With great joy this afternoon I looked out my office window and watched a father helping his five (?) year-old little boy learn to ride a bicycle. With his helmet securely in place he mounted up ready to go. Sitting up straight the little guy...
I have a nice small notepad filled with passwords to a multitude of websites. We have been counseled not to use the same password for all places because if someone discovers it, then they have access to everything. The problem here is old age. If...
It looked like an ordinary white, letter envelope, you know, the junk mail type that is so abundant in our mail boxes. However, when I opened it I realized that it was like no other letter I've ever received. Inside was a paper prayer rug...
First of all let me make it very clear. I do not believe in something being jinxed. There is no such thing. But sometimes something occurs that makes one blink. During the New England vs. Baltimore football game the commentators said something about the Patriots...
About noon I woke up with a new left hip. The last thing the doctor said was this will be easy. It was. What he did not tell me was that I was going to wake up hungry. When I asked for something to eat...
Something truly wonderful happened at the U.S. Open Golf Tournament at Bethpage Black. The winner was Lucas Glover and he was ranked 71st in the world of golf. Don't you love it when someone nobody expects to win achieves their dream? Each day each of...
Just before the President spoke to the nation I went to the kitchen for a piece of peanut butter and jelly bread. I'm not sure what it was but as I was about to spread the peanut butter something distracted me. Whatever it was it...
The world is as full as ever with hedonistic rulers and dictators who live lavish lives of luxury while their people wallow in squalid poverty. The leader of North Korea, despite his stroke, recently tried to add two new yachts to his fleet. Last year...
Neptune is hiding behind Jupiter this week. Actually, it is peeking out on the upper left hand side of Jupiter but you can't see it. Jupiter is just too bright. Almost everything but the moon is blanked out by Jupiter's reflected light. It reminds me...
Do you ever wish you knew somebody famous so you could name-drop? When others do it, it would be so satisfying to drop a name of someone more important than the one they used. The best I can ever do is to say I had...