When I was young Edward R. Murrow was at the crest of his fame as a CBS broadcast journalist which started with his “This is London calling” reports during the Nazi Blitz in early World War II.  

Are you addicted to your cellphone? The question was recently posed to me and I have been considering it for the past few days. Many thoughts.... Addiction is a loaded word. Is it appropriate to our relationship with these now generally accepted standard devices? Obviously useful. Utility or addiction? A little of both? Connection to others at the cost of communication with those around you. I am still amazed when I see two people having dinner at a restaurant. A quiet table, perhaps a candle, both on their cellphones.

  How many of you out there still have a land line at home?

Last week, we received a holiday card and letter from our cousin. It was filled with news from their family from the past year.  

Let’s Welcome the New Year with Some Musical Cheer   In a comment on a blog my friend Paul suggested making today’s blog short.  

If you've got about 6 and a half minutes, I recommend watching this video from the American Museum of Natural History documenting human population through time.   If you don't, look at roughly the last 2 and half minutes. Start at 4:10 and watch the impact of modern technology and medicine on the growth of human population.   Click here to see it on YouTube   There are a lot of us now. I wonder if they want to join Gotham :)

Maybe, which is defined as Perhaps or Possibly, is not a word I like to hear in response to a proposal.  It puts off the eventual answer and frustrates me. In the words of The Chantels:

We’ve been summer visitors to Martha’s Vineyard for years and I have a subscription to the Vineyard Gazette (most-recently renewed as a birthday gift from Jeremy). Keeping up with happenings on the Vineyard is fun; however following the Island’s local news in mid-December is a bit of a challenge.