In my unending quest to bring life affirming stories to the forefront, here's the latest found in the stalwart NY Times (by Corey Kilgannon):
Even by the dizzying standards of New York City philanthropy, a recent $6.24 million donation to the
It’s allergy season. Runny eyes, sneezing. You know the drill.
I suppose on the other side of this season, we know that spring is here and that’s good.
Do you ever wish you could go back in time and give advice to your younger self?
One of the nice thing with more temperate weather involves hanging outside.
Imagine being able to build a rocket and launch into space in less than 60 days. Imagine no more...a start up called Relativity Space is building rockets that are almost entirely 3-D printed. It usually takes about 12-18months to build a rocket, however, they can do it under 60 days. They can achieve this because they created the largest metal 3-D printer in the world.
Last week our telephone dial tone disappeared. My first reaction was to call the phone company (Verizon) and ask for a repair man. However, I could not find the telephone repair number on the telephone bill or in the Yellow Pages for Verizon. There was nothing else to do but resort to Google and I did so and I found a link for Verizon repair.
I noticed the credit card on the ground as I walked away from my parked car. I picked it up and asked myself “What now?”
Leaving it for someone else to find didn’t seem right.
After a moment’s thought, I called the number of the back of the card. The bank was very nice, appreciated my call, canceled the card, and said they would contact the cardholder.
About a week later, we were driving home after parking the car in a garage. We were a few blocks away from the garage when I heard a little rattle in the cup holder and found a set of car keys.