NEW YORK – So you retire. Goodbye, good luck. Somebody sent flowers. Old colleagues send cigars and J&B. Speeches are made, lauding a loyal employee’s efforts on behalf of the old company for over a decade. Farewell. You will be remembered, but – what’s this? – you show up at the office to work some more and the folks at … [Read more...] about ANDY RETIRES, KEEPS WINNING
US Open 2012
TENNIS FOR THE MATURE SET
While the Republicans and Democrats were slinging lies and insults at each other in the name of freedom, another quaint American custom was getting under way in a New York Meadow called Flushing. This exercise features men and women swinging clubs at each other and hitting yellow balls at their feet. It is called the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, and has been going on … [Read more...] about TENNIS FOR THE MATURE SET
DON’T FALL ON YOUR FACE!
I fell on my face. This is not very smart, so I advise you: don’t fall on your face. My tumble was in a New York hotel, and I advise you not to that either. The injury, a ruptured quad tendon, occurred during last year’s U.S. Open, and was followed by 10 months in and out of New England Baptist Hospital, in and out of Sherrill House, a rehab facility and in and … [Read more...] about DON’T FALL ON YOUR FACE!