by | Oct 10, 2011 | Random Musings, Writing
One month ago, I challenged myself to write a blog every day for an entire month. Today marks the celebratory completion of my task. I set a goal and I accomplished it. Yay. Yet, in reviewing my last thirty days of blogs, I’ve discovered how seemingly scattered they...
by | Oct 9, 2011 | Sports
Today, I walked to end Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s is a general term for memory loss which accounts for 50 to 80 percent of dementia cases. I suppose I’m getting close to calling myself a professional fundraising-exerciser. In the course of my life, I’ve done the...
by | Oct 8, 2011 | Chick Stuff, Poetry, Writing
I escaped the castle; yet, crashed into the moat a hapless, soaking wretch without a throat I thought rapunzel’s hair would help me down, but kissing frogs gives warts not golden crowns I searched the world to find the ‘one’ for me and in the search,...
by | Oct 7, 2011 | Films, Music
I’m not a high holidays Jew— the kind who pretty much ignores their faith until Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur and then scrambles to buy overpriced seats at the local synagogue. I confess that I’ve done plays on Rosh HaShanah, I’ve played field hockey on Yom...
by | Oct 6, 2011 | Music, Random Musings
While Glee has popularized the expression Mash-UP, (a song created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs), my favorite mashup of all time is Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwoʻole’s Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World. I was driving over Mulholland...
