Monthly Archives: June 2013

Any day cousins are together is bright day at the Jersey Shore. Though today was overcast, Miriam and I enjoyed a beautiful visit from the Far Rockaway contingent who got to hang with their big cousins on PPB.     … Continue reading →

What do these two men have in common? The gentleman on your left is Al Capp, born Alfred Gerald Caplin, and known for his comic strip creation, Lil’ Abner.  The one on your right is Abba Eban, born Aubrey Solomon … Continue reading →

The invitation heralded what would happen today in Edison, New Jersey … It was the escorting of a Sefer Torah, a new scroll of the Old Testament, from the home of our sister and brother-in-law, to its home in their … Continue reading →

  Look Ma, no hands!  What a difference a day makes.  Yesterday M was able to make it to the Shore, and today she had her driving lesson!  First moments in the sun, literally and figuratively.  Hard to tell what … Continue reading →

He was a countryman from Jersey.  Born in Westwood, James Gandolfini grew up in Park Ridge, attending Park Ridge High and then on to Rutgers to major in Communications.  But it wasn’t until he was 25 years old that Gandolfini … Continue reading →

No laughing matter, this satirical depiction in a long line of savvy cartoons from The New Yorker magazine.  We’ve had our fill of the medical system lately, which I am not blanketing with blame, by any means.  After all, some of my best … Continue reading →

The field of Medicine has a lovely term for surgical procedures attempting to do damage control, especially when the damage is iatrogenic. Such is the case regarding the Stryker Rejuvenate Modular Hip Implant.  This modular device was supposed to be … Continue reading →

Ukrainians had a presence in Philadelphia when I was growing up in the 1950s, but my childhood friends were largely limited to Jewish kids.  One was a bosom buddy on 9th Street in Logan, and his father was an oustpoken … Continue reading →

Thanks, Irving, for passing these along: 1. ONE TEQUILA, TWO TEQUILA, THREE TEQUILA…… FLOOR. 2. ATHEISM IS A NON-PROPHET ORGANIZATION. 3. IF MAN EVOLVED FROM MONKEYS AND APES, WHY DO WE STILL HAVE MONKEYS AND APES? 4. THE MAIN REASON … Continue reading →

Ben Press, born the day after me (May 21) but many years before, is quite a celebrated tennis pro.  He has his own Wikipedia entry, and in it you’ll read that he grew up playing with Ted Williams.  In the … Continue reading →