I don’t even really understand it and I am convinced that the students in New York State who are being subjected to this new curriculum don’t either. Not to mention the teachers who by estimation are all kind of scratching their heads. This past year, the entirety of the way our students learned was changed, at least in my school district. The cu …
For years, I have ended each day asking my children to “tell me something nice you did today.” I have heard really great stories over the years. Sometimes it was “I helped my friend with a hard math problem”. Other times I heard “I helped a younger kid find their classroom”. Once it was “I was worried that one of my friends had a terrible proble …
You know (because I probably talk about it way too much) that my daughter is an avid public speaking competitor. We were talking recently about the fact that her favorite speeches usually begin “The date was XXXXXXX” followed by a distinct description of the moment. That observation started us talking about the dates or moments that define each of …
We have been blogging for years, seven if I am correct. I suspect that my thoughts tonight have already been reflected in a prior year’s blog. That said, I am risking a “repeat” because when you all read this, it will be the first day of school. That may not be true in all school districts, but it is in ours out here in Nassau County on LI. This …
As my son described it, “after Disney they lose their minds”. Teen star Miley Cyrus clearly seems to have lost her mind. At this year’s MTV VMA awards, Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke performed the hit song “Blurred Lines” among odd things, she “twerked”. [I didn’t even know what that term meant until tonight.] Frankly, it was an embarrassing perfor …
Today was a great day. I say that, and I golfed – shocking. Said another way, today was Gotham’s Annual Golf Outing which explains why it was a great day. Beautiful weather, excellent company and fantastic food all came together for yet another Gotham event that will not soon be forgotten. Of course, we must again thank our own Norman Spizz who c …
I spend a lot of time on the Long Island Railroad. One of my favorite things to do during an otherwise uneventful commute is to catch up on great television. I found my love for Mad Men on the LIRR. (Really not a reference to my fellow commuters -- most days.) And then last year, Downton Abbey took Mad Men’s place. (I can’t wait for the new se …
Summer is off to a great start in my house. My daughter is in the middle of a project with a non-profit that is turning out to be a fantastic experience on so many levels. My son just finished the travel camp half of his summer and has now started the sports half. Baseball camp started today and he has already won an award for some play in the outf …
You may, or may not, know that I am a confessed Royal Watcher. My obsession with the royal family started with Princess Diana. I just really liked her. That obsession has grown to include royal weddings, the Queen at the Olympics last year, and now the icing on the cake – the birth of the Royal Baby. Now, I can’t help but wonder what name will be …
There he was. Oblivious to the world around him. A pair of noise cancelling headphones perched comfortably around his head. A little quiet singing? Perhaps. Just to his left, a woman walked quietly oblivious to the world around her. No headphones but a smartphone would suffice. A very serious conversation clearly in full swing. Behind …
Really. The air conditioner hasn’t taken a breath in my house in days. Stepping outside into the heat of the morning feels like walking into a dryer that has been spinning for hours. Heading to the pool helps but only some and at the other extreme, standing on an elevated LIRR platform feeling closer to the heat source doesn’t help at all. This …
It was a fairly normal commute on the LIRR yesterday morning, albeit a little late after a morning breakfast meeting. I was happily engrossed in my Ipad, instant messaging with my office, when a symphony of sounds made me jump. All of a sudden my phone and the phones of at least a dozen other people on the train around me rang a loud siren. It wa …
You know those moments – the ones that we all pretend never happened. Here is my most recent entry in the “Book of Embarrassment”. Last week I had to be up really early on multiple mornings. Early morning is not my favorite, or best, time. By the end of the week, my morning commute was really just an extension of my nighttime sleep. And then …
Apparently, here is what happened facilitated by a cell phone and You Tube. It was a long train ride, very long. A man sitting mostly by himself was engrossed in a cell phone call. We have all been there. One of those calls that the whole train can hear, word for word, intonation for intonation. This call was personal in nature, very personal, an …
My blog today was supposed to be about how much fun we all had together at our 11th Annual Golf Outing. Instead, we were rained out and so I cannot write that blog. 11 years ago when we started this outing, I mostly dreaded the idea. Don’t get me wrong. I thoroughly enjoyed the company (and the food) but my absolute and complete lack of any skil …
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