Your intrepid Saturday blogger (it's a tough beat) has found the actual reason why we have International Waffle Day. I know you're on the edge of your seat. From my American consumer perspective, I always thought that this was yet another commercial moment from one our favorite waffle makers but no Padawan, you and I would be wrong.   International Waffle Day, which BTW is celebrated each year on March 25, began in Sweden as a result of a religious holiday's grammatical association with the food.  

I really can’t explain its genesis, but twice a day I post a somewhat difficult to identify photo of a famous person on Facebook and my followers vie to be the first to guess who it is and earn a Bingo photo.   Truth be told, the competition is fierce and it’s as if I’m riding a whirlwind.  For whatever the reason, many are quick to hazard a guess and almost as many are wrong, but eventually there is a (pictured) BINGO! Are you my Facebook friend?  If so, let’s play BINGO!!!

The first days of Spring.....If I had decided when the new year should begin, I would have chosen the first days of Spring. As nature emerges from the sleep of winter, there is so much to look forward to.

The 2022 Oscars will be broadcast on ABC this Sunday, March 28.  The show will be hosted by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes. I am looking forward to hearing the cutting jokes and banter of Schumer and Sykes.    Critics have stated that 2022 was a very good year for quality movies.  The expansion to 10 films in the best picture category broadens the range of the movies.  It seems like everyone can have a movie or two that they thought should be in contention.   

My patience with being patient while waiting to be the patient is waning.  Did you get that?   How long are you willing to wait for a doctor?  These days, my answer is less and less.

Lately, I have come to realize that I rely on my own memory devices more and more. I have begun putting reminders on my office calendar for more nominal events, such as remembering to call a client. Or I will text or email myself a reminder to make the call. In the past I would have depended on my own memory for the lesser crucial events. But now, for whatever reasons, I make sure to give myself a reminder.   

Not talking baseball even though the title channels the first Mets manager and perhaps the greatest Yankee one. The last time we discussed such a number it was 34. For several years before COVID disrupted plans pretty much for all of us, we’d celebrate our anniversary around a show on Broadway or a concert; the last two years the pandemic affected those plans; our most recent previous outings were Jersey Boys in 2019 and Rod Stewart in 2018. This year we take in Tina: The Turner Musical on Broadway.

I find it fascinating when you are with some people you feel totally drained afterwards but when you are with others, you feel energized.   What's that about?