A few days ago, after a morning workout at the gym, I went to the snack bar for my "regular". The woman behind the counter greeted me with a smile and asked "The Regular?" A nod. Another nod and the breakfast smoothie with pineapple, mango, in orange juice, with a vanilla protein shot was under way.

My 11 year-old son recently got accepted into the SOAR program at school, which is an after school group that focuses on engineering, flight and space.  We were both thrilled.  

No, I don't have any tips.  I am looking for some.

Anyone who knows me knows I am not a sports fan. I do, however, look forward to the Super Bowl. I enjoy having friends and family over and sharing the evening with them. Mostly, though, I enjoy the hype of the commercials.

That phrase is forever linked to Ed Koch, the former mayor of New York, who passed away yesterday. He was a fiesty guy who never shied away from a camera or a question from the media.  

As many who know me have experienced, I am addicted to photography (it is amazing how fine the "in the moment" Blackberry snap shots can be). Most of all, I am hooked on shots of sunrise and sunsets. No doubt, the celebration and lamentation of the sun's eternal rise and fall is embedded in our primeval DNA. We are wired to worship the sun, the source of life and nature.

I don't remember many telephone numbers anymore. I don't think it is a result of not being able to remember them (although others may question that) but I simply don't have to remember the numbers. For the numbers I call most frequently, I have to remember the speed dials -- what character I assigned to which person. Otherwise, the number is right in my “Contacts”. I tell myself that these conveniences free my brain matter for consideration of more worthwhile matters. I hope that’s true.

If you partake in the Facebook Phenomenon, you've undoubtedly stumbled across those participating in the gun control exchange. I have no interest in propogating that debate in this forum, but what I would like to engaeg in is how some on Facebook react to such discussions with anger and contempt.  I have heard people literally say (more often to others, not me as I rarely engage via computer these days), "Facebook is no place for politics!"