With the untimely passing of Prince this week, many musicians have been interviewed as to how  he influenced their career and music. What I find most impressive, however, are the numerous lay people who are speaking out about how his lyrics and music impacted them.  

We did not host this year.  We always hosted; tradition of sorts, and not just for Passover. Noneless, we joined my good friend Joshua for the seder he hosted with his wife Linda; I found myself rather relaxed with no carving and other related duties; we enjoyed the company and the food.

Can anybody say fantasy? This Marvel looking exoskeleton is actually real.   The prototype 'mecha-exosuit' called the NK-01 is a nod to the Robert Downey Jr Iron Man movies as it's been put together by a team who obviously love comic books and cartoons.   The coolest part is that it can be piloted by a person wearing the suit. They say not to get any Tony Stark ideas of fighting super villains, though. The Chinese firm, Future Wise, says that the suits will be mainly "entertainment performance" products.  

Jealousy is defined as feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success or advantages.   I think it's only human to be jealous.  And I admit to having harbored that feeling many times over my life. However, for whatever the reason, as I get older I seem to suffer those pangs far less often.   Maybe jealousy springs from my competitive nature and maybe it fuels my ceaseless drive, but it is nothing to be proud about.

Here's how the story came to me. My brother-in-law was waiting in his car on line at his local gas station. Apparently, there is a time honored method to the queue at this particular station. My brother-in-law is very mild mannered, so I imagine that he never expected what was to come next. A car pulled up next to him and the driver rolled down his window and screamed. “You cut me off.

in the last two days, I ran into Christian Slater, the actor, at Duane Reade and Luis D. Ortiz, of Million Dollar Listing, at the World Financial Center. It always cheers me up to see these "celebrities", when I'm out and about in the Greatest City in the World, New York City. I think its because these successful people are out and about on the streets, it means that there is success here for me too.

  This is an audience of people who network. That means you are out in the world every day meeting new people and forging new relationships.