At various times, the classic white shirt has been denigrated as stodgy and yet used repeatedly by cool dudes with the top few buttons open to exemplify the height of refined male couture. When I went to work in NYC after business school in 1976, the white shirt was more the former than the latter. It was legendary that if you worked at IBM you had no choice, you had to wear a white shirt…
I understand that to some people, writing a blog is extremely self-absorbed. There is truth to this to be sure. I have said many times that I write for myself and if others choose to read it and find interest in it, so be it. I do not focus on my readership statistics despite every effort by my blogging service to tell me who is reading me and how much they are reading me. Recently…
The other day, while talking to my friend Steven on the phone, he asked me if I was doing OK financially. It was an unusual comment, especially from someone who used to work for me for many years. I didn’t take offense at the question and gave my usual litany of things that have drained money from my wealth over the years, but I basically responded that I was doing just fine. That is the…
We went to see a movie yesterday, first because it was Sunday and that’s what we tend to do on Sundays, but also because we wanted to do something out of the house with visiting friends Gary & Oswaldo. Oh, and by the way, it was also Fathers Day. We had had a nice weekend with them, but other than going to Kim’s show for a few hours, we hadn’t much gotten out of the…
Since I bothered to write about my edema problem a few days ago, I thought a quick update might be in order. My sister, Barbara is already concerned enough to have called and texted me and I suspect I am just a step away from having nursing home materials sent to me by her. It’s nice to have people be concerned about your well-being, but I will remind everyone that most of us overthink our…
If you Google or AI the word “Gubins”, it will tell you that it must be a proper noun or slang since there is no known definition in any recognizable language. I like the sound of that. I have been using the name Gubins for my dear and yet-to-be-able-to-reason charges. That means my kids, my grandkids and now, Buddy. For some reason, I have always found calling some little irrational beast a Gubins suited the…
When I arrived in Malta I realized that I had made a strategic error in not bringing my trekking poles. When I started to think about our days of touring and the nature of the sites here in Malta, I started to think that they would be quite a bit of walking through ruins and monuments, not to mention time spent walking through the somewhat hilly town of Valletta. If I had been home, I…
When we travel, the kind of hotels we are looking for varies with the nature of the travel. If we are doing a quick overnight at the Rome airport as we did two nights ago, we want a standard Hilton or Marriott hotel with all the basic amenities and no frills in particular. It should be standard, easy and quick to get in and out of with minimal hassle. We always want a soft bed…
Pickleball has become extremely popular and continues to be America’s fastest-growing sport. According to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) Topline Participation Report, there were an estimated 19.8 million pickleball players in the United States in 2024, which represents a 45.8% increase from 2023 numbers. Pickleball has been named the fastest-growing sport in the US for the fourth consecutive year. The growth has been phenomenal over the past few years, with participation increasing by…