Is it Bad Karma or Bad Luck?
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94 total views I’m not sure why these things seem to always happen to me. Maybe I was a historical time-waster in a previous life, having no regard for my fellow
Category: Everyday Life
Getting Struck by Lightning, Again
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256 total views Admit it. You don’t spend money on scratch-off tickets expecting to win the jackpot. It’s more for the fun of it than actually winning. Adorning a birthday present
Embracing 65 and All Its Glory
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396 total views One of my earliest Massapequa Observer columns from 2017 broached a very personal subject for me. After writing a few columns about life in Massapequa, my editor liked them so
Negotiating the Grandchild Scam
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535 total views, 2 views today It’s one of the oldest scams in the book. A predator calls an older adult pretending to be their grandchild. They’ve been arrested and need money
I’m Still a Man, Right?
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596 total views, 1 views today I’m going to tell you something, but you have to promise not to tell anyone, OK? I went for a pedicure. There, I said it. I
Downsizing the Christmas Tree
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511 total views, 1 views today I have very few requests in life that are truly important to me. But setting up our Christmas tree and having the kids (and their significant
Back to the Movies
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182 total views On Saturday night, Jan. 4, 2020, my wife and I took in the new Adam Sandler movie, Uncut Gems, at the Cinema De Lux in Farmingdale. It was a dark
Opting In or Out – That is the Question
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492 total views A friend of mine, let’s call him Steve, has illegally gotten pot ever since he was a kid. Now in his sixties, there’s a good possibility that he
A Lifetime of Confusion Over Time Change
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373 total views, 1 views today George and Kathy are celebrating their 35th Anniversary in November. Like most couples, they’ve had their ups and downs. But through it all, their love for
In a New York Minute
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567 total views They started arriving in the mail a few weeks ago. At first, just one or two in a week. Then it was a few in a single day.