Joanne's dad passed away last week at the venerable age of 93. Putting aside that he was the father I never had, it was not about me. Joanne's sister Ginny came in from Colorado to share the grief and help out in the untangling of a life's possessions and related arrangements. The sisters were never more in harmony and that was a very good thing.

You can talk about the Super Bowl, the Kentucky Derby, the Indy 500, etc. Those are events that I'd call, "bloated."  These events generate their size from the media and the hype. The events themselves are no different from regular events that are similar other than the artificial build-up.  

I want to. I recently decided to dust off my twitter account and see if I could figure out how it works. (My daughter figured that out when she asked me why I “liked” her tweet from over a year ago.)

Monica Lewinsky’s name is again all over the internet due an essay she has written that is to appear in the new issue of Vanity Fair. In the article she details a very difficult sixteen years in the time since her name became a household word.

We are up at Syracuse for Emily's graduation. And I am thinking about beer.   Benjamin Franklin is attributed to saying that beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.  It is questionable whether he really said that, but no other drink is as refreshing in the warm months like a nice cold one.  

Roughly 80% of Americans have internet access and engage in social media. We post details about ourselves, share this information with friends and strangers, do research, and walk around with our head down looking at email, photos, and more.   A lot of people say that the online communities promote increased interaction with friends and family; offer teachers, librarians, and students valuable access to educational support and materials; facilitate social and political change; and disseminate useful information rapidly.  

You've heard of famous people being "Born on the 4th of July".  Well March 30th is my birthday, which means I was conceived on the 4th of July. You can look it up. I can only imagine that it was not a work day and....On what interesting day were you conceived?