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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1969
Song of the Day: Flashdance … What a Feeling features the music of Giorgio Moroder and lyrics of Keith Forsey and Irene Cara, who took this song to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Dance Club charts. This was the title track to the 1983 film, “Flashdance“. Cara died…
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Continue reading →: Happy Thanksgiving from Ski, Me, & Turkey!
We’re a little early … but before folks head out for the holiday weekend, we just wanted to say how much we’re counting our blessings—for every person who has expressed their love and support during such a challenging time. A very Happy Thanksgiving to All! _________* Gravesend is the section…
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Continue reading →: Ski: A Lifetime Achievement Award
At the Centennial Gala on November 19, 2022, celebrating a century of excellence at Brooklyn Technical High School (1922-2022), my sister, Elizabeth “Ms. Ski” Sciabarra received the Lifetime Achievement Award. My deepest thanks to the Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation and its President Denice Ware for sending me this wonderful clip…
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Continue reading →: Aaron Judge, AL MVP!
Congratulations to Yankees player Aaron Judge for winning the American League Most Valuable Player honors! Courtesy, Wikipedia
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Continue reading →: JARS: 2023 Grand Finale Files Submitted!
I am absolutely delighted to report that this afternoon, I submitted to Pennsylvania State University Press the final manuscript for the final double issue of The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies. I will keep folks in suspense as to the full Table of Contents, which I will announce in mid-2023.…
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Continue reading →: Ski & Me: Counting Our Blessings
During the week of November 8, 2020, my sister began to experience difficulty standing and walking. She went to see an orthopedic specialist to no avail. By November 12th, she was clearly not feeling well at all. And so I called 911. Accustomed to being a Super Woman, she refused…
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Continue reading →: JARS: New December 2022 Issue!
As I announced on September 6, 2022, The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies will be publishing its grand finale in 2023 as a double issue. We are working very hard right now to complete the submission of the full slate of articles toward that end—an elegant conclusion to our 2+…
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Continue reading →: Sharon Presley (1943-2022), RIP
My dear friend, Ellen Young, announced today that Sharon Presley, lifelong libertarian feminist writer and activist, died on Monday, October 31, 2022, at the age of 79. Her partner Art—who has had his own share of health challenges—was able to be there to say goodbye to her. Sharon had been…
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Continue reading →: Happy Halloween!!!
No matter how crazy life is, Ski embraces every holiday! #GoFundSki Bwaaahahahaha! Check out comments on Facebook here and here.
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Continue reading →: Anne Conover Heller, RIP
I was very saddened to learn this morning that my dear friend and colleague, magazine editor and journalist Anne Conover Heller, passed away on October 10, 2022. We had been in touch over the summer, and I knew she had been battling cancer. She lost that battle at the age…
