Denmark’s Recovering

I hope.  The stock market is recuperating.  I hope.  I’m recuperating.  I hope.  What a bizarre day.  I almost slept the entire day away.  And, I’m so not proud of the fact.  The human mind is quite an interesting subject.  What goes on inside our heads?  What goes on inside the heads of others.  And, [...]

The Busman Cometh

And the children goeth.
Now it’s so quiet in the house.
Too quiet

The Unaffordable Game of Baseball (and Other Sports)

It’s becoming virtually impossible to attend a game of any kind at the Major League level.
Two seats, $88.00
Hot Dog, Nachos, Cracker Jacks, Two Sodas, $25.50
Squishy, $4.75
Cab ride home, $12.00
Memories, priceless… well, not exactly, they did come with a price.  Namely, $130.25.  And that was without taking any kids, and limiting the amount of food we [...]

Growing Up Is Hard…

On the parent of a child.  Wasn’t it just yesterday I was feeding you a bottle, and changing your diapers?  Today you lost your first tooth and bought your first backpack in preparation for your first day in Kindergarten.  What will tomorrow bring?  I shudder to think.  But, I’m hiding the car keys just in [...]

The Dog Days of Summer

There comes a time in a New Yorker parents life, when all they want to hear from their children is…

It might still seem like an eternity away, but fear not dear weary mother’s and father’s the day of reckoning will soon be upon us.
I think the first thing we’ll do when that school bus disappears [...]

We’re Going to the Planetarium

Today.  Unfortunately it’s not the Hayden Planetarium  I haven’t been there since their massive renovation.  I used to go there all the time… Growing up; And, also when I worked as a volunteer at the American Museum of Natural History — which gave me free access to the Hayden Planetarium.  I used to take advantage [...]