There are three movies out now that have some common themes. They are Gravity, Captain Phillips, and All is Lost starring Robert Redford. They each in their own very different settings deal with danger, life and death, and courage.
I'm excited. Today is the first ever Gotham Oratorical contest and I'm one of the judges. Fred wrote about it in his blog on 10.18.13 If you're not familiar with the term, it's the art and skill of public speaking. Something I love to do :)
This contest is for High School students only and even more impressive is that Nancy's daughter Jackee created and is adminstrating it.
Last week My wife Joanne went away for a long weekend to a Woman's Film Festival and I was left home alone with our puppy Charcoal and my thoughts.
Being a social animal I do not fare well in solitude. Thank goodness for the puppy and her walks where we could interact with other dogs and their owners. You might call this Old School Social Networking.
Thank goodness also for my cell phone calls with Jo and my emailing, texting, fredslisting, Facebooking and the like. By doing so I benefitted from the concept of virtual reality.
That was the reaction of my wife and I in response to the diagnosis finally given to our daughter, 16 months of age at the time. That was also the reaction of all but 1 of the 50+ NYC and Long Island physicians of various disciplines that met our daughter.
Did you know that right now, to be licensed as a Farm Brewery, any beer brewed in the State of New York must have 20% of its ingredients (besides water) grown right here? Apparently the current acreage devoted to growing the ingredients for beer cannot support the need.