Monthly Archives: January 2011

Remember the feeling, gazing out the window, waiting for the first flakes to descend from an overcast winter sky?  Then the anticipation of enough density to have school cancelled.  The lazy day filled with sleds, hot chocolate, and TV.  When … Continue reading →

Another round of snow overnight, falling at the rate of 2 inches per hour at one stretch, plows with their rhythmic beeps as soothing as nails scraping across a chalkboard cleared blacktop on major streets.  Snow piled up in the … Continue reading →

What kind of University does a 4 year-old attend?  B.U.  No, not Boston University.  It’s Bounce U!  Their motto is our kids bounce inside our walls instead of off yours.  Actually not, but it’s what I thought of while hanging … Continue reading →

Glancing at my Harry & Whitey tandem Bobble Heads, I’ll be darned if I’m not starting to get Spring Training Phever. Rogers Hornsby, one of the greatest ever to play the game, was quoted as saying: “People ask me what … Continue reading →

On November 17, 2010, the President named fifteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  The Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made notable contributions to the security or national interests of … Continue reading →

Contact lenses can be used smartly, such as Corneal Reshaping Therapy applied to alter the power of the eye non-surgically and reduce the need for glasses.  The current issue of the New Scientist, one of my favorite periodicals out of the … Continue reading →

The snowstorm that blew up the Coastline last night made for some nice Sarah McLachlan listening, and was enough of a nuisance to delay our local Starbucks opening this morning, but didn’t buy me a day off from the office.  … Continue reading →

Here we are again, another night of this winter 2010-11 with a snowstorm plowing through the Northeast Region. We agreed that nobody does winter better than Sarah McLachlin, this time with a little bit of help from her friends. <object … Continue reading →

A lifelong Philadelphia sports fan, I first encountered Dallas Green in his role as a young Phillies pitcher who struggled to maintain his role on a struggling Phillies team in the early 1960s.  Green left the Phils after their epic … Continue reading →