TGIF: A great Friday everybody. It’s Darwin Day, celebrating the birth and scientific contributions of the late, great biologist. Or: How about a bowl of primordial soup? Patience required: In a big, big day for…
It’s Monday again: A happy start to the week gentle readers, and welcome Tom, Irwin, Elaine, David, John, June, Lisa and more. Collectively, don’t forget to send news, tips, suggestions and corrections…
TGIF: A great Friday everyone. It’s Feb. 5, on which Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert acquired land in the Bronx in 1921 for a stadium that became known as The House That…
It’s Monday again: A great start to the week, everyone and welcome more new readers, including Lisa, John, Michael, Stuart, Bill, Steve, Davi, Jim and the whole group at pbrown….
TGIF: A happy Friday everybody and welcome new readers. Janis Joplin, Moby Grape and the Grateful Dead gathered on this day in 1967 for the Krishna-organized Mantra Rock Dance in San…
TGIF: A good Friday everybody. It’s Jan. 22. The first commercial flight of a Boeing 747 – Pan Am’s JFK to London leg – took place on this day in…
Monday, Monday: A great start to the week everybody and welcome new readers, including Robert, Patricia, Adam, Michelle, Luciana and Liz. Hope you’re all getting the chance to observe Martin Luther King…
TGIF: Happy Friday everybody and welcome new readers. It’s January 15, on which Wikipedia launched in 2001. Sad to hear about Alan Rickman. I won $4 on Powerball. Woo hoo. For…
It’s Monday: A great start to the week everybody and welcome new readers, including Greg, Gordon, Theresa, Dror, Mona, Matt, Barry, Marissa and Amanda. Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman, from whom the…
It’s Monday: A happy start to the week and year everybody, and welcome new readers. Don’t forget the big, big AVZ economic survey and opinion poll show, with Rick Lazio, Jamie…
This will sell out: Empire State Development chief Howard Zemsky keynotes the Long Island Business Development Council’s Feb. 3 dinner at the Irish Coffee Pub in East Islip. Presented by the…
It’s Monday: A great start to the short week everybody and welcome new readers, including John, Michael, Nancy, Eddie, Robert, Pete and more. Happy to have you aboard. Don’t forget to…
TGIF: A good Friday everybody and howdy new readers. Also, a special welcome to our newest sponsor, Teachers Federal Credit Union. Happy to have you aboard, TFCU. Behind the Fed hike: More expensive…
TGIF: A good Friday, everybody. Boston’s Bijou Theatre became the first American playhouse fully lit by electricity on this date in 1882. Thomas Edison installed personally. More recently, Angry Birds went…
It’s Monday: A great start of the week, everybody and welcome new subscribers, including Stephen and Steven, Patrick, Kris, 5005287, and many others. Glad to have you aboard. It’s the 74th…