I have a bridge to sell you This phrase was coined by George C. Parker, a con-man who sold the Brooklyn Bridge twice a week for 30 years. He was eventually convicted and sent up the river for life where he may have sung, songs, at Sing Sing Prison, NY.
When someone asks how are you doing, the real question is are they really expressing goodwill and concerned about our well being?
Here is a series of questions you may consider asking if you are an inquiring mind who wants to know.
How are you taking care of yourself today?
What part of your shelter-in-place residence have you come to appreciate the most?
What surprising thing have you been stocking up on (that isn’t toilet paper)?
What’s a story from a book, a movie, an article, a conversation – that you’ve been gripped by recently?
As the #USA coronavirus-related death toll reaches 100K the nation marks Memorial Day Weekend, with a surge of infections.
It’s disingenuous and dangerous to reject responsibility and blame others. America keeps leading with COVID19 Pandemic deaths.
Shouldn’t all Republicans be scapegoats when they refused to do their jobs? Let us ban them from The Whiten House and The Senate.
POTUS and his GOP posse failed a few Summer schools. They're now past detention and should proceed towards expulsion.
The standard weekend has been the time between the close of work or school week and the start of the following week, or Saturday and Sunday.
it has also been a time to worship and attend religious services. The real question is why has POTUS gone out of the way to insist that churches open when there is no recorded history of his devout service to God?
Happy Birthday, 🎁 NYPL - On this date May 23, 1895, The New York Public Library #NYPL was founded. To honor their 125th anniversary, they asked 125 people to talk about a book they love or any published work that inspired them.
This video follows the release of a new anniversary list, 125 Kids Books We Love, featuring children’s titles that inspire those both young and young at heart to #LoveReading. Explore the list here.
Racism in America once again raised its ugly head - Brunswick, Georgia's history of racist violence was real before Ahmaud Arbery. an unarmed black jogger was gunned down. Ahmaud Arbery was shot dead back in February but it was not until the release of a video of the incident that it was announced that Gregory and Travis McMichael faced justice.
Most folks have been spending time watching videos on YouTube, Netflix, or any of the other subscriptions available. Others like Binge-watching TV like me for a long time span, usually a single television show.
Binge-watching as an observed cultural phenomenon has become popular with the rise of video streaming services like Amazon Video, and Hulu through which the viewer can watch television shows and movies-on-demand.
The US Speaker of The House of Representatives says Trump is #morbidlyobese. Since she is third in a line of succession, is Nancy Pelosi privy to top secret information? Does she know something American voters don’t or did she say that because she sees what the rest of us see, that Trump has significantly gained weight with his old age and obesity is dangerous for a Pandemic President?
118 years ago, the Pearl of the Antilles formally became independent from Spanish rule. The phrase was coined by W Goodman, a British painter whose 1873 book of paintings and illustrations about Cuba bears the title "The Pearl of the Antilles"
Whatever laypeople say about #COVID19, can only be trusted, once verified by scientific researchers and medical experts.
This appears to be the best solution to control the global pandemic. Everything else appears to be a Destructive Distraction.
Let us not repeat the mistakes made during past epidemics. Knowledge and wisdom should be our guide, not partisan politics.
The public is now being advised to “Keep our distance, wash our hands, think of others, and play our part. All together.