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?
I was in a bakery last week when a sign on the display caught my eye. The sign read “Swiss Rolls.” Looking at that sign immediately brought me back to my parents’ house and into their kitchen. Swiss Rolls were one of my favorite childhood treats. Although my mom never bought them from a baker; our Swiss Roles came in a Drakes Cake wrapper. …
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 …
Like Donald, I sometimes find inspiration for my blogs in The Sunday Times. An article I found especially interesting yesterday concerned the proliferation of technology and devices for self-monitoring and behavioral change. The focus of the article was an MIT professor and her proposition that the primary function of these devices have cha …
When Passover ends, my thoughts every year turn to the same two items, pizza and bagels. I love a thick slice of pizza loaded with extra cheese and as many vegetables as will fit on the slice. Similarly, I am not a plain bagel person. I cannot resist an everything bagel, bursting with seeds. In writing this blog, I feel the same about ice …
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 …
“Sunday dinner” means different things to different families. To my family, during the winter, it generally means ordering in from our favorite Italian restaurant. During the summer, it means watching my husband cook our dinner on the bar-b-que. Given all of our busy schedules, it is one of the only days during the week that we sit down and eat di …
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 …
Many in our society have glamorized female celebrities who have been able to quickly lose weight after giving birth. Pictures of Heidi Klum in 2009 and Adriana Lima in 2012 both walking the Victoria Secret runway less than eight weeks after each gave birth flooded the internet. Similarly, pictures of Victoria Beckham in skintight dresses were omnip …
Last week I was fortunate to be a guest at a dinner sponsored by the Long Island Chapter of the Jewish National Fund. After dinner the film, “Beneath the Helmet” was shown. This documentary chronicled the lives of four Israeli young adults for a period of eight months; the period after they graduate high school, enter the army, and complete their i …
Fred’s blog this past Friday made me anxious. Like Fred, I generally write my blog a few days before it’s posted or, if I’m going away, I use a prewritten blog from my blog bank. Normally, by Friday, I have a blog topic selected. On Saturday morning, I sit at my kitchen table with my cup of coffee and write and post my blog. As I read Fred’s …
I learned at a very young age that there are two types of people in the world; those that like milk chocolate and those that like dark chocolate. And, the best marriages, are composed of one of each type of chocolate lover. My earliest memories of Valentine’s Day consist of giant red hearts of candy that my Dad would bring home to my Mom. In …
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