At the beginning of December The Coaster printed an article titled, “Food Pantries Helping More Working Poor.” I thought this was an interesting article for a bunch of reasons - one of them being that the face of Monmouth County’s “needy” population is becoming younger. The article states:
The face of the area’s hungry […]

Every year I like to beat myself up by taking a look back at my New Year’s Resolutions from last year and whether or not 365 days have been enough time to accomplish them! So here we go…
Last year I stated that I wanted to pay off my smallest student loan, which was from […]

Last August, my Mother told some of her friends in Pennsylvania that I was hired as an Adjunct Professor at Monmouth University. These lovely folks were glad to hear it and gave me one of the best gifts that one can receive - a book! This book, The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell, […]

Hello everyone. Over the last few weeks I’ve uploaded some 3400+ photos from 1995 - 2007 on Facebook.com. If any of you are interested in seeing this portion of my photo collection (I have a few thousand more pictures, but I probably won’t up load them) then go ahead and sign-up for a […]

Great post-Christmas gifts are still available on eBay! One of the best, cost effective gifts you could pick up for a friend or loved one is a Harmony Ball. I have three of these little Harmony Ball figurines in my room - Plato, an Owl, and Jesus Christ. They’re pretty cool.
My Mother […]

Khaled Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner, deserves all of the credit that he’s been getting in literary circles. This novel, his first, won at least a half dozen awards and was a #1 New York Times bestseller - very impressive. After hearing some folks on the radio talk about how excited […]

Will Smith’s latest movie, I Am Legend, will go down as a movie with some of the best previews and trailers in recent history. And, for my part, I have to say that it will go down as a major bore for all of the people who had the pleasure/displeasure of sitting through it. […]

Merry Christmas, everyone! Here’s hoping that you and yours have a happy, healthy, and safe holiday season. May we all remember the reason behind this season and the reason why we all celebrate today.

The folks at MSNBC.com finally posted something worth reading. The other day they had an article that talked about how charities are finding it harder to plug the holes in their budgets with donations. As someone who makes a lot of donations each year and also works in and studies the nonprofit industry, […]

This movie is fantastic! The other day I had the opportunity to watch Hatchet, the Unrated Director’s Cut. I honestly had no idea what to expect going into this movie and I was ready to be let down (I’m not big into the horror scene and I hadn’t heard of this movie before). […]

This really should be titled as a “Pamphlet Review,” but it’s no big deal. Also, please remember that this manual is written for New Jersey citizens! This manual is a product of the Center for Civic Responsibility and is authored by Harry S. Pozycki. I believe that this manual is an important […]

One of my co-workers read this book last spring and she was very high on it. I picked up a copy around April because it was in the bargain bin and I admit, it’s a good read. Most of the information is dated (the book was published in 1996), but the core financial […]