Before retiring in 2012, I was teaching 5th grade at PS 19 Corona, Queens. However, my initial foray into the world of teaching (1973-77)...

This past week, we lost our Expert Computer Consultant, Seth Zuckerman to colon cancer. Seth was much more than just an IT Specialist –...

I am just going to come out and say it. I am Jewish. Now what that means to you and me could be completely different. Let me digress. I...

"Golf is the most frustrating sport EVER!” "It’s an environmental disaster." These are things I’d say to myself to convince myself from...

I’ve never considered myself to be a poet. Aside from a limerick or two, I have strictly avoided that genre at all costs! However, during...

Until recently, I took the term “burn-out” at face value. You work too much, you get tired. Simple as that (or so I thought). But when I...

On Halloween night, after a very long day of trick-or-treating with the kids, we clicked on the movie stations and the Devil’s Advocate...

I am going to be completely honest. On occasion, I still utilize single use plastics. Sometimes it is a straw in my ice coffee or...

Say goodnight Gracie, say goodnight George” is an iconic line used in the 1950-1958 to end the night from the George Burns and Gracie...

Let me start this out by saying I haven’t missed a Jonas Brothers concert since 2008. When I was 13 years old, my mom convinced me to see...

As I continually like to mention, I derive great pleasure from helping people – especially with business and marketing endeavors. So in...

Back in Summer Camp, it was the night before my 18th birthday and I was a counselor. At the time, we were allowed to go off the grounds...

Now, this isn’t a “toot” my own horn situation or even a “rah-rah” for the Ya-Ya Sisterhood moment - although, to be clear, self-love and...

With the new reboot of the Wonder Years coming out, it got me thinking about the timeframe of the original version of the show (set in...

This article is a roadmap through my mind. So buckle up… The entire situation in Afghanistan is extremely depressing and upsetting. The...

Check out this work fashion staples cheat sheet from OLA's newest edition and great Events Intern, Kaitlin Norton. We all need to brush...

This is a blog post by a guest writer, Joel Rauch from Plainview, NY. They say that the days can pass by slowly but the years go by...

When you start a new show that you can’t get enough of do you gear up to binge watch all of the seasons as fast as you can? Or do you...

Although great to see written into the plots of 13 Reasons Why, Atomic Blonde and Better Call Saul, the days of the cassette tape are...

Is it me or has there been an uptick in the daily little stressers? On their own it would be no big deal. But add them all up and it...