Out For A Walk
Observations from a a pleasant walk through our neighborhood on a blue sky Sunday.
POTD: What The World Needs Now
The Burt Bacharach/Hal David classic is resurrected by dozens of young people who recorded their parts while sheltering at home, and the result is beautiful.
POTD: The Dinner Feeder
This Picture Of The Day comes from Joseph Herscher, who creates clever machines in his Brooklyn apartment to solve everyday problems with Rube-Goldberg-like designs. His latest is a device that feeds him dinner.
Thanks, Teachers!
With so many parents forced to teach their kids and spend all day with them at home, I am reminded of the time I spent a couple of hours helping out in the preschool class my daughter attended.
Curly Neal
The death of Harlem Globetrotter legend Curly Neal has me remembering when, as a boy, I saw him play in person — and years later when, as a man, I had him as an in-studio guest on my radio show. Here are the stories.
An Astronaut Reviews Space Movies
From a Vanity Fair video series, watch astronaut Chris Hadfield critique what’s right and wrong in movies that take place in space.
The Return Of Dundee
I think I actually want to see this new movie with Paul Hogan displaying a sense of humor about his fame and his iconic character. Here’s the trailer.
Two Coronavirus Suggestions
Here is what should happen when — not if — Trump fires Dr. Fauci. Also, a message for right-wingers who want people to go back to work even if it means dying from Coronavirus.
Seth Explains It
My brother, who used to run the US Labor Department, explains in a radio interview why any stimulus dollars disbursed during the Coronavirus crisis should go to the people at the bottom of our economy, not the top.
Award Winner Again!
For the third time, I’ve been selected for an award for book publishing — despite the fact that I’ve never written, let alone published, a single book. Here’s the story.
POTD: Beethoven’s Ninth
While sheltering at home, members of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra perform the finale of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (“Ode To Joy”).
As I Tweeted
I don’t want to say Sunday was excruciatingly boring, but I got really excited when the clock hit 6pm and I could finally take the trash bin out to the curb.