BE AN INDIVIDUAL Make a difference, have your own ideas, if your only goal is to get along you’ll be left behind. GET AN EDUCATION Mostly in school, but travel and summer stuff helps too. Kids should not be allowed to stay home and graze in front of the TV or computer all summer. It’s […]

That’s fame. The turning point was reality television, most specifically “The Real World,” suddenly you could be famous for nothing. You could trump up your personality, argue, and the edgier you were, the more attention you gained, can you say PUCK? Concomitant with this was the era of the afternoon talk show. Where the more […]

To lead a better life… We went to Bob Windt’s rooming house on July 4th. It was on the parade route on Park Avenue in Bridgeport. What was a rooming house? My parents tried to explain. They don’t have these anymore, at least I don’t think so, where you rent a room in a house […]

Only it doesn’t. Steve Jobs died and we’ve been living in the dark ages ever since. Never underestimate the power of an individual. He or she can move mountains, or destroy them, just ask Trump. Geniuses have vision. They deliver what we didn’t even know we wanted. And the rest of the purveyors… Never got […]