December 2013

Great Grandpa Simon's 94th Birthday

'Thunder' and 'Lightning': Guess Who's Who

Ethan was selected as the Outstanding Player in his age division at the Iman Shumpert Sports Camp in November.

Big Sis Meets Lil Sis

Click for video:  Jolie introduces herself to Brynn at Winthrop

Goldin/Friedman Update

The DIY label Exploding in Sound is the brainchild of Dan Goldin, the son of Alice's sister, Shelly and her husband, Bruce.   

Dan was recently interviewed by the magazine Aux.Out. Just in case you are not a regular reader of the magazine, you can read the interview at http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/10/the-oral-history-of-exploding-in-sound-records/

Not to outdone by younger bro, Sarah also has been a producer. Oliver, recently two years old, has a baby sister, Daphne.

  Ollie, Emmy, and Ethan baby-sitting for Daphne

Kreutzberger Family Archive

Have been scanning photos accumulating in boxes for years.  

Congratulations, Eleanor and Bernie

Dear friends Eleanor and Bernie were married at their home in Delray Beach in early December.  We'll be vacationing with the newly-marrieds and spending New Years Eve together. 

Credit Where Credit is Doo-Doo

(One might think Marvin deserves credit for this one.  Actually, it was Bruce who passed it along.)

An Englishman, a Scotsman, an Irishman, a Welshman, a Latvian, a Turk, a German, an Indian, several Americans (including a Hawaiian and an Alaskan), an Argentinean, a Dane, an Australian, a Slovak, an Egyptian, a Japanese, a Moroccan, a Frenchman, a New Zealander, a Spaniard, a Russian, a Guatemalan, a Colombian, a Pakistani, a Malaysian, a Croatian, an Uzbek, a Cypriot, a Pole, a Lithuanian, a Chinese, a Sri Lankan, a Lebanese, a Cayman Islander, an Ugandan, a Vietnamese, a Korean, an Uruguayan, a Czech, an Icelander, a Mexican, a Finn, a Honduran, a Panamanian, an Andorran, an Israeli, a Venezuelan, an Iranian, a Fijian, a Peruvian, an Estonian, a Syrian, a Brazilian, a Portuguese, a Liechtensteiner, a Mongolian, a Hungarian, a Canadian, a Moldovan, a Haitian, a Norfolk Islander, a Macedonian, a Bolivian, a Cook Islander, a Tajikistani, a Samoan, an Armenian, an Aruban, an Albanian, a Greenlander, a Micronesian, a Virgin Islander, a Georgian, a Bahaman, a Belarusian, a Cuban, a Tongan, a Cambodian, a Canadian, a Qatari, an Azerbaijani, a Romanian, a Chilean, a Jamaican, a Filipino, an Ukrainian, a Dutchman, an Ecuadorian, a Costa Rican, a Swede, a Bulgarian, a Serb, a Swiss, a Greek, a Belgian, a Singaporean, an Italian, a Norwegian and 2 Africans, 

...walk into a very fine restaurant.

"I'm sorry," says the maître d', after scrutinizing the group..........

"You can't come in here without a Thai. "  

(Responses not solicited)

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A better joke Emmy told at family Thanksgiving gathering at Phyllis/Jerry home:

A man is walking along and notices a hole in the ground . . . then another . . .and then another.

What did the man say?  (scroll down for the answer)

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 Drum roll, please . . . .

'Well . . . well . . . well.'

Gotta admit, the girl shows promise.

Netflix DVDs--Recommendations, please

Recently canceled Netflix streaming, preferring Amazon Prime--maybe.

Have returned to renting DVDs from Netflix--larger selection.

Your rental recommendations are invited.



STAR Renewals

I don't recall having to submit an application to re-new the Basic STAR Tax Exemption for a primary residence. That said, one must file to maintain eligibility. Register with the Tax Department to continue receiving the exemption in 2014 and forward.

Re register at tax.ny.gov