In the last post, I commented on a comment I received from Joan
about what to do if a person is having a stroke.
Joan said I should take the misinformation down and sent me
a link to verify and confirm her reasons why.
Well, it turns out she was absolutely correct.
Thank You Joan for the new information.
Here is […]

I received this comment from a reader of this blog yesterday.
It was regarding a post from a couple days ago:
A Stroke Ain’t No Joke
I thought I should share it and make a comment…
Here it the comment in it’s entirety…Your advice about the stoke victim should be removed.If someone is having a stroke, you call 911 […]

73,600,000 Americans have High Blood Pressure.
41,900,000 of them are estimated to be age 59 or younger.
High blood pressure (HBP) is Defined as systolic pressure 140 mm Hg
or greater and/or diastolic pressure 90 mm Hg or greater,
High blood pressure is a serious health concern that can cause heart
disease and increase your risk of having a […]

The other day I was performing at the Boogie Woogie Institute
here in New York City. I was having a conversation with two of
the other piano players.
Peter was telling Ben about their mutual piano teacher (I forget his name).
They said this guy was incredible. He could play piano in anybody’s style
and sound just like the original […]

The U.S. Dollar is Dying a Slow Death.
The Dollar Is Losing Its Status as Global Reserve Currency.
I’m not an alarmist, but… Ding, Ding, Ding - Sound the alarms.
The U.S. Dollar is dying a slow death right this very moment.
Right in front of our eyes the value of your dollar is…
disappearing faster than a magicians […]

Berries, especially blueberries, raspberries and cranberries,
are some of the healthiest fruits around.
They are loaded with powerful antioxidants and have relatively
small amounts of sugar. The sugar in fruits is called fructose.
However, eating small amounts of whole fruit does NOT provide
tremendous amounts of fructose and is not be a problem for most
people, unless diabetes or obesity is […]

I just got back from playing piano and blues harp at the Boogie Woogie Institute
on Park Ave in New York City. Man, I rocked the house with my rendition of
UPS Blues in which I sing, play some funky piano riffs and a killer harmonica.
The crowd loved it and called me back for an encore.
Then David […]

A Casualty of The Great Recession…
I was hanging out with an old friend yesterday
who has been underemployed since May.
With the U.S. economy in turmoil, her job cut her hours to
less than half even though she had been a valued employee
for almost 10 years.
Her attitude was “At least I still have a job.”
Many people in her […]

Twitter is ranked as one of the 50 most popular websites in the world
by Alexa’s web traffic analysis.
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service.
Twitter enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets.
Tweets are text-based posts posts of up to 140 characters displayed
on the author’s profile page and delivered to the […]

In 1844, 23-year-old Henry Lehman, the son of a cattle merchant, emigrated
to the United States from Rimpar, Bavaria. He settled in Montgomery, Alabama,
where he opened a dry-goods store, “H. Lehman”.
Three years later in 1847, his brother Emanuel Lehman arrived, the firm became
“H. Lehman and Bro” and three years after that their youngest brother, Mayer Lehman
arrived […]