Dad would be celebrating today. He was horrified to see his brethren die on that tragic day when the towers collapsed. We talked in the days after the events of 9/11 about the job that the men of FDNY were doing. I could hear the pain in his voice. As a nation, we rallied around [...]
Back in college, there was a popular class called “Arts 15: Introduction to the popular performing arts” — otherwise known as the history of rock and roll. The professor was, shall we say, opinionated. One test question that is still stuck in my craw follows: The greatest rock and roll band of all time was: [...]
Insomnia. Once again, I find myself up too early on a day when I do not need to get up early. There is an unquietness about my mind. I woke first around 2:30 and really never got back to sleep, at least not to a deep sleep. Machine-gun thoughts firing off in my head, seemingly [...]
Live and let live. So many problems in our world stem out of mindsets that bread breed hostility. Mindsets that require all others to conform to our way of thinking or system of beliefs. Narrow thinking. Narrow thinking does not allow for the possibility of different explanations. Narrow thinking requires that there is only one answer and [...]
Call me a Curmudgeon. Go ahead, get it out of your system, cause you’re probably going to disagree with me on this post. The “Tip Jar” has gotten way out of hand. Everywhere I go, there seems to be a tip jar on the counter. From Starbucks, to the local pizza joint, to the freakin coffee [...]