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Prompt: Come up with a crazy business idea? 01/09/26
Live the year with thankfulness, gratitude, respect, patience, charity, and kindness; don’t forget to laugh and smile often, as they are infectious. I should have probably patented this years ago, but here’s my crazy idea from back in High School in the early 70s. I’d appreciate any input from those with degrees in Engineering and Continue reading
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Prompt: Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a child. What became of it? 01/08/26
Live the year with thankfulness, gratitude, respect, patience, charity, and kindness; don’t forget to laugh and smile often, as they are infectious. Growing up in SW Philly, in a time and place where the grade school I attended, MBS (Most Blessed Sacrament), was the most populous in the country, with over 3,700 kids from K Continue reading
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Prompt: What is your mission? 1/7/26
Live the year with thankfulness, gratitude, respect, patience, charity, and kindness; don’t forget to laugh and smile often, as they are infectious. To live a complete life in the eyes of God, my wife, my family, my friends, my coworkers, and my neighbors. I hope that someday, after I’m gone, when my name comes up Continue reading
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Prompt: What are your thoughts on the concepts of living a very long life? 1/6/26 – The Epiphany!
Live the year with thankfulness, gratitude, respect, patience, charity, and kindness; don’t forget to laugh and smile often, as they are infectious. When you’re young, you dream of living a long, whole life. You exercise more, eat whatever you want and whenever you want, live life riotously, maybe before settling down. Somewhere along the way, Continue reading
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Prompt: What could you do differently? 1/5/26
Live the year with thankfulness, gratitude, respect, patience, charity, and kindness; don’t forget to laugh and smile often, as they are infectious. Work on being a better husband, father, grandfather, brother, In-Law, friend, and neighbor, I suppose. Not mentioning this would show I haven’t grown. Love more, interrupt less, eat more slowly, exercise, cuddle, and Continue reading
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Prompt: If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say? 1/4/26
Live the year – Thankful, Grateful, Respectful, Patient, Charitable, Kind, and don’t forget to laugh and smile, often as they are infectious. Slow Down, Take It Easy, Baby Let’s Cruise, Don’t Look Back aren’t just songs, they’re the Beatles, Eagles, Smokey and Temptations way to – “Live Long and Prosper.” – Saith, “Spock” Continue reading
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Prompt: Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why? 1/3/26
Live the year – Thankful, Grateful, Respectful, Patient, Charitable, Kind, and don’t forget to laugh and smile, often as they are infectious When we are younger, we all tend to look ahead from birth, from crawling to walking, through toddler years, grade school, first kiss, prom/date, graduation, the first job, or perhaps heading off to Continue reading
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Prompt: What is the greatest gift someone can give you? 1/2/26
Live the year – Thankful, Grateful, Respectful, Patient, Charitable, Kind, and don’t forget to laugh and smile, often as they are infectious The greatest gift anyone can give is their Love, Respect, Honesty, Attention, and Friendship. In the words of Staler and Waldorf, those two old loveable Muppets -” Statler says to Waldorf from a Continue reading
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Prompt: Happy New Year’s 12/31/25 -1/1/26
Start the New Year – By being Thankful, Grateful, Patient, Charitable, Kind, and with a Smile, as it is infectious and costs nothing! Today, I share a poem by Linda Ellis, written in 1996, that I used in my mother’s eulogy. As we head into the New Year in a somewhat tumultuous world, I feel Continue reading
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Prompt: What Colleges have you attended? 12/30/25
The most important life lessons to learn are to say “Please” and “Thank You!” Be thankful, grateful, patient, charitable, kind, and smile, as it is infectious. Carpe Diem! I attended St. Joseph’s University, taking night classes and earning about 21 credits before leaving for a life of learning. I never finished my Bachelor’s degree and Continue reading
