver say..."This is gonna be great!"

For me 2016 was a very good year.  Some highlights: 

We recently visited the Mitzi Newhouse theater at Lincoln Center. As I walked down the stairs to the theater, I thought of the lockers that were available in the lobbies of the theaters at Lincoln Center. Convenient, especially in the winter, for coats.  

A very moving experience at the movies on Monday. One of the previews showed a woman hiding Jews from the Nazis (The Zookeeper's Wife, true story). It is still astonishing and upsetting to me that humans could have let this happen. My hope and belief is that we will not let this happen again. We are certainly better equipped today than we were then.