Failing Up

1946-1964 are considered the years of the "Baby Boomers".  I was born in 1959 and never really felt associated with "Baby Boomers", although I reaped the benefits of this earlier rapidly conceived de…

Growing up a fine Irish Catholic altar boy' the sacrament of confession was just one of the activities that was required on a regular basis to get into Heaven!   Well needless to say this ritual was …

As I decided to take a nice four mile walk to work the other day, I passed through many neighborhoods.  Although the most dangerous neighborhood of all was in my head, as my thoughts began to stray w…

To quote Paul Simon: "when I think back to all the crap I learned in high school" or,  in my case revolted against, the most important lesson was typing.  A quirky 7th grade math teacher named Mr. Fr…

I have always loved football and felt I had left some unfinished business on the field. (that can be taken a few ways)  So, at 37 years of age I decided to join the Syracuse Express, a semi-pro footb…

In my teens there were strip malls and one enclosed mall, Fairmount Fair, a place of adventure and mischief.  Now, malls have expanded, swallowing up mid-sized cities they are giant enclosed snow glo…

From pump soap, to the garden hose and the male and female end of electrical cords  most of our products are inspired by the human anatomy functioning in private.  Where do designers and inventors ge…

Something happens when individuals enter a grocery store.  I see men steering carts hunched over with a defeated gaze on their face.  People staring  through the freezer glass doors like they are loo…

I have had the chance to travel the world and meet celebrities from all walks of life and leaders in politics and arts.  Meetings a studios on LA, fashion leaders in NYC and politics in DC, and my fa…

My parents moved our family to a road in a rural area over looking the surrounding valleys 
12 miles west from the city for Syracuse, NY and 3 miles  east from the village of Marcellus NY.  Over the n…

The Rolling Stones one of the greatest rock bands of all time, are still on stage touring? Well really not.  There are only two original members of the band left on stage.  In fact, the band has not …

The annual State Fair, marks the end for summer for many of our states and the country as a whole.  From Minnesota, Kansas, Indiana, Florida, West Virginia, New York, Texas, New Jersey, Arizona and b…

God, the mystical figure who resides above and looks down on humans, watching us screw up over and over.  Humans who ask for money so they can save us. Humans who spread guilt so we can become depend…

Why are the politics in the workplace so bloody?  It is because they mean so little.  When individuals stray from the mission or purpose to protect their own interests, then the games begin. Just lik…

How exciting that we are going to the Moon again, but this has been done before.  Why did we stop?  If we had not stopped we would be on Mars by now, and the Moon would be a Thruway 
rest stop with a …

After viewing the initial photographs from the James Webb telescope, it is more apparent than ever that we are a speck in a vast universe.  Does this make us, (Earth) less significant? On the contrar…

Like a dog or any other living creature, Earth is a breathing living planet.  Just like with any form of life, bacteria or fleas can come along for the ride and cause harm.  We cause rashes to our do…

To quote the great philosopher former New York Yankee great, Yogi Berra, "Deja Vu all over again".  History is cyclical mainly  because the human race never really learns, and the tools of the past a…

Whether a large city or the smallest of towns, the diner is the place that reflects the culture of the community, through the food, conversations, and people. Diners are America's sanctuary. Place's …

From 1964 -1974, AM radio was at is height minimum, stations, maximum music with  a message.  No specialty SIRUS stations, free radio with some of the best music of all time with accessible disc-jock…