When the pandemic first took hold, dozens of my social media friends began to accelerate their postings, if for no other reason as to give them some meaningful connection to the outside world. At the time, I was distracted with a few more pressing matters, like determining what I was going to do with the … Read more
Brian Flores made headlines earlier this week when he filed a class action suit against all 32 National Football League teams that called out specific incidents in the last month that have denied him employment as an NFL head coach.Flores has specifically accused the Denver Broncos, New York Giants and his former employers, the Miami … Read more
When I log onto my online banking account, withdrawls and deductions appear on my screens in red; deposits appear in blue. For many months I’ve been seeing far more entries in red than I would otherwise wish. This past weekend I saw a few blue ones. One in particular that was as surprising as the … Read more
I’ve written quite a bit about what has been going wrong in my world and the world at large IMHO of late, frequently looking back at happier and more influential times for context and support. Today I’m going to try and look at the present and future for positivity with examples of how dreams can … Read more
By some chance, are you or do you happen to know someone who is celebrating a birthday today? Better yet, might it happen to be a milestone birthday? If so, I wish you or that person a very happy birthday. I’d love more than anything to wish one particular celebrant just that. But we’re currently … Read more
Last night I was supposed to be in a hockey arena in a town that was more than 60 degrees colder in temperature than where I was, but to me has always been eminently warmer. Never has that disparity been more evident than last night. Oswego, New York is hardly a tourist mecca, particularly in … Read more
Good Lord, 2022. Does every weekend of yours HAVE to start out with multiple deaths that dominate my social media timelines???! Yesterday I woke up to the news that both Meat Loaf and Louie Anderson had both left this world, both sizable talents who didn’t quite make three-quarters of a century. Like so many of my … Read more
I’ve previously written about what it was like to spend Christmas 2019 recovering from a cholecystectomy (gall bladder surgery, to those who may be polysyllyabically challenged), My liver had been damaged by the sepsis attack that I had, and post surgery, I had to have a drainage bag attached to my right side in order … Read more
Life has gotten so disparate and desperate that the mere idea of having lunch with friends has become worrisome and complicated. With the recent onslaught of longtime friends departing this world before I got the chance to see them in person again, I felt particularly eager to keep a standing date my BFF and I … Read more
“North, East, South or West?” That’s how I answered the gentleman who manages the local California Pizza Kitchen near my apartment who last week informed me, after a nearly four month process of applications, video uploads, reference checks and interviews they were “going in a different direction” to give someone else a steady, paying job … Read more