Strong Like Bull

My brother has been a successful business man down in Manhattan for over 10 years now. He's company, Heavyweight Internet Group recently celebrated it's 10th anniversary. A few years ago, Sean decided to diversify and in addition to running a company, he became a Certified Personal Trainer by the American Council on Exercise (ACE). He helps clients and maintains the training blog, Athlete In The City. He is the entrepreneur of the family and we are all proud of what he has accomplished. Check out his latest training video on his blog. Wow..My arms hurt looking at it.

Your As Old As You Feel

The old saying goes you are as old as you feel and I must say, I don't feel even close to 37. Maybe 30, but not 37. Well reality hit me the other night at Moe's on Wolf Road in Colonie.

I was checking out my food and there was lady behind me in line (I'll say around 60). Well the girl who was checking my food out at the register was also training another girl how to run the register. So I hear her say to the trainee, If the person looks even close to 21, make sure you proof them. She didn't proof me and I had a beer on my tray so I turned to the 60 year old behind me and said rather loud, I guess I don't look close anymore. The 60 year old lady laughed and the girl at the register laughed too and said "Did I ruin your day?" I laughed and said to her it was no big deal because I hadn't been proofed in awhile and I'll be 38 in June, so I don't expect it and was just kidding.

Then the next words the girl behind the register said to me was reality hitting me in the head with a 2X4. The girl said, well my father is 38 too and he never gets proofed either. The 60 year old starting laughing very hard, and I was speechless...Yes, I was speechless.

Now she could have been pulling my leg, but in NY you have to be 18 to sell beer and I'm thinking she was 20. So her father was 18 or 19 when she was born...possible. As the 60 year old continued laughing, the girl finally said...OK, I really ruined your day, I'm going to shut up now. I told her, have a nice night and walked back to the table where Chris & the girls were waiting.

In case your wondering, I still feel 30.

A Great Day For America

Set aside politics for a moment and think about what happened yesterday. 45 Years ago Dr. Martin Luther King told us about his dream and, honestly, I thought we would never see it become reality. But it did yesterday.

To think that less then 50 years ago people had to sit in the back of the bus or drink from a separate water fountain simply because their skin was black. And now as a nation we have elected a black president. I can't tell you how proud I am. We have overcome the evil of bigotry and it is truly a great day for our nation.

More Halloween Tricks

Chris, Charlotte, Maeve and I went to my parents Thursday night for dinner and to see my niece's and nephew Halloween Costume. Obviously from the picture below Maeve wasn't to happy.

After dinner Chris and I went to Proctors to see Mama-Mia. The show was everything we heard people say about it. The story was great, and you got to spend 2.5 hours listening to ABBA music...It was great.

On Halloween...We went Trick Or Treating early to about 15 houses in the neighborhood. Charlotte knew that you were supposed to say "Trick or Treat" and "Thank You", but we all know how shy she can be...and all the neighbors understood. They were just happy to see the girls. And obviously, Chris got Charlotte's "Tinker Bell" costume done in the nick of time. And what a great job she did. But we won't get into the saga of how that got made...Lets just say it was a saga.

Happy Halloween Everybody!!