Police Deserve More Recognition When They Go Beyond the Call of Duty

This evening at about 6:50 I was watching the ABC Nightly News and saw a very brief report on how a police officer in Albuquerque, New Mexico rescued a child who had been abducted when her mother's car was carjacked.  This report was about 15 seconds and did not mention the police officer's name.  According to this report in the New York Daily News she was missing for about 5 hours and as the temperature was in the 20s.  The officer's name is Chris Poccia.

Officer Poccia who went beyond the call of duty to rescue this child has received little media attention. However whenever a police officer acts inappropriately the story is top news for weeks if not months.  Within a day or so this story will be forgotten.

Kudos to Officer Poccia for a job well done.  Hopefully he will be properly recognized by the people in Albuquerque.

4 Movies and 3 Museums During The Winter Break

Movies

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• Concussion
• Joy
• Point Break

Museums

• Paley Center for Media
• Guggenheim Museum
• New York Historical Society

Visit to the New York Historical Society Today

The New York Historical Society Museum was the third cultural institution that I visited during this holiday break,  I was attracted to Silicon City: Computer History Made in New York City.  This exhibit displayed images, artifacts, interactives, and oral histories, that explore local innovations that were key to computer development, from vacuum tubes and punched cards to transistors.  It showed how New York was a hub for imagining, developing, and selling the computer technology that changed our lives

Another exhibit that I enjoyed was Superheroes in Gotham  which tells the story of the birth of comic book superheroes in New York City and the leap of comic book superheroes from the page into radio, television, and film.  It featured my favorite Superman as well as Batman, Spiderman, Ironman, and Wonder Woman.

A replica of the famous Batmobile was in the exhibit

Random Thoughts on New Year's Day

There were 267 entries in Bruce's Journal in 2015 which is consistent with the number of of postings over the last 3 years.  I don't like having two days in a row without my "words of wisdom" on the web.

We really didn't do anything special last night as we just stayed up to see the ball drop on TV.

The Sy Fy Channel is running a marathon of the Twilight Zone.  They say they are showing every episode in order all weekend long.  I did watch about 3 episodes yesterday.

I will watch at least part of the outdoor hockey game starting at 1 PM.  This year the game is at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA and will feature the Bruins against the Canadians.

There is no football game on Channel 7 this afternoon so Jeopardy will not be pre-empted today.  For the last few weeks there have been only 1 and 2 time winners.  This morning Lee and I watched Sports Jeopardy as Vinny Varadarajan won his 10th game.

A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year to All

I wish all readers of Bruce's Journal, my Facebook page and Twitter feed a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year.  Of course, I wish all my friends and acquaintances who are not on social media the same.

Visited the Guggenheim Museum Today

Today Karen and I visited the Guggenheim Museum as we saw the exhibit Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting,  Burri (1915-1995) was an Italian painter who was trained as a physician but gave it up in 1946 to become an artist.  His unique style used highly tactile surfaces drawing the viewer into a deeper sensory experience.

There was also a photography exhibition featuring ten artists who uniquely contemplate the nature, traditions, and magic of photography.

The last time I visited the Guggenheim was on Martin Luther King Day of 2013 when we saw an exhibit on Picasso.

Facebook Friends on the Radio

Bob Radil of  the 60s 70s Show on Rewound Radio featured above is one of many of my Facebook friends.  I just looked at my friend list and found so many who have been on the radio now or in the past.  I have decided to compile a list limited to those radio personalities whom I have met.  I will obviously not give their entire radio resume, but just say how I met them and my radio experience with them.  The list is in no particular order:

• Don Tandler - met at a few of the oldies meets and greets.  Pop Gold Radio and NJ 101.5
• Cousin Bruce Morrow - met at the Rewound Cruise in 2007.  SiriusXM, WCBS-FM, WABC
• Rich Appel - the only person who ever gave me a ticket to a Bob Dylan concert.  That Thing with Rich Appel on Rewound Radio
• Gary Brefini - I have never met him, but spoke to him once on the phone. He is a reader of this journal, Radio XL5
• Bobby Backman - Cool Bobby B - Another regular person at the oldies meets and greets.  The Doo Wop Stop on SiriusXM
• Alan Seltzer - oldies meet and greet - WCWP
• Scott Fybush - I last saw him at the Decalcomania convention in East Brunswick, NJ in July 1995.  WXXI Rochester and publisher of the North East Radio Watch
• Russ DiBello aka Famous Amos - Oldies Meet and Greet.  WCBS-FM and Jammin 105
• Tom Lawler - I just heard him today on WLNG.  I met him at the Long Island Radio Day at CW Post.
• Ron Parker - Met him at a WCBS-FM picnic in Staten Island some years ago.  Work at WCBS-FM.  I think he does part time work on NASH-Fm
• Jerry Barmash - Long Island Radio Day - WABC
• Broadway Bill Lee - Came to one oldies meet and greet - WCBS-FM
• Jim Kerr - Two oldies meets and greets - Q-104.3
• Pat St, John - oldies meet and greet. WCBS-FM and WPLJ
• Scott Lowe - oldies meet and greet - WBUX, Bucks County PA
• Kristen LaBar - oldies meet and greet - Fresh 102.7
• Joe Causi - WCBS-FM promotion at a Verizon cell phone store
• Bob Shannon - CBS Radio day at Yankee Stadium - WCBS-FM and WLNG
• Teddy Smith - the most recent oldies meet and greet - WPAT (AM)