Are you watching?With all due respect to Roger (and any other world-class swimmer Gothamites) I’m not sure that I would ever turn on the TV to watch swimming (or archery).

Rona’s blog last week inspired me to write this today. She spoke about getting checked up at her doctor for a skin issue that likely prevented something from getting worse. As I get older, I am very conscious of how the body becomes less resilient and more susceptible to the rigors of age and the environment we live in. I have been fighting blood pressure issues for longer than I can remember. I am pre-diabetic and could stand to lose some weight. I have been susceptible to kidney stones for many years, that I barely feel them anymore.

When my alarm rings off in the morning, I stir.   I am not a quick riser.  I need multiple taps of the snooze button before it is time to really get the day started.  Even then, I like my slow move, spending a little time reading, catching up on news, legal and otherwise – and admittedly, a little social media tour. 

During a telephone conversation with my sister this week I mentioned that I still had no idea as to what my blog topic would be. Her children are younger than mine and she asked me whether I ever had blogged about social media and its effects on kids.  I told her of course I had.  

It was not an official Gotham gathering -- as the case when many of us gathered at Citi Field last month -- when I found my way to Yankee Stadium last week; that said my "visit" to second game at the Yankees' home park was made possible via Gotham.

T-shirts. The unmistakeable sign of an attitude. What attitude that might be is up to the wearer and for us to guess.   Some throw one on without any thought as to what it says or what it means, while others carefully pick one out that fits the statement they want to make.    In my ad hoc poll, most T-shirt wearers are conscious about the statement they are making. For me, I don't wear T-shirts out and about. I believe they are functional and use them for gardening, playing sports, working out, or lounging in the house on a weekend.

Ever since the "Third rate" Watergate burglary, I have reserved judgement and operate on a "Nothing is as it appears" (or as they tell us) basis.  Does that make me a cynic?  You tell me.

Having recently been exposed to Covid, and with the protocols having rescinded into memory, I was left to my own devices.I pulled out the box of N-95s and wore one when I walked around the office or when in a room with others.When alone in my office I close