A fortune cookie provided by my local Chinese take out with my dinner the other night read: "If you don't enjoy what you have, how could you be happier with more?" That is so true. I was enjoying reflecting on this statement when I turned it over and it said "Please disregard all previous fortunes."
The tradition continues... and your intrepid prognosticator went 3 out of 4 for 2019! In total I'm 21 out of 40 since 2007. Not bad eh?...I'm over .500 and could get milllions for that in baseball :) Okay...so this is a tough year to predict but I'll give it my best shot. 1. The Yankees will win the World Series 2. By years end we will be hug …
I recently found out that the COVID-19 pandemic has prevented many suppliers of Christmas trees from Canada from selling across the border. So now we have spruce thieves - individuals that illegally cut off spruce tops. They work late at night, and use fluorescent tape to mark their trails into the spruce swamps, so they don't get lost on the way …
The joys of winter! It's beautiful...everything coated in white, brisk mornings where you can see your breath, the crunch of snow under your feet and sitting in front of a nice warm, cozy fire. And of course...battling with the snow thrower, slipping and banging your head, shoveling really heavy snow and dealing with drivers that should not be on …
Yesterday was my birthday. In this day and age, part of anybody's birthday is receiving digital wishes. Facebook, LinkedIn, text and email. I think I answered them all...although I'm not 100% sure :) The highlight of the day (which was rather quiet) was having my son over for dinner. It's his birthday on the 15th so we celebrate us. Then my daugh …
A couple of weeks ago, I was participating in a weekly Zoom. There were eight people who shared the same feeling about what is going on in the world and one did not. The person that did not share the same feeling started to express his point of view using analogies. Within minutes he was viified and although we did move on, he subsequently dropp …
Our relationship with technology is continuously evolving. How we engage with our smartphones, fitness trackers, thermostats and our house is very different now than we did 10 years ago. Imagine how it will look 10 years from now. You don’t have to look hard to find studies on how the use of technology impacts our mental health and well-being, pa …
I'm staring at a legend on TV. Aex Trebek. He passed away about two weeks ago but his new episodes that he shot will play till Christmas day. It's a bit eerie knowing the future of a man as his life is passing by in front of you, day by day. Alex hosted more than 8,200 Jeopardy! episodes, setting a Guinness World Record for hosting the most epi …
I think the celebration Fred wrote about yesterday was caused by at least these three things; the weather, the results and the undeniable fact that we are all living in a box with significantly less human contact. Whether it's our home, our car or the small square screen of a computer, we exist within these constraints because of a raging virus tha …
Authorities in Indiana said an overturned semi truck spilled cases of beer across the lanes of of U.S. 50 in Dearborn County. Thankfully no one was hurt but it seems that within 2 hours, the beer was gone. I heard Police later investigated a complaint of a loud party going on roughly 25 miles from the scene of the spill. The officers reported …
It's Halloween today and I don't have any candy. I'll need to run to the store to get some but I'm wondering... Do I need to wipe down every piece? Will they take the candy if I put it out? Will there even be trick or treaters this year? I never had so many questions about Halloween.
Yes...it's that time of year to experience something that is unique to the Northeast forest. (I learned that from David Attenborough:) Watching the green leaves change into a variety of colors. BTW the term "fall" was likely a deviation from the Old English words "fiaell" and "feallan," both of which mean to fall from a height. And autumn came fr …
I find it fascinating that in my travels, I'm seeing license plates from all over the country...Missouri, Texas, Minnesota, Florida, Georgia, Virginia and I wonder why. Are they students who didn't go back to their schools? Are they out-of-towners staying in a place where COVID is low? I then make the leap...did they quarantine? Do they have CO …
I'm watching the Weather Channel and witnessing the 4th hurricane this season making landfall on the Louisiana coast. The reporter just said "this has never happened before." How many times have we heard that phrase this year..."this has never happened before." I wonder how many more times we'll hear it.
I know it's Saturday but yesterday at the end of the work day I Zoomed into the Gotham Happy Hour. I should join in more often but work for me these days takes up a lot of head space and time. The Gotham Happy Hour is very special, especially these past weeks because Norm is the official sponsor. This time he brought in Willa, who is a fantastic …
It's Saturday...and anything goes.
