By fatherfrank September 30, 2002
Fall sports are fully underway. In every community, we have children of every age playing soccer, football and running track. Some little league sports programs have children as young as five and six competing with ...
By wineries September 29, 2002
Major Wine & Food Event SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 At The Crest Hollow Country Club, Woodbury, New York By Christopher J. Davies I met Mitch Shapiro on the telephone six month's ago. He's a bright and ...
By fatherfrank September 25, 2002
Children are supposed to be our national treasure. However, it is becoming clearer that not only are they not our national treasure, they are not even a major priority.
The growing incidents of ...
By smallbusinesscoaching September 23, 2002
A year later, the extraordinary events of Sept. 11 that affected so many, continue to have profound, lingering effects on a workforce concerned with the stalled economy, leading into the holiday season. Where are Long ...
By fatherfrank September 19, 2002
Communication on every level continues to be a challenge. The way we use words either builds bridges or creates walls between people. They also consciously and unconsciously indicate people's basic biases.
Every semester ...
By facialsurgery September 17, 2002
Is there something that almost instantly smoothes away certain wrinkles, does not require surgery and can be administered in 10 minutes? Sounds too good to be true, but enthusiastic users of Botox have been successfully ...
By fatherfrank September 13, 2002
Parenting is a challenging adventure, especially when it comes to parenting teenagers and young adults. It is hard to establish social boundaries and rules in a world that has few social rules that people comply ...
By coachingforcareers September 12, 2002
Remember when you said to yourself that if you ever lost your job, you wouldn't know what to do? Well guess what, the worst has happened for many of you, and you are managing. Yes, ...
By singles September 09, 2002
Single in the Suburbs The Mailman Knows I'm Single by Lauralyn Avallone I have the friendliest mailman. He's super patient with the old folks who swarm around him like bees at a honey-soaked picnic, he ...
By fatherfrank September 06, 2002
It is hard to believe that summer is more than half spent. Colleges are finishing summer session and gearing up for the fall term. Many families are preparing to send their sons or daughters away ...
By fatherfrank September 06, 2002
Davis Park, Fire Island is a piece of heaven. The ocean, the beach and the peace in the early morning hours are invigorating. No matter how hectic my day and/or week have been, as soon ...
By fatherfrank September 06, 2002
Recently a twenty-year-old male stood before a criminal court judge in Central Islip awaiting sentencing. The young man was contrite and deeply remorseful. It had been two years since he fled the scene of a ...
By fatherfrank September 06, 2002
Why do people hate? Where does such a negative, destructive emotion come from? The secular literature provides an endless list of resources that address the origin of hate.
To simplify, but not be ...
By fatherfrank September 06, 2002
As we approach September 11, 2002, we realize that life as we once knew it has forever changed. The horrific events of September 11, 2001 literally altered the human course of thousands of American lives. ...
By travel September 06, 2002
In a pub called Delaney's in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, an East Indian singer named Sheila Isaac (her grandfather was Jewish) sings Irish ballads in a perfect brogue. That's what Malaysia is all ...