“Remember that you are dust, and unto dust you shall return.” Nobody gets out of this place alive, my friends. Sobering words? Sorry folks, it's Lent.

From as far back as I can remember ... okay, not as far back as that, but from the time that I was about 18 ... I have happily taken myself out to dinner. Alone!

I was at lunch the other day and noticed a couple at the next table – with each other – sort of – but both with their smart phones out doing their own thing. Exactly what David Brooks notes in a recent op-ed piece when he says, “You’re with the people you’re with, but you’re also monitoring the six billion other people who might be communicating something more interesting.” I find that sad.