I grew up listening to radio in the 1960s and 1970s. When my parents were in the car, they sometimes listened to WIBG or WFIL. I remember listening to the Beatles for the first time while driving around in the car with my parents. Radio stations and disc jockeys were very popular back then. One […]
Leave A Puddle On The Floor
My Saturday and Sunday workout looks like this: I start with a 60 minute spin class. I cover at least 20 miles in class. I don’t leave class until there is a puddle of sweat on the floor. Depending on when I start warming up for class, I might cover 25 miles. And the bike […]
The Mazel Tov Guy
I wish my friends “Mazel Tov” a lot. “Mazel Tov” is a Yiddish phrase, derived from the Hebrew words mazel (fortune) and tov (good). The expression means “good luck”. It also means congratulations. Think about that for a second. The expression actually means two things. It means congratulations for what has already happened, and good […]
The Drug Overdose Epidemic
A month ago, my father texted me and asked “what is an opioid?” I don’t usually pick up the phone when he texts me, but this time I did. He said that he was watching a documentary on the opioid epidemic, and the documentary never defined what an opioid is. You probably know this, but […]
Waiting For The Playoffs…..
The Philadelphia Phillies were last in the playoffs in 2011. That year, they lost in the National League Divisional Series. That was 6 years ago. The Philadelphia Flyers were last in the playoffs in 2016. They lost in the first round. Before that, they were in the playoffs in 2014, when they lost in the […]
Music On The Bones
Imagine listening to your favorite music on an x-ray. I was speaking to someone who was born in the U.S.S.R. We were discussing x-rays, and he noted that x-rays used to be used as record albums there. I asked him for an explanation, and this is what he told me. Record albums were banned there […]
The Sugar Magnolia Rule
The Grateful Dead album “American Beauty” was released in 1970. The album included ten songs, including concert staples like Truckin, Box of Rain, Friend of the Devil, and the third song, Sugar Magnolia, The album version of Sugar Magnolia is ok, but nothing special. It lasts 3 minutes and 19 seconds, and has a nice […]
Don’t Be Disruptive
A movie that I want to watch is going to be released in a streaming format next week. I am going to watch it as soon as it is released. I might watch it on my TV. Or maybe on my home computer or a laptop. I might even watch part of it on my […]
I Would Like To Speak To Customer Service
My family was waiting at the gate for a flight a few months ago in Europe. An airline representative made an announcement in the local language, and all of the local people left their seats and started to walk away quickly. I walked up to the airline representative, and she said that the flight had […]
Get To Work
When I was in my 20’s and 30’s, I used to think “I can’t wait until I retire”. I have an uncle who is in his late 80’s. He is my accountant. Every year I visit him for our annual income tax appointment, and every year I ask him when he is going to retire. […]
