Nothing gets me more annoyed and exhausted than trying to communicate with a person “hard-of-hearing” and I don’t mean “hearing” in the literal sense of the word. Have you ever had a colleague, friend or co-worker that did all of the talking and ZERO listening? (Notice my past tense word choice) Even when they ask a question, they don’t even listen to your reply! Ugh! I tend not to keep them around. Active listening is to listen with all of your senses. When I have a conversation with an active listener, I am aware of this skill immediately.

  I just finished a great book but that’s not the point of my blog. I read this book in so many different medium – on my phone, on my iPad, on my kindle. Even a little audiobook along the way.

How often are you thankful that you thought before you typed? This week I was so happy that I did.  

The Baseball season appears not to be going the way I’d prefer. Many friends probably agree, if they root for the team based in Queens.  

It's the face of today's multi (or mini) millionaire.    This six-year-old South Korean YouTube star named Boram makes an estimated 2.9 million dollars a month reviewing toys. Her two YT channels - a video blog and a series of toy reviews - have more than 30 million subscribers.   She's the highest earning South Korean YouTuber.

A high school friend who is a reader of my Friday With Fred blog sent me the following email last weekend:You always do great “starters” and I thought if you had remembrances of yours [First Friend] it might qualify for a prompt for your followers.

How do you get to work? I’m thinking about this as I ride the Long Island Railroad for a day of meetings in the City.

The title of my blog is incorrect because I have found my favorite French fry and believe me, I’ve searched.