Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Recently had another in a long string of conversations about school. Some with youth and some with parents. But the themes have been the same. "Why do I/they even have to study this stuff? When will they ever have to use it?" It's usually some math related tirade often having to do with algebra. Let me... Continue Reading →
Knew this could be a tough week. My wife has been away for a while (job related) and was coming home for a weekend visit. PLUS it's Easter. Too much eating out. Too much candy around to tempt me. This could be ugly. And it wasn't. I kept up my exercise routine and tried to... Continue Reading →
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (1920) If I am honest I must confess that I had no idea what to expect from this book (in fact in my head I had confused it with Dreiser's "American Tragedy". No idea why). What I discovered was a truly astounding story about people for whom I... Continue Reading →
Three Days of the Condor (1975) - A smart ass young CIA analyst steps out to get lunch for his office. When he returns he finds everyone dead. Now he's running for his life and unsure of who he can trust. He will face decisions that he was never trained to make but will determine... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Tuesday through Friday just after 8 AM and 5 PM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract... Continue Reading →
This is going to be short because I'm home sick today. But the intent was to start being more intention about this weight loss thing. Not sure how I did it this week (I did get lots of exercise but my eating was not optimal) but I dropped 4 pounds. Which puts me back at... Continue Reading →
Happy Face by Christopher Reel (2010) - There's a story that goes along with this book. The story begins here at Soho Pizza on Market Street in Philadelphia. I had to be in the City of Brotherly Love for a couple days of meetings. As is traditional with my travels I had some challenges. In... Continue Reading →
I have been inundated with spam anonymous comments so I have turned that function off. The only real person this is likely to disrupt is my brother. Who will simply have to remember one of his online identities in order to bring his particular brand of comment here. Sorry, bro.
I live in a part of the world where we average sunshine just 50% of the time. Given that we tend to enjoy lots of sunshine during the summer (summers in WNY can be truly spectacular) it means our winters are long and dreary. Going for days without a peek of sun is normal, going... Continue Reading →
The real Francis Ouimet and Eddy Lowery The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005) - So this is either a movie that has a lot going for it (a rags to riches story, the poor boy rising up to challenge the rich and powerful) or has a lot to fight against (it's a golf movie about... Continue Reading →
