Are you on Facebook? If you are you're probably familiar with Throw Back Thursday (TBT) which is an excuse for one to post photos from the past, when we were young and in our prime. It is a fun, sometimes foolish, but mostly harmless tug of nostalgia. The above photo is representative.
In the last two weeks I have had car trouble. First, I was rear ended in a four car chain reaction crunch precipitated by a Snapple truck (Snapple Crackle and Pop!) which caused extensive damage to both the front and rear of my car. Then last weekend, I took the substitute rental car and parked in a lot adjoining the restaurant where we were dinin …
Whenever someone takes a shot at me and then excuses his or herself by saying " I was just kidding", I respond immediately that my father taught me that nothing is ever said in jest.One must learn that there's always a germ of truth in that "joke"or jestand it is that germ of truth that must concern one's self and must be paid attention to.Words to …
Pot hole Bingo: If you drive you play it Salt and plows make it Tires and suspensions hate it How many more weeks to evade it?
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 …
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 …
The Gotham Book Club, founded by Julie Klein and Co-Chaired with her by John Buscarello, next meets (on line) on February 26th at 1:00 pm. For those of you who are not familiar with our Book Club, Julie manages to find world-class authors who are willing to discuss their books with us in real time on the Gotham website. Past Book Club discussions …
One of the many Gotham aspects which differentiates us from other groups is our list service. We start with Freds List which in many ways is the backbone or "magic wand" of Gotham. The Amazing fruits of Fredslist posts are countless and you should feel free to comment as to your favorite. As Gotham grew there were complaints that there were too m …
Recently, as a consequence of an orgy of photographing and Facebook posting, my iPhone battery ran out of power and I was DISCONNECTED! For better or worse, I instantly realized I'd become addicted and dependent upon that small (yet so big) window into the world. To say I suffered withdrawal is an understatement. There was real anxiety too. It j …
What is it that men and women have about hair?Men can't seem to have enough and women can't abide with having it anywhere other than on their head (that's a blog for Nancy or Rona). When I was young I hated my "crab grass" hair. Now that I've reached a certain age and retained it, albeit silver, I get lots of positive comments, eg, "you've got your …
On the morning after our December 3rd Holiday Party (where we named the recipient of our hallowed "Red Bandana" Award, named two new Networkers of the Year and our Foundation handed out four $5000 grants to worthy and appreciative recipients) it came to me that, more than anything else, the characteristic which distinguishes Gotham from other group …
Inasmuch Wednesday would have been Elvis's 79th birthday. Following is a poem that I wrote in his memory. THE KING! I saw the Great Elvis today encapsulated on film written off and explained away and I tried to cry, cry for him or cry for me or was there something else? Or what is gone, or never happened, or will never be again and is lost …
Today is my Father's birthday and 18 years after his passing I am just starting to miss him. Why am I just starting to miss him? He was a "Damon Runyon" ("Guys and Dolls") character, emphasis on character, to the outside world. Although he was a tough SOB and especially hard on his first born son he is finally starting to get through to me. In th …
When I was a young lawyer I suffered badly from holiday blues. As I've matured such year end blues have ebbed. I cannot explain why I had them or how and why they have eroded. What I do know is that 2013 was a challenging, successful and happy year and that 2014 portends as well.I want to wish all of my readers (and my numerous loyal commenters) an …
I'm sure you know O'Henry's story of The gift of the Magi wherein a husband-and-wife sacrifice for each other to buy then unusable holiday presents for each other. The closest that I have come to such a scenario occurred when i was very young on a long ago Christmas Day. As I remember it these many years later, on Christmas morning Santa brought …
Fridays With Fred
A perfect way to send you into your weekend