I've been called several times, in both federal and state court, but no lawyer wants a lawyer on a jury, so I've never served - would love to!

So richly deserved. It was a privilege to honor my dear friend in this way.

Being a Star Trek fan, I realized I underappreciated the music in the original series and the various spinoffs until I attended a Philharmonic concert playing musical pieces from the shows; I was so taken aback by the quality of the sound tracks that I've become a fan of movie soundtracks!

Times have become more complicated, and traditional gender roles have become a thing of the past - that's a benefit for men, I think, who historically have had a much more distant relationship with their kids, and are more attuned to day-to-day home life. That's not a bad thing, I think. The bad thing is that generally, women are now busier than ever, and some may have lost full control of the home, and may feel more uncertain given the many hats they wear and the feeling they have to be on top of both home and work life.

After a long winter, baseball awakens from hibernation and does not see its shadow! The magnolias and cherry blossoms are blooming and so are our expectations! LFGM!

I regularly enjoy conversing with folks with opposite political viewpoints - it's a great way to refine my own positions, allows for personal growth all around, and it brings people together during these polarized times. We need lots MORE of these events!

As a recipient of the Gotham Foundation's largesse for Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow and the humbling Red Bandanna Award, I can personally vouch for "The Power of Gotham," and am blessed to be part of the Gotham Family. I look forward to seeing how we will continue to support new and other worthy causes.

Chances of a repeat are better than they've been in decades; all of the local area teams are middling-to-great, though we're not quite there yet.

We used to do that in person, at malls, where we got the wrong thing, and then we (or our gift recipients) had to make another trip to the mall to return/exchange, etc. The good thing now is that we can do all of that while wearing pajamas with a cup of coffee from our homes, and even if we receive the wrong thing, we have free returns and UPS labels. The bad thing is that stores are suffering and jobs are lost. The shopping mall will soon be a thing of the past, and commercial strips will need to innovate to stay alive. In my neighborhood, we lost Century 21, Modell's, TJ Maxx, New York & Company, and some of the mom and pop shops which were dependent on the foot traffic generated by the "hub" stores. I've recently counted 14 closed shops in just one block of our commercial strip. It's sad - fortunately, our restaurant and bar strips remain strong.

No great pizza crawl can be complete without visits to Brooklyn's Juliana's (under the Brooklyn Bridge) and Lombardo's (Bay Ridge). We should set up a Brooklyn-only crawl - ?