I expected that it would be an easy flight. I smiled as the family with young children slid into the seats behind us. Two children who were about three or four years old. The father sat in the middle of the three-seat row. The mother, and another child, sat in the same row on the other side of the aisle.  

I remember years ago when the Budweiser ad campaign changed their commercials from "Real American Heroes," to "Real Men Of Genius," in the days following the attack on the WTC.  It was a tasteful recognition that the way we thought about the term "Heroes" had changed forever.    

When I was growing up we had a dog, a little chocolate brown poodle named “Coco”. The dog was really my sister’s. Truth is, I didn’t really like him. He just wasn’t all that nice. He growled a lot and wouldn’t hesitate to take a bite every so often.

I was touched by a post in the In Memoriam section of the New York Times this week.  I cannot comment on it.  It speaks powerfully for itself and the grieving father who wrote it.  Here it is:   "Transcending, ever flowing, my love is with its essence...you.  

From the world of OMG...Designer Alexander Amosu has deisgned two of the most expensive iPhone 6 you can buy. The cost...5.6 million. Talk about a luxury brand.   The first one is an iPhone 6 that comes with a cover made of 24-karat rose and yellow gold while the second design is just like the gold plated version, but comes with a crazy four side bezel and a diamond studded back.   I'll bet someone out there is just waiting to buy them. Are you?

My son David has had a female Schnoodle dog named Lucy for about 4 years. A Schnoodle is hyper allergenic, i.e., has hair not fur and therefore doesn't cause one to sneeze, etc.  2 Summers ago David prevailed upon us to get one too and we did so. As many know, Charcoal is her name and as I have previously blogged, she converted me into a dog lover. During the Christmas-New Year holidays David and his wife Julie asked us to take care of Lucy.

I saw the headline in the Metro section of yesterday’s Wall Street Journal -- “The Politics of Apology: A Standoff”. On Tuesday, Victoria Drogin commented at the Long Island Women’s Group meeting that women tend to apologize, whereas men generally don’t. And I recall being instructed by a Senior partner at my first law firm never to apologize.