There was only one topic that I could write about tonight.
The internet is buzzing with reaction to last Thursday’s Glee episode. As some of you may have read, the episode involves a student bringing a gun to school and the terrified reaction of the student’s classmates. I have not yet seen the episode although I have read a lot about it.
Here I am trying to think of what I should cover on this wonderful Sunday….blog. Filling in for Donald I could talk about: how Gotham is great; I could write about how Fred saved me this past week when I misplaced my tickets to the Friars roast; I could write about the roast and what a wonderfully great networking experience and how completely offensive (in a laughing so hard falling out of chair kind of way); Or I could write about green, sustainability, architecture, running a business, or many of my trials and tribulations.
At best it's a tournament that is extremely difficult to win. Each shot needs to be carefully played and when it's windy it's at it's worst.
I'm pretty sure that if I had my life to live over I would not be a lawyer.When I was growing up my sole interest was baseball and my goal was to replace my Idol Mickey Mantle in center field for the Yankees. As such, I was not much of a student and only the rude intrusion of the Viet Nam era draft caused me to alter my plans. Suddenly, a law school draft exemption was something else to strive for.
Last Sunday, I attended the annual commemoration of the Holocaust at Temple Emanu-el in New York City. It made me sad -- indeed sadder than I can remember ever being after attending the somber event in the past few years.
I have been coaching for 17 years. This is my 7th year coaching Little League baseball. We have only had compettitve playoffs for the last 2 years. The first year we had competitive playoffs our team was good, but got knocked out in the first round. The next year our team was given the first overall pick in the draft. The following year, they determined the draft order randomly and I pulled the first pick again. We won a championship (co-champions actually in a situation I wrote about here). Heading into this season, j