What the heck am I doing here?

Many of y'all are confused, when it comes to Channukah, and you don't know what to say, nor how to react to your Jewish friends and colleagues.  So, as a public service, I'm offering some of these potential questions/responses for goyim (here's your first lesson... "goyim" is a word we Jews use t...

A colleague of mine told me a cool story, yesterday.It turns out that a former client's sister was remodeling the family's 1920's house.  They had inherited the house from their parents who'd lived most of their adult life in the home, and when they passed, the daughter had moved her family into ...

Believe it, or not, this is an actual MLS photograph. Fortunately, it's not currently active, nor in the MLS where I'm a member.It gives new meaning to the term "fresh paint". I'm sure there's a story behind this, but I'm not sure I want to know the story.  they even gave a nice fresh coat of pai...

I just finished watching a star-laden movie on Netflix called Bullet Train.  It's an irreverent romp through Japan on a bullet train (as you'd imagine) with an odd assortment of assassins.  It's fast, funny (in a Kill Bill sort of way), lots of blood, action and should hold your interest for the ...

Here on Active Rain we are fairly civil to one another, but on many other sites, they seem to be a little bit of the Wild Wild West, with little, ineffective or no moderation at all.Commenters and questioners are often subjected to, how shall we say, colourful language, sarcasm and outright attac...

This is an amazing image of the bust of Lady Liberty being displayed at the 1878 Exposition Universelle in Paris, France.The Statue of Liberty was manufactured in France, and given to the United States as a gift from the people of France.In 1878, as the statue was still being constructed (in pie...

I've noticed a trend, these days, on the interwebs.There are ads for baked goods... rugelach, cookies, cakes... and they all look yummy.  Yummy enough for me to click on, and click I did.  And most of the time, the copy has clearly been professionally written, as the products sound tantalizing.In...

One of the joys of living in a condominium is having a board of directors and management company handle the routine maintenance of the building.But what happens, when it doesn't get done?  Someone has to pay the price.Today there was a plumbing issue in the building that affected the unit of my f...

I was having a case of writer's block. Wondering what to write about. Searching for my muse I decided to look back in the graphics that I've uploaded into Active Rain, and find the oldest graphic in my files.I figured I might come up with something interesting that might inspire me, and, well......

I took a day off, yesterday (well, except for a handful of phone calls).. and spent the afternoon with my sister at a local casino.I know, I know... I"m going for a long ride in a hand-basketI'm a casual gambler.  I put the monies I'm willing to risk in my left pocket and my winnings in my right ...