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The Royal Family is a part of the quaintness that many non-Brits like about Britain. As much as the time for this concept has long since pa...

Most recruiters are good to excellent. They listen as well as they talk. Here are two conversations I had with the not so good type; #1: ...

I tried making two Debit Card transactions today. The first was over the phone and I just thought the person I spoke with was doing somethin...

This film will be nominated for several Oscars. Of note, of course, Robert Duvall gave the performance of a lifetime and is at least for no...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11027568 According to a just published poll, the number of Americans who believe that Barack Obama...

I live in New York and work in Jersey City. This means that my commute is very much against the flow of traffic, as very large numbers of N...

I saw on a Snapple bottle cap that the average life span of houseflies is one month. This begs a couple of questions: Is this average notic...

On Tuesday evening, the PATH trains were messed up. Well they would be that day, as I was meeting Jan (my wife) and Hannah (my daughter) fo...

Quite simply, this is the most important match in many years, not just for Manchester City and Spurs, but for all European football. Current...

The following two posts were written 3 weeks ago. This one was today. I had a lot of catching up to do, so it is short and sweet: For the ...

I’m writing this 19,000 feet up in the air (and climbing), on my way from New York to Los Angeles on a futuristic and very comfortable Virgi...

Now at 38,000 feet…… I’m really not sure how much patience I have left for the place. I still love the positive energy and walking around s...

I just got a Spam mail that surely only a complete and utter moron could possibly fall for, so maybe I shouldn't be so angry that I want...

A super fast moving and violent storm passed over here. The sky is now blue, but more ominous clouds are rapidly approaching. So we are in...

A couple of weeks ago, a man in his 30s got on the B train, two stops from where I was getting off, and stood just in front of my seat. He ...

Their new commercial has been on for a couple of months now…. long enough for me to hate it almost as much as I hated their previous efforts...

Some of you may wonder how these could possibly be linked. But you will know from your own secret thoughts, that memories can take our mind...

Mayor Bloomberg is on TV constantly. It’s almost as if he is running against himself in the Mayoral race. He certainly present a compellin...

I saw an article about this on cnn.com today. Apparently, President Obama has pledged $13bn to the cause and there is a split between those...

This has been a VERY busy time, and I am now on the home stretch, but not done yet. It all started with Memorial Day weekend. Jan and I wen...