I woke up this morning unexpectedly thinking about a dinner I had a few years back. It was a good dinner but it had all been a set up. Let me explain. There was this young woman who had worked for me for little less than one year. […]
Clowns are creepy. We all get that. Some five year olds out there may not get weirded out by clowns. But they are the minority. Not that I have any hard data on this. It is just my gut feeling. I personally met a clown once. He nearly […]
The key to surviving Mondays or any other workday for that matter, is being an actor. Not just any actor,mind you. You need to be Jim Carey (back when he almost was worthy of an Academy Award) in the move The Truman Show. He didn’t know this, but […]
I still remember vividly where I was and what time it was when I saw what was occurring in my beloved hometown of New York City. To me it is unbelievable that it has been fifteen years since that day of September 11. As life would have it, […]
I gave my leftover pizza to a woman on the street who was hungry. Should I have paused, taken a selfie and then posted said selfie? Should I have taken a picture with her? It would seem to me that a picture in such a moment is tacky […]
For the past five weeks, I have been visiting countless medical provider offices. I am tired of going to one provider to the next in the hopes of figuring out why I have what I have. I have been noted to be a mystery by many, while […]
Having grown up in the South Bronx, I didn’t go to many County Fairs as a kid. Actually, I don’t believe I ever went to any as a kid. I did go to little fairs that were held in empty lots in the Bronx. Do those count? […]
Just this morning Facebook sent me a reminder that it was one of my “friend’s” birthday and that I should send a message. I admit, as of late, I do so reflexively occasionally mixing up the birthday message by a word or two. I hated the birthday Facebook […]
What was she to believe? Her own eyes? Her own words? She kept going through the day over and over again. “Tell me the truth.” Was there a truth, she wondered. Apparently there are no realities. She had left home feeling ecstatic or so she was led to […]
The universe, as well as Hollywood films, is filled with stories of two individuals who grew up in similar circumstances yet widely diverged in how they went forward in life. In Hollywood, one becomes good and the other evil. It is a completely worn out trope. To […]