By Dom Cioffi Thanksgiving has really transformed itself over the last several decades. No longer a one-day, solely American holiday, the Thanksgiving “festivities” now span from Wednesday, through the weekend, and into Monday. First of all, it’s become customary to […]
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The Movie Diary
By Dom Cioffi Most everyone is familiar with the popular adage that I used for the title of this week’s column. More commonly known as Murphy’s Law, the phrase “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong” points to the […]
The Movie Diary: Grumpy on the outside
By Dom Cioffi I always chuckle when I see a movie where a grandfather is depicted as an amenable old man who takes his grandson to baseball games and pizza shops and showers him with gifts of love and adoration. […]
The Movie Diary: Grumpy on the outside
By Dom Cioffi I always chuckle when I see a movie where a grandfather is depicted as an amenable old man who takes his grandson to baseball games and pizza shops and showers him with gifts of love and adoration. […]
The Movie Diary: Out of Control
By Dom Cioffi Like most people, I live under the false sense that I’m actually in control of my life. Even though I’ve spent countless hours reading and contemplating the idea that free will and control are illusionary, I still […]
The Movie Diary: The best job I ever had
By Dom Cioffi If you’re a parent and your son or daughter plays a sport, there’s a good chance that you’re going to find yourself involved in practice at some point. I had already been coaching for years when my […]
Lost in the maze
By Dom Cioffi Autumn is upon us and with it comes a host of seasonal activities – one of the most popular being the annual trek to the apple orchard. When I was a child apple picking meant picking apples. […]
A descent into madness
By Dom Cioffi Several years ago I took a solo trip to Paris (a major checkmark on my personal bucket list). I had been there with a small group a decade prior, but due to the short timeframe and the […]