The Ryder Cup at Bethpage. Years of preperation. Millions of dollars of construction. The hieght of anticipation finally arrived.  Bethpage Black looked amazing. The best possible conditions. The course was made as easy as it could possibly be to allow the players to hit shots as long as possible without being punished by the thick rough that Black is known for. It was a grea come back story on Sunday with the US losing both Friday and Saturday matches. It made for great TV. Unfortunatly the crowds took it to far. To drunk, to load, to agressive.

For the first time in more than five years, I have a list of movies coming out that I would like to see in an actual live movie theatre.  

My daughter, Sydney, is pregnant and due to give birth to a baby girl on November 30, 2025. She recently sent me a copy of her registry.   I looked through it and was happy to see several books on the list, most of which I used to read to her as a child. One of the books listed was “Guess How Much I Love You?”  

I opted to go out on a limb last Monday eve.

Climate change isn’t a matter of opinion, it’s a matter of data. Yet nearly 14% of Americans still deny that climate change is happening at all, according to a 2023 Yale Program on Climate Change Communication survey.   Here are the facts: Global temperatures have risen by 1.2°C since pre-industrial times, according to NASA and the IPCC.

If you saw the great Animal House flick, you, no doubt, recall the joyous shouts of "Road Trip" and, this past weekend, I did all in my power to replicate that sense of fun and joy.  My college roommate, Stuie Gray, lives in Boston and when he visited us this summer we conjured up the idea that I would visit him, in return, in Boston with my son David and grandson Jackson.  

Much has been written about the collapse of the Mets.

Disclaimer:    I am trying, for the first time, AI assistance for this post.  The thought of subject was mine, the contents are 99% AI generated! This will be a 5-part series, and I hope that someone finds this helpful.  It is a subject that comes up often (usually by way of my 37 yo daughter saying to me "I don't want to adult today").   How to Help Your Adult Children Learn to “Adult” on Their Own