February 18, 2018 Famous man, 80, suing famous man, 77, for age discrimination What’s famous to you obviously relies on where you’ve been and what you’ve noticed, but these people have had national exposure for at least…
February 12, 2018 Football, even the Super Bowl, may be hazardous to your health The Super Bowl is over, the Eagles won and in a moment, I’ll show you why the old phrase in the title — “may…
December 20, 2017 Today, Merry Christmas to Comcast! You’re welcome! No waiting until Christmas on Monday. Comcast, you obviously consider yourself too powerful. Today, your hard-earned rate hikes take effect. Santa says you’ve been…
November 29, 2017 Hey, you accused! Would Mom say, wait until your father gets home? Today, it was Matt Lauer. Some of you want the newest, shocking details. The Miami Herald called the accusations against him “crude misconduct.” Less…
November 27, 2017 Special streets, signs in the City of Brotherly Love (and Sisterly Affection) Philadelphia street signs are different than in much of the country. For example, there’s no downtown. Locals call that part Center City. If you’re…
November 21, 2017 Lessons on addressing, our government’s gift to you! On Facebook? You’re probably signed up for a lesson on mailing a letter, paid for by the U.S. government, like the one above. I…
November 9, 2017 What is conscience? Elusive in the media, unfortunately It seems every day in the news, I read about another powerful man resigning, taking time off from a high-profile job, or under police…
October 6, 2017 Update: Storing the car on the mean streets This blog post I found was written in mid-May, 2016, but never published. It was part of a series on the difficulties I had…
August 24, 2017 Hurricane Andrew, after a quarter century 25 years ago today, this was nothing. It’s hard to believe so much time has passed, not that I ever forgot a Hurricane Andrew…
May 25, 2017 Dinner in my honor: A favorite memory The spring of 1997. It was pretty much my first time away from home. Steve and Tom hired me to produce the 11pm news…
February 17, 2017 Beating Welch’s un-kosher coupon policy I don’t get shocked too much anymore. Maybe that’s from age, or having done a lot of things in a lot of places. Maybe…
February 3, 2017 The media: Certainly imperfect, definitely necessary and trying This is my first blog in several months, and only my second since arriving back in Philadelphia. The first was shortly after my return, so…
May 16, 2016 Not exactly a warm welcome I got to Philadelphia and it rained. For a week. And it was much colder than normal for late April. And I saw my…
April 25, 2016 Moving back to Philly! Yes, you read correctly! I’m headed back after more than 12 years. I didn’t really think it was going to happen, especially considering the…
March 3, 2016 Kitchen complete! At least for now… The kitchen is done so it’s blog time again! You’ll remember, we had to do the work because the new dishwasher went a few…
February 22, 2016 And now, the kitchen! This blog was not supposed to be about home improvement, but we all go through phases. The bathroom is done and we’re happy with…
January 30, 2016 A better bedroom (and bigger blog) I have to start off by saying this blog post is late. I warned you when I was finishing the last one. It wasn’t…
January 30, 2016 We got snow! Took long enough, until the second half of January, but it finally came. Took long enough, but I’m actually writing about it! Remember, in…
January 11, 2016 One blogging year in review It’s a big day in Cohen Country. I posted my first blog one year ago today. A year ago, I was living in Florida,…
January 6, 2016 Getting into the season It took way too long for Mother Nature, the holiday season and me, but it finally started feeling like winter. Monday, Jan. 4, was the…
January 4, 2016 All done! New year, new bathroom The holidays are always a busy time. Finishing a major construction project while working everyday meant chaos and a delayed post. So here it…
December 17, 2015 Taking shape It was a big week of work, even without the bathtub. I have to hand it to Bob, the contractor. His buddies at BathFitter…
December 14, 2015 The one week mark It’s now a week since the bathroom construction started. It would’ve been done by now if BathFitter had ordered the right bath tub, or…
December 11, 2015 Days 2, 3 & 4: hard work, harder luck In the last blog, they tore apart the entire bathroom. That’s one out of the one-and-a-half bathrooms we have. I was hoping everything would…
December 7, 2015 Big bathroom remodel: Done with day 1 Busy day at work, but also at home. The workers came bright and early, and gutted the place. This is when they took their…
December 6, 2015 Big bathroom news! It’s not the most appetizing title, but I realized you were craving pictures of the house before the first major renovation. I should also…
November 15, 2015 Past time to stop terror once and for all, not necessarily for the French I love being back in news. Sure, the hours are long, especially when you don’t have a boss. (My new one starts November 30th)….
November 1, 2015 A great ‘day’ in Lenny’s ‘life’ When you’ve watched a daily TV show on and off for 20 years, even very rarely recently because work gets in the way, it…
June 9, 2015 Lots of Lenny on the Web I had a long and hard day, and accomplished a lot… including my second blog in 2 days! But don’t expect a daily dose…
June 8, 2015 From the Tri-Cities to the Tri-States It’s me again. I have to write more often. It doesn’t have to be a book. Saving stuff up is too time-consuming, anyway. I’d…
May 17, 2015 Odds & ends from 3 weeks I haven’t posted anything in about 3 weeks. (I also haven’t heard from you asking for a post. Unbelievable! What’s up with that?) I…
April 26, 2015 Lots of updates in a few short months This is my 22nd blog. I hope you’ve enjoyed them as much as I’ve enjoyed writing them. I didn’t think I could come up with so much material.
April 19, 2015 It’s Bristol (this weekend), baby! There are certain things in every town you have to do at least once, and that’s what I did yesterday in Bristol. It’s car…
April 12, 2015 Spring cleaning and Passover food It’s April and there’s a lot of spring cleaning going on in the Tri-Cities and other places. Garry and I really aren’t doing any of it because we’ve only been here for a month and are still putting stuff I paid to move away. (Or trying to find space for it all!)
April 5, 2015 A week of firsts Spring is often thought of as a time of renewal, the first season. I’ve had some firsts over the past week or so. Starting…
March 28, 2015 Taking things a lot too seriously? I’m noticing a trend, that a lot of my blogs have to do with work. That’s not surprising because most of my waking hours…
