My son Jeremy seems to have found a summer job watching the World Cup for the next month. He’s generally thought that soccer was boring to watch, but decided that if you have a bet going on a game, it
Is there really a difference between an airplane pilot and an Uber driver? Pilots can’t really see what’s in front of them and they both depend on navigational aids to get where they’re going. When I landed after a flight
I went with my son to eat sushi. My main problem with sushi is that it doesn’t taste Italian. There is nothing worse than mom and dad being “cool” around their kids. You read about parents wanting to relive their
Imagine the outrage – they gave out $2 billion at Powerball lottery and even though I bought ten tickets for 3 different drawings that week, I still got nothing. I realize that if I want to get my name in
We just returned from a family vacation to Europe. Travel Notes are at the end of this posting. The Fourth of July for me this year won’t be just any holiday — my parents will be over for dinner celebrating
A link to Travel Notes about our recent trip to Egypt with stopovers in Athens and Vienna is at the end of this article. Two days after getting home from Europe, Jeremy is halfway over his jetlag. Now instead of
I have a question: There are over 7 billion people on the planet. There are 30 apartments on my side of the building. Why am I almost always waiting for the elevator? Chat GBT seems to write everything, but at
This is a special abridged edition of Global Thoughts coming just before the elections. When was the last time a call-center or counter person told you that their systems were working just fine that day? I am being told that
This posting is not as long as it seems – it’s actually pretty short on the global stuff. Most of it is trip notes from an August trip to Brazil and Argentina, and then a September trip to Lithuania, Latvia
Mssrs. Putin and Xi beware: If you plan to invade Poland or Taiwan, only do so between 10am and 4pm ET otherwise Mr. Biden might be asleep. My son finally made it through 6 weeks in Israel on a summer
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