I've written before how happy I was when Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature, since I consider songwriters to be the poets of my generation. I love listening to a song with good lyrics, using words that make you think or feel or remember or hope or cry. Well in the car today, … Continue reading Getting Sentimental with John Denver on New Year’s Eve →

Those three words greet me each time I go to write my daily blog. Most days, it does not take me too long to figure out something to write about, but other days, like today, it is a struggle. I just sit and stare at the blank screen you see above, the blinking cursor taunting … Continue reading Add New Post →

One of the places in a Wall Street Journal story about places to visit in London caught my eye - The School of Life. The School was co-founded in 2008 by Alain de Botton, a Swiss-born British author whose books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. The School describes … Continue reading The School of Life →

My wife and I were walking around a Goodwill Thrift store today, seeing if we could find anything that might be useful for our upcoming trip. As I was walking down one of the aisles, the mug shown in the picture above caught my eye. Here's a closer look: As I looked at the mug, … Continue reading A Store Full of Stories →

Three months ago I wrote about turning 60, and mentioned that one of the gifts I received was the 23andMe Health + Ancestry testing kit from my three sons. In that post I noted how excited I was to see what the results of the test would be in terms of my genetic health risks, my … Continue reading Let the Waiting Begin →

It was destined to happen. It was just a matter of having everything come together at the same time, a perfect storm in other words. What started the ball rolling was when I bought an iPhone 7 Plus a few weeks ago, and I realized how much I liked having the bigger screen. That was … Continue reading My First Time →

There's not many things better in life than holding a newborn, and I got a chance to do so today while visiting my wife's relatives. While I was holding her, she started to get a little fussy, with her arms and legs flailing, her back arching, and some crying. Someone popped a pacifier in her … Continue reading What’s Your Pacifier? →

It's one of the best times of the year to visit Philadelphia, and we got a chance to do so a few times over the past couple of weeks. One of our first places to visit was the "Miracle on South 13th Street". This is a block on South 13th Street, between Tasker and Morris, … Continue reading Philadelphia – City of (Christmas) Lights →

Brandon Flowers, frontman for the Killers, recently stated that, “We are finished with the Christmas song game, but we’re proud of what we did. We did 11 songs.” Flowers said that while the band won’t be releasing any more Christmas music, they’re planning on releasing their one (and only) Christmas album Don’t Waste Your Wishes on vinyl … Continue reading No More Christmas Songs from the Killers 🙁 →

I've thought about this issue before, but what prompted me to write about it today was a poll I came across that was sponsored by Cards Against Humanity (CAH), and conducted by the polling firm Survey Sampling International. CAH refers to the poll as "Pulse of the Nation", and asks the types of questions you … Continue reading Is Your Job Safe from Robots? →