I have a confession to make. I was asked to run for a elected officer position with an academic association that I had been affiliated with for a while. I am too busy with work, family and life in general to take on yet another task. Especially […]
Growing up, my mom played the numbers. She would play pick 3 and do a combination draw. Whatever that meant. I have never actually done any of those lottery games despite my mother’s grand belief in them. She actually did have some luck. She often played her […]
I lived in Europe many years ago for a year. Specifically, I lived in Spain. I have been there, done that in terms of the ex-patriot living abroad thing. It was cool. I would probably live abroad again. However, I probably wouldn’t do it in France. First off, I am […]
I am a New Yorker in Los Angeles. We are a growing group out here. Perhaps we got tired of the various snowmageddons we have been through the last few years. Perhaps we think we can make it on Hollywood since we made it in new York and […]
I have a lot of pet peeves these days. There was a time where not much bothered me about the world. I suppose that was back when I was five or six. But even at five my house had already been burned down and had to move […]
I am sure that you have recently clicked on a news story thinking you were about to read about a particular topic as advertised by the article title and halfway through the article you came to find it was nothing at all as advertised. At that point […]
The (not-so-funny) comedian Joy Behar recently commented on the Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan rift, by noting that Kelly has no real reason to be angry at being “blindsided”. She noted that is the way show business works. Perhaps that is true. I’m not in show business. […]
One day at work I noticed that several of my staff at the clinic were running around giggling showing their wrist to each other. I got up to see what the fuss was about. Turns out they wear Fitbits and those little devices were reminding them […]
Selfie-taking is everywhere. An extended arm and an intense gaze can be seen on a hiking path, lava cave or crowded flight at 37,000 feet above ground. It’s how we are now. Our faces are always on display to ourselves and to others. We are constantly looking […]
Back in 1981, a little known group (ha!) named Duran Duran released a song called Planet Earth. I have liked that song despite it not being one of the more widely listened and downloaded Duran Duran songs. “look now, look all around, there’s no sign of life voices, […]