My friend Ennid Berger says, I like to eat almost everything. However, my wife Joanne is far more discriminatingand as the years have gone by I have developed the ability to help her "manage" the menu,i.e., choose something that she will like. Otherwise, if she does not like something she ordered we have to trade plates. I am now thinking of giving a course at the New School or some other eclectic forum called "Menue Management" and lending myself out to fine restaurants.  After all, it is better to give than receive! 

It was time for our grandson, Jackson, to take his nap. Our daughter-in-law picked him up saying “It’s time for me to put Jackson down.” A strange choice of words.

At the risk of engaging in excessive partisan politics,  I just wanted to gauge a reaction to both Sarah Palin's concerns about the potential Russian invasion of the Ukraine, and Mitt Romney's claim that Russia was our primary geopolitical enemy.  Both were actively ridiculed on this forum during their respective elections.

During rush hour, the commuters’ protocol is simple: head down, find your spot and hold on. Standing on a crowded subway platform, the goal is to make sure you are situated to get on the train and plant your spot. That protocol makes it almost impossible to absorb your surroundings until after the doors on the subway have closed.

If I’m running a bit slow this morning it’s because I stayed up last night to watch the Oscars. And while I love the show itself, it’s really the walking of the red carpet that I love the most.

The big financial news of the week was the collapse of the Bitcoin trading giant, Mt. Gox.   This should not come as a real surprise, if you know anything about Bitcoins.   I also don't know why anyone would even trade with a company that sounds like Dr.

Or does it?   Earlier this month US Attorney General Holder called for an end to felon disenfranchisement...the ability of a convicted felon to vote. Not the people who are already in jail...only those that have been released. Most states have this restriction as law.  

I admit it, I take off Fridays. Said another way, Fridays are for Fred.  Having experienced free Fridays for a while, I must say that there are pluses and minuses to having a three day weekend. The minuses are that a "full" 4 day work week compresses five days toil into four days of availability. On the other hand, having Friday off is the closest I will ever come to being retired.