I thought I would follow Don’s lead and write about a topic which concerns my head. When I am asked whether I would cut my hair, my answer is usually the same, “Never. I am my hair.” And, while my response may sound comical, there is some seriousness in my answer. I cannot imagine ever cutting my hair short, changing the current color, or …
Last week I was playing on my laptop and planned a cruise around Greece for my husband and I. Nothing was booked; nor did I even sign into any website. But, in my mind, I found the ideal cruise for us. I then looked at possible shore excursions using a few different websites. When I turned off my computer, I had saved nothing from any of my …
We discussed an interesting topic over the dinner table this weekend, overposters. You know the type; you read their Facebook status and cringe from the amount of personal information they’ve shared. Recent posts that seemed, to me, to contain too much personal information included, “Going to take a bubble bath, hoping hubby surprises me” and “Inc …
A recent article in The New York Times piqued my interest. It discussed the trend of many young women to keep their maiden name when marrying. Their desire to keep their name was not so much a political statement, the author wrote, but a practical one. Many of the women interviewed stated that were choosing to keep their name so that it would be ea …
It’s definitely something I have reprimanded my husband and kids for doing when I am in the car with them. But, it is something I am just as guilty as doing when I am driving alone in a car. If another driver does something that makes me angry, i.e. driving too slowly or cuts me off, I very loudly and freely yell and scream at them. Not only do I …
Have you noticed this trend? Whenever we’re out in a restaurant with our kids, we cannot eat the food until they have taken pictures of it. The food cannot be touched by anyone other than them until the food is properly staged and the picture is taken. Once the photo is taken, it is then checked before we can dig in. If the photo is not “Insta wort …
As I have said numerous times I am not a sports fan. Even more so, I definitely am not a horse racing fan or even have an interest in horse racing. But, like most, I could not help but to be caught up in the American Pharoah fever. I admit that I begrudgingly sat down to watch the Preakness after my husband asked me to spend the three minutes of t …
In a follow-up to Fred’s Friday blog about Facebook, I have to ask the following question, if you are on Facebook, do you use it to network professionally? This was the topic of discussion at our Long Island Women’s meeting last week and it made for an interesting dialogue. I have recently noticed that people are turning to Facebook for prof …
Over the past few years, I have read with interest Time Magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People of the Year. Most years I have found that I agreed that most of the people on the list deserve to be there. It has also been interesting to see the names of people who have been on the list more than once, such as Hillary Clinton, President Ob …
In discussing the internet with our kids, as parents, we try to warn them about all the dangers of the internet. I have never really found myself talking about the good aspects about the internet and social media. This past week I experienced one of the best characteristics of the internet. I came to learn that it has truly made the world a smaller …
I had one of “those” nights the other night. We’ve all had them. As time ticks away my eyes wouldn’t close. I saw 2:00 a.m. pass by and then 3:00 pass by. And, as time continued to tick by, my anxiety about being well rested for my early morning court appearance grew steadily. What do you do when you can’t sleep?
One could not go on the internet in the past week or turn on a television without seeing or hearing Bruce Jenner’s name. To me, he always has been that incredibly handsome athlete who captured America’s hearts when he won the gold medal at the 1976 Olympic decathlon and became the “best athlete in the world.” To my daughter’s generation, however, h …
I had a text message “conversation” with one of my college roommates last week that went something like this: Stacy: Ro, Merrimack’s daughter grad [law school] in May. Would you talk to her? Thinking this was a favor just for my roommate my response was, “Sure.” Stacy: Thanks so much, Merrill [a friend of hers whom I have k …
Every so often I will see a post on Facebook of a picture of an object, such as a feather, or a living thing such as a robin and lady bug. Accompanying the picture will generally be a short thank you to a deceased relative for giving the person who posted the picture a sign that the deceased relative was still with them. After seeing such …
I recently read an interesting article about facial recognition software. The article defined facial recognition software as “a computer application which automatically identifies or verifies a person’s identity.” When reading the article I realized that I, unlike many computers, have no internal facial recognition software. I can be introduced to …
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