A little introduction is necessary... Musha is our rescue dog. Musha is black and large. Musha is a Staffordshire Terrier (aka pit bull). However, Musha does not let stereotypes rule his world. In the coming weeks you will all be introduced more to Musha's journey with us because I believe Musha has a great story, with wonderful lessons that we could all benefit from.  As a matter of fact, I have had many people exclaim..."I want to come back as your dog in my next life!" But for today, we will start with the following: 

I commented on Rona’s blog yesterday about the sanctity of my “to do” lists.  I started my process years ago and I have a system complete with timing.  

What motivates you?   We all have our tasks that just have to be done, even though we don’t look forward to them. For me it’s the weekly inputting of my time into my billing program and exercise. This month that list also includes taking continuing education classes. I recently reviewed my continuing education credits and realized I was behind in my credits.   

Last week Shelly and I joined some good friends Rita and Mike for a "Fauda: Screening & Discussion" at The Streicker Center of Temple Emanue-El in Manhattan.  Not only a chance to view the first episode of Season 4 before it "dropped" on Netflix this past Friday, but an opportunity to enjoy a Q&A after the viewing with series co-creator Avi Issacharoff and star Lior Raz (who plays lead character Doron Kavillio).  

As far as I can tell, Elon is 7 for 9. A pretty good track record.  Here's a list:   Zip2 Corporation (an online directory) - sold to Compaq for $22 million PayPal - sold to eBay for $165 million Tesla - didn't start it but took it over and now worth roughly $386 billion (market cap as of 1/23) SolarCity - basically gone and is now Tesla Solar SpaceX - worth $127 biillion The Boring Company - valued at $5.7 billion Neuralink (human/computer interface) - worth anywhere from $500 million - $1 billion

Inasmuch as Monday was Martin Luther King day, I harked back to 1968, the year of Dr. King’s assassination.   I was a young impressionable man then and I recall it being Anubis horribus! A significant number of horrible events come to mind, as pictured.   Is there a lesson to be learned from enduring 1968? Yes and No. Subsequent history teaches us that worse events were ahead, but the Human survival mechanism is still at play.    

A few weeks ago, my sister gave me an old little picture viewer - the souvenir photo that you hold to the light (Catskill hotels, vintage a long time ago). It was a picture of me, my brother and father on a pool deck with the ocean behind us. It was in the fifties. I must have been about eight.

The American Masters documentary, available to stream on  PBS, “Groucho and Cavett”, is a heartwarming look at two American originals.   What did a NYC Jew, born in 1890, and a Baptist Iowan, born in 1934, have in common?  It was the love of a great joke.   Groucho Marx was the hilarious star of Broadway and movies with his brothers, Harpo and Chico.  He became a television star in the 1960’s with the off the wall game show, “You Bet Your Life”.