Tonight is our annual Holiday party and I am looking forward to seeing all of you there. Our response this year was so fantastic that I am sort of convinced that each and every one of you will actually be there!

One of Hallmark's ornaments for the holiday season has caused controversy following the replacement of the word "gay" while quoting "Deck the Halls."

It was just my birthday.  I got a new telescope.  It is a Maksutov-Cassegrain 90 mm reflecting scope, and the coolest part is that it has GPS.  

After stuffing myself with fried turkey, brisket, potato latkes, stuffing and brussel slaw, I wondered how many other people enjoy the same. So...I went on a Thanksgiving fact finding tour and found the following morsels for you to digest.  

On this second day of the Thanksgiving weekend I would like to give thanks to all things Gotham. In the true spirit of our "It's better to give than receive, but what goes around comes around" mantra, our Tribe has enjoyed a bountiful year.In this our "Sweet 16" year we have grown geometrically to over 50 groups (stretching from Boston to South Florida) with more than 900 members.

Since I blog on Thursdays, I have the pleasure of using this space once a year to wish the entire Gotham family a very Happy Thanksgiving.   May you enjoy the day and share thanks with those near and dear to your heart. And may you find much to be thankful for in all that surrounds you.   Happy Thanksgiving.

It is my impression that Gothamites are positively changing our world every day.  Whether we are supporting charities, helping one another, or helping those we do not even know.  We raise our families and we contribute to our communities.  Sometimes we can even change the world a bit.  

An eighth Princeton University student was diagnosed this past Friday with meningitis. To me, this is terrifying. With a daughter getting ready to head off to college next year, this outbreak has my attention, as I expect it has many parents’ attention with college age children.