Years ago I had a friend, who when things were not going the way he wanted to would say, “I hate my life.” At the time it was perceived as funny and in today’s world would be considered part of his personal brand, but it was also contagious. The more he said it, the more […]
When The Best Leftovers Are The Moments
When I was growing up holidays were an endless stream of relatives, food, music and laughter. There was rarely an elegant table setting and quiet conversation. That’s not how the Greeks in my life did things. There were always more people than room at the table and pastisto and spanakopita as side dishes to […]
Why You Shouldn’t Hog Your Journey
I have a thing for podcasts. Podcasts keep me awake and engaged when I’m in the gym or driving the New Jersey Turnpike to see my Mom. There are so many good ones out there now that inform, inspire or simply stimulate my thought process that it’s sometimes hard to choose. On my last trip […]
The 365 Day Writing About Nothing And Everything Project
I wrote my first blog ten years ago today. It was a precarious time in my life. I had just lost my job. I barely knew what a blog was much less what I was going to write about. All I knew was that I was going to write. And I did. I hit publish. […]
Why I Vote Every Chance I Get And You Should Too
My birthday falls just two weeks after Election Day so the very first election I wanted to vote in I couldn’t because I wasn’t 18 yet. That was 1972 and my candidate, George McGovern lost to Richard Nixon, someone who resigned in disgrace less than two years later in August 1974. I supposed you could […]
What I’ve Learned After 10 Years Of Working On My Own
A lot happened in 2008. On September 29th of that year the Dow plunged almost 778 points, setting the country plunging into what would be called the Great Recession. On November 4th Barack Obama was elected the first African-American President of the United States in history. But for me the day that would be the […]
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