SOme people make predictions for the comoing year, others make New Years Resolutions. Often times New Years Resolutions are broken in the first few months. A few years ago I made a resolution to give up soda and I did. Rarely do I have it, I dont miss it. More and more often on Instagram ill see a video using Coke to clean a rusty old wrench. Scary …
Thanksgiving has passed. Great food, Great football, holiday shopping, the race to year end. I have always loved thanksgiving, everyone does. Great time with family and friends, Great food. The cool weather arrives. This year didn't disappoint. The weather definitely turned, significant snow in some areas. The food was amazing, the football was g …
We have so many things in life that are "High Speed". High speed internet, high speed Wi-Fi, High speed smart phones. In recent years we have really mereged onto the information super highway. And for the most part, everything has been running pretty smooth, everything is fast. We have become so used to clicking and having an immediate reaction to …
We take so much for granted in life. We become accustomed to things just appearing on a regular basis without giving any thought to how they get there. Take the Gotham Blog for example. Hopefully those who read it every week enjoy it. Hopefully more Gothamites become engaged. It doesn’t just appear in your inbox by itself. There is a behind t …
Its 18 years running! (No one seems to really know the exact number) For the first time in Gotham history there was a Hole In One on the 17th hole, 177 yard par 3, or was it 192? This year the weather was perfect, the golf was great, the food and drink were plentiful. Fred sang a song(back up singer), I played camera man. An amazing crowd o …
Summer has come and gone. Its always so fast. Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day and its over. We have one more important day to look forward to to hold onto the last days of summer. The Sept 9th Gotham golf outing. Its the best day of the year for our family. I hope to see everyone there!
3 or 4 times in the past month or two i had walked to the mailbox on my corner and sent out a few things only to find out they had never been delivered. Its happened multiple times. Is my local mail team screwing it up? I can understand if it happened once randomly but its been a few times that something wasn't delivered. Is my local mail team losi …
For the past few years we have heard a lot of news headlines around gas prices. They go up, and they go down. When you get gas, you have a choice of paying with cash or credit. Generally speaking credit is about 10 cents more than cash per gallon. It is estimated that about 15% of all gas purchases are with cash, 85% is credit. The 10 cents is supp …
Chat GPT, AI, Spell check, auto correct. The spelling can be correct, but its the wrong use of the word. With all the technology we have today, the spelling and grammar is still far from perfect. Everyone relies on all the technology it to make the corrections, then someone will point out to you a few grammar mistakes in your writing, Have we reall …
In recent months there have been some headlines on the legality of Non-Competes. Should they be legal, or illegal. One thought is that it protects the companies intellectual property and encourages the company to invest in its staff. On the other side of the topic is outlawing Non-competes (already illegal in California, Minnesota, North Dakota an …
A Passover tradition - Matzos Brei Run Matzos under water. warm up the frying pan with butter Scramble a few eggs into the matzos Add sugar Add milk Add to the frying pan and cook once done and on my plate I like to add Grape Jelly. Enjoy! Happy Passover!
I never thought about it but when it comes time to get rid of furniture I learned the last few weeks its not so easy. We have had some really nice furniture in the living room and the second living room for many years. Its nice, high quality stuff, well made, expensive. But now we got some new furniture. What do you do with the old stuff. We put i …
Vacations are usually scheduled around the school calendar. Presidents week every February is always a big week then again in April for Easter/Passover and Xmas/New Years. This past week my wife and I had gone with my kids to Florida where we always go. Its amazing there, great weather, although this year was a little cooler than normal but lots o …
We waited all season long. Now we know the 2 teams that will play in the Super Bowl. The 49ers and KC. Some say there was a new franchise this year, The Taylor Swift franchise. It is said that this year Taylor Swift has generated over $300 million for both KC and the NFL just by being present at the games. All the headlines, all the facetime on T …
Its that time of year again. Typically on New Years or in the days (maybe weeks) to follow you give yourself a New Years Resolution. Many people decide they are going to start to go to the gym again and for the month of January the gym's are packed, then in February less and March less again. Last year I gave myself a New Years resolution and for t …
