Yesterday at the First United Methodist Church in Palo Alto, CA was the annual celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I wanted to go. But it was raining. It’s a 45-mile drive from my house, part of it through the Santa Cruz Mountains along the winding and treacherous Highway 17. Plus [...]
Congrats to Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock for their wins: a TIE for the Best Actress win at the Critics’ Choice Awards last night at the Hollywood Palladium. I would have voted for them, too. They’re both having great years in the male dominated youth-oriented world of Hollywood moviedom. Tomorrow night is the Golden Globes [...]
It was announced this week that Green Day’s musical American Idiot moves to Broadway—whoo hoo! Opening night is April 20th at the St. James Theatre. I guarantee you (even though I know nothing about the Broadway scene) that you will not see a musical with more energy or intensity than this show. (I saw it [...]
[This is Part 1 of a three-part series on smelling well and smelling good.] I’m a HUGE believer in Aromatherapy—a form of alternative medicine that promotes psychological and physical well-being. The basic premise is you take of whiff of something and your brain reacts (usually in a positive way). I swear it works. Or maybe [...]
Do you own a snood? Have you ever worn one? I had never heard of a snood until one of my girlfriends was getting married and she told me she wanted to wear one with her bridal gown. My first thought: What the heck is that? Second thought: Why would you want to wear something [...]
This morning I spent an hour and half on the Internet “researching” the new head football coach at USC. The ONLY reason I did this is because I know my Dad will be interested in the info. EVERY Wednesday I send him a large manila envelope containing newspaper clippings and Internet articles about topics he’s [...]
File this blog under “Things that Haunt You For Life” – Part 2. On your deathbed, do you think you would be most proud of founding a billion dollar company or standing up for democracy and human rights? Do you think it would be more satisfying to have your life defined by dollars in your [...]
Way back when, I took a college physiology course. Anything that goes on in the body is really interesting to me. One morning the professor started the class with this advice: “Beware of the Rrhea Sisters!” The class chuckled. We knew about diarrhea and gonorrhea. But there were so many more physiological conditions in the [...]
Thoughts, musings, opinions, comments, follow-ups… Ever notice the resemblance of Daniel Day-Lewis to Leo Tolstoy? Separated at birth? You be the judge. I watched a YouTube video on Social Media by Kathleen Gage of Street Smarts Marketing. She said blog length should be 250-500 words long. People don’t have time/inclination to read more than that. [...]
When I was 6 years old, a new family moved into our neighborhood. They bought the house across the street and two doors down. I could see their front lawn from my front lawn. The new neighbors were a family of three: Father, Mother, and a daughter named Dolores. The father was an executive for [...]
