Below The Fold

A long time ago, I conceived the Elderbelt. The Elderbelt is a belt worn by the elderly that detects any sudden changes in physical attitude or altitude and reacts by discharging an airbag. Broken hips, begone!
Well, it seems it was yet another idea I should have patented, because a version is on its way to [...]

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It’s been more than a year since I jumped on the Obamawagon. In that time, my stance has unwavered. Until recently.

Nine years ago, I officially ended my relationship with my synagogue. My Rabbi, the one who had presided over my sister’s naming, my bar mitzvah and her bat mitzvah, refused to perform my interfaith wedding [...]

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A number of years ago, Amy and I went bowling with a few friends. Monaco Lanes was a bit dodgy on occassion back then—nothing really seedy, but you’d get the wannabe gang-bangers with their playskool gats and freshly pressed do-rags drifting in and out. They were mostly kids from George Washington high school.
Anyway, after bowling, [...]

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In my previous post, I noted that Anne probably didn’t get my email in time to meet me for a cocktail or three while I was in Philly. As it turns out, she never received said email, largely because the idiot sending it used an ancient email address that was no longer valid. So, here, before [...]

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Welcome back to Philly.
I’ve been here on business (”building strategic relationships and increasing operating synergies”) since Monday and I leave tomorrow.
The lead story this morning was about a tractor trailer jack-knifed on a bridge, preventing access in or out of New Jersey. There’s something poetically ironic about that, but I can’t quite put my finger on [...]

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