As reported by the Huffington Post...   This is Betty -- a chicken with more Twitter followers than you.   Chicken Treat, an Australian fast food chicken chain, has put the bird to work for it's new ad campaign. Betty is assigned a life of professional tweeting until she can produce a five-letter English word.   Watch the video  

Being from the pre Baby Boomer Silent (who knew) Generation there have been many big changes over my lifetime. For instance:  1) Computers, the Internet-social media2) No Smoking in restaurants, etc.3) Legalized Abortion4) integration (Obama)5) Gay rights6) World wide economy (foreign cars)7) Beatles-Stones8) Global warming (flooding)9) Cable TV10) Sushi11) Walmart, Home Depot12) Renewed racial unrest-gun violence And then there are zip and bar codes, cell phones, GPS, the Designated Hitter and what else?

Mr. Moskowitz, my seventh-grade Math teacher, was a nice enough guy, and a pretty good teacher. One thing that annoyed us, as students, were his “surprise quizzes”. The quizzes invariably came on Mondays - but not every Monday (otherwise where’s the surprise?).

When I first moved to Manhattan, 1975!, I couldn't imagine ever wanting to be anywhere else, but after 20 or so years, I began thinking about a home outside of the city. Eventually, my sweetheart and I purchased a lovely cabin in the woods in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. We rented a home in Middletown, NY to see if we really would use it or if it was just a theoretical want. Well, we did really use it and have enjoyed our Bucks cabin for about 8 years.

I do not understand the sneaker mania craze. A few years ago, I blogged about a Sneaker Expo that my son and his friend attended. Recently, however, sneaker mania leapt to new levels in my house.

  I have a habit that drives my husband crazy; I am a snoozer. Every morning, I set my alarm clock for, at least, fifteen minutes before I have to get out of bed. Then, in the morning, I let the alarm clock go off and hit the snooze button, at least three times. Obviously, my snoozing habit wakes my husband up if he’s still sleeping.  

We had a family dinner outing last night, Eve, my sister Alison, son Joshua and daughter in law Lisa,and son Max and his girlfriend Jaymie. It was a celelbration for Max and his success in law school.  

I have had a beard for about 30 years and now beards are huge. They change the way we (men) look and some baseball players grow them till they lose. As it turns out, there are many health benefits to having a beard! Beards can: