At the start of April, some of my aunts and uncles mentioned to my Grandmother, Mary Sheahan, that her birthday was coming up, reminding her that her birthday is April 10. “Oh,” she said as casually as if she were discussing the bus schedule. “I’m not going to make that.” She passed away less than… Read more »
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Psychodynamics & My Marriage Proposal Experiment! Most People Only Read Headlines Or Titles! A marriage proposal experiment was conducted on social media to invalidate a pervasive hypothesis that people’s collective motivation to share interesting, valuable and worthy information based solely on headlines/titles, without apathy for content is… Read more »
The Financial District in New York is known for large office towers of glass and marble facades of old buildings. It is considered the epicenter of the financial world. Many of the large banking institutions that comprise the symbolic “Wall Street” are located in midtown now. And very little actual stock trading happens on Wall… Read more »
This winter has been a strange one for the Northeast and New York in particular. We’ve been absent the traditional snowstorms that usually blanket our area a few times each season. We had a slushy sleet in November that snarled traffic and quickly dissipated and a few snowfalls that failed to bring much snow volume…. Read more »
An annual tradition in our family is to go to Mohonk Mountain House on President’s Day weekend. It’s a tradition started by my wife’s father and stepmother and we are happy to take part in it. This year Mohonk Mountain House is celebrating its 150th anniversary (called a sesquicentennial if you want to use a… Read more »
This week begins the Year of the Pig according to the Chinese zodiac calendar. All New York City public schools are closed for the celebration. There will be a big parade in downtown Flushing this weekend and there is no shortage of family-friendly events in the city to celebrate. We commonly called this Chinese New… Read more »
It is five o’clock on a January morning in 2014 and I’m driving a pickup truck on the Grand Central Parkway. My pregnant wife is in the passenger’s seat. It’s dark and the roads are nearly deserted. “In a few hours we’re going to be parents,” I tell her. “Isn’t that crazy?” She agrees. This… Read more »
New Year’s goals are familiar to most. We vow to exercise more and eat better, travel more, and read more books. Yes to all of those things. But there’s an important resolution that is more important and helps spur others. Let this year also be the year we embrace being bold adults and demand those… Read more »
My family puts up a traditional Christmas tree. Well, not that traditional. A truly traditional Christmas tree would be paraded through town and then set on fire. But Christmas is a festive time of year, a time when our shared pagan heritage is proudly on display, albeit via the yoke of Christianity. And, godless as… Read more »
New York is beautiful during the holidays. Despite the cold and the crowds our city’s holiday spirit is impressive to behold. It’s easy to get caught up in the zeitgeist of the yuletide season and commit to things that will bear more misery than joy, though. Here are some things you may want to avoid…. Read more »
