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Month: September 2017

Every day is coffee day

September 30, 2017Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

No one seems to know why Sept. 29 is listed as National Coffee Day. Which to me underscores my first thought when I heard about it: why? Why a National Coffee Day? The only answer, I suppose, is why not?… Continue Reading →

National Coffee Day, Turkish coffee

Yes, we’re still here, but …

September 27, 2017Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

I know you’re just as disappointed as I am that the world did not end last Saturday as predicted. I mean, how many times can we get our hopes built up like that only to be let down? At least… Continue Reading →

End of the world

Okay then. Brown.

September 25, 2017Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Want to stand out at the office, at home, or on the road? CHOOSE BROWN. That was the subhead (or deck, as we say in the business) under the headline: THAT ’70S COLOR. It sat atop a fashion article in… Continue Reading →

Brown is in, Esquire magazine

The last mosquito

September 20, 2017Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

(With a nod to Ogden Nash) Don’t wanna get bit by the last mosquito of fall. This little sucker has survived them all. He’ll leave a welt like a ping pong ball. Don’t wanna get bit by the last mosquito… Continue Reading →

Fall, Mosquitos, Ogden Nash

(B)rush hour

September 15, 2017Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

At first I thought the gal in the silver Honda must be texting. In the rearview mirror I could see her meandering all over the road. Better keep and eye on her, I thought. A second glance revealed she was… Continue Reading →

Compute this

September 13, 2017Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Did you see where Elon Musk says the thing that may spark World War III is artificial intelligence? He bases this on published reports that Vladimir Putin said, “Artificial intelligence is the future, not only for Russia, but for all… Continue Reading →

Artificial Intelligence, World War III

Tennis, Snoopy and yellow rubber duckies

September 8, 2017Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Just because I am a tennis player doesn’t mean my wife and kids had to be tennis fans, but they are. I like that. As I write, my wife and I are watching the US Open tennis women’s semi-final match… Continue Reading →

Foot faults, Rubber duckies, U.S. Open tennis

Christmas comes early

September 6, 2017Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

With apologies to singer Andy Williams and song writers Edward Pola and George Wyle, I could not resist attempting the following: It’s the most wonderful time of the year With Federer playing And everyone yelling “Football is here” It’s the… Continue Reading →

College football, NFL, U.S. Open tennis, World Series

On work

September 5, 2017Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

I usually don’t blog on Mondays but I cannot let this day end without sharing a little poem taught to me several years ago by newspaper colleague Sarellen (Cawley) McAndrew. Be a laborer, great or small. Do it well or… Continue Reading →

Labor Day

First things first

September 1, 2017Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

My brother Bill texted me the other day to say he was worried about his friend Julie. He’s known her and worked with her for the last 15 years, going back to their days at Cornell Ironworks. They are now… Continue Reading →

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Ed Ackerman Ed Ackerman, a consulting editor and columnist for the Greater Pittston Progress, has served the people of Greater Pittston for 48 years, starting in the newspaper field at age 17. The Pittston resident will share his thoughts in this blog and in a weekly column published in the Progress. greaterpittstonprogress.com

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