“Find a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life”.
Yup, that was my yearbook quote at Stuyvesant H.S. in New York City. Pretty powerful stuff… How many of us can relate?
-Michael
Yes! My Yankees seem to be on a roll. Keep it up fellas and remind us why George pays you so well. Your fans are expecting something more this year… Don’t you all think it is time for a championship?! Bronx Bombers, 2005 World Series Champs… Ah, that has a nice ring to it!
-Michael
So I am sitting here surrounded by the quiet late night tranquility and comforts of my home and I just wanted to post and send out my thoughts and prayers to the people down in Florida who are currently experiencing what is turning out to be a brutal hurricane. Stay inside and hunker down till [...]
Well, I’m still in a big city and that being the case there’s lots to do. However, I’m not spending time in the typical way i.e. going to museums, touring all the sites and everything else one does. No. This is a more or less contemplative summer. The time is perfect to do this. And [...]
Today was a beautiful day. The humidity was down, the sun was out, the sky was light this evening and it just seemed very peaceful. The upper west side had plenty of people strolling as it often does and the cafes were pleasantly busy. Cooking is fun because of the numerous markets conveniently located in [...]
If you’ve never played Scrabble by Parker Brothers you are missing out! There is something about the challenge… Yes you are playing against other people but there is more to it than that. For me the real play is against myself. How witty, creative and (maybe even) tricky I can be. I love the rush [...]
I try to not remember Guatemala because although I was looking forward to being there, staying with a family and studying Spanish, seeing all the great sites, enjoying the food, meeting the people, going to the markets, things don’t always happen the way you plan. It could have been on my first night in Guatemala [...]
I woke this morning thinking about the little red potatoes I had put in a bag under the kitchen table waiting to be cooked. Then I imagined a bowl of creamy white potatoes flavored with garlic, as many cloves as I want. The unpeeled garlic had been gently cooked in water, peeled, then mashed [...]
It’s so easy to like Malta and Gozo. They have so much history. Learning and exploring involves you in stories of numerous invaders, the influence of the Italians, British, Turks and Arabs. The prominence of the Catholic Church, the Hospitallers Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, St. John’s Co-Cathedral & Museum, St. [...]
I went to a magazine shop to purchase a few magazines for a friend who was not feeling well. And there they were, many monthly magazines with pictures of movie celebrities on their covers. And the many stories about celebrities, including the gossip. And I ask myself, “Why?”
How does it enrich one’s life [...]