by mmooney | Dec 6, 2019 | The Friday Message
Rich Hall and friends performed in concert at the Sapphire Room on Sunday night. Rich is a septuagenarian who just happens to be in a winning battle with pancreatic cancer. During the concert Rich offered heartfelt thanks to the Doctors and exceptional nursing staff...
by mmooney | Nov 29, 2019 | The Friday Message
It seems like a fine idea to go on a Thanksgiving week vacation with the grandchildren to San Diego. The average temperature is near 70 degrees and it only rains 10.4 inches in a year. On Thursday the high was 53 and Southern California is under a flash flood watch....
by mmooney | Nov 22, 2019 | The Friday Message
Today is a very special day-my friend Hank celebrates his birthday. It seems like only yesterday I got a call at my office to hurry to St Luke’s, the boy was arriving. I remember telling Nancy, my Executive Assistant, I was sneaking out the back way so as not to be...
by mmooney | Nov 15, 2019 | The Friday Message
I thought of da Vinci as a painter. I was fortunate to see the Mona Lisa in the Louvre in Paris. Leonardo was born in 1452 as the out of wedlock son of a noble man and a peasant women named Caterina in the region of Florence. It is interesting that he had no surname...
by mmooney | Nov 8, 2019 | The Friday Message
So you do not have to Google it, this is 69 in Roman Numerals. I thought it was less painful in this form as my 11-07-1950 birthday is not a variable. I progressed through my early years and coincidentally graduated from High School in 1969. Looking back gives us...
by mmooney | Nov 1, 2019 | The Friday Message
Stephen Colbert is a favorite night time news source. I enjoy his monologue for his many talents: sense of humor, wit, well timed delivery, boundless energy, obvious intelligence, impersonations and willingness to pursue the truth. I do appreciate that he is not...
