Is it Bad Karma or Bad Luck?
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18 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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143 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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281 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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431 total views 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 immediately or
I’m Still a Man, Right?
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494 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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405 total views 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 others) join
Back to the Movies
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105 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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385 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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276 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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483 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.