We had a baby.  My daughter Hilary the principal gave birth to a little girl on December 30th.  Beth Scarlett Cymrot was born on 12-30 at 12:30 pm, weighing a petite 5 lbs 14 oz.  I have never seen so small a baby. And so cute and sweet.   Being the first grandchild, the start of the next generation, this was new turf.  Thinking of my child as a parent takes some getting used to. So does thinking of me as a grandfather, especially since I have been known to act like a child myself I am sometimes reminded.  How did that happen?  

 

Casting A Rod aside, 13 is our lucky number, eg, we are moving Klein Zelman Rothermel to the 13th floor and Joanne's birthday is 11/13. I had a feeling that the fiscal cliff would work out and sense that the weather will be placid along with the folk. I know for sure we will pull together for the greater Gotham good!Wishing all a prosperous, calm, uneventful and Happy New Year!

They didn't want to know -- wanted it to be a surprise. The gender, that is. Flo and I were OK with that -- not that we had much choice -- even after we realized that if they didn't want to know, we wouldn't know. Apparently it takes effort to make sure you don't find out. Warnings on charts to assure that there is no slip and inadvertent disclosure. As the family waited on Thursday evening, "What do you think it is?" was a frequent inquiry. No one knew as we were sent home late in the evening. And, as it would happen, even after they knew, they kept us in suspense.  

Other than Tommy, it was the first Broadway show I had ever seen with my wife and we saw it twice more after that.  It was incredible, but I must admit that I had forgotten much of it having not seen it in a while.    My wife was dying to see it, so I took her to see it the day after Christmas (OK I was excited to see it as well, it was definitely a part of the backdrop of our beginning).  

In the past few years, Dick Clark has not really been an active presence on New Year’s Eve.  As his health declined, he just could not play the same type of role he had played in the past.  Don’t get me wrong.  I like Ryan Seacrest but he isn’t Dick Clark.

It's New Year's Eve!

News cycles bring tiresome phrases. Like "fiscal cliff." That is a big one lately. Whoever came up with that must be getting big royalties, which is not good for him if we go over that cliff because that means he will owe big taxes come January 1.We all remember Y2K. Ugh did I get tired of hearing about Y2K. I think that was even bigger than the fiscal cliff.