We are moving in a few weeks. We are doing a little bit of work in our new house. Some cabinet work, a little bit in the kitchen, staining floors. And it needs a paint job. Not the whole house, just some of it. Of all the work, the painting came in the most expensive, by far. It was lots of thousands. I did not think I was hiring Van Gogh. It seems like an awful lot of money just for something to look clean. If I had an oil spill, I could understand. But paint we must. And I had to go to law school.

With the latest news of the largest security breach at Anthem I thought it might be a good public service to list the Top 25 most used passwords (as compiled by SplashData). I hope you don't use these.  

Did you ever ponder how long you will live and how much time is left? I do and I try to trick myself by saying that I'm going to live to 100.  Both my parents lived to 86 and neither was as physically fit as I work to be. So I like to believe I'm on track. Having said that another trick is to be in the moment and enjoy life to its fullest. 

Recently, I was at a seminar in one of the midtown hotels. You know, a few hundred people in neat rows of seats behind narrow tables. Since this was a high-end seminar, coffee was served. I took a cup back to my seat and placed it on the table in front of me.

  Note an evolving social media phenomenon.

As anyone who has read my blogs know, I do not watch the Super Bowl for the game. It’s all about the commercials for me. And I become especially interested when there’s controversy regarding a commercial. This year has not been a disappointment. Godaddy.com pulled a controversial commercial before it even aired during the Super Bowl.

Whenever I went skiing as a teen my mother was not pleased, would tell me it is dangerous, and when she realized that I was going to go skiing anyway she would say to please be careful. I did not think it was ever dangerous. And I poo pooed the warning to be careful. In fact I always say as I get older that as long as I can bend down to buckle my boots, I will keep skiing. Yesterday, skiing with friends, I hit a patch of ice, which happens from time to time.

The recent outbreak of measles has thrown this issue front and center. If you haven't heard, The Washington Post has indentified Disneyland in California as Ground Zero in the current outbreak.