When The Maltese Falcon was released in Hollywood in 1941 starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor along with a thrilling cast of characters, no one could have known that one of the lines spoken by Bogart’s character, Sam Spade, would become a catch phrase. Movie-goers also wouldn’t have guessed that in the last segment of…
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Well, there I was one fine summer night when New Jersey still had an opera season in Princeton. I had just discovered that one of my favorite operas was playing that evening. Checking the clock, I would have just enough time to put on my ‘going to the opera’ dress and fly on the wings…
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Back a million years ago when I was first starting out in the world of health care to become a recreational therapist, I found myself in a course that was taught by a woman who had started out in television and film way back in the golden era of television. She loved to illustrate various…
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When I was a kid growing up in the 1950’s and 60’s, there was a popular television series, The Millionaire. Mysteriously, each week a well-dressed polite stranger would arrive at a new home or apartment, ring the front door bell and introduced himself. He was Mr. Anthony, played by Marvin Miller. Briefly, he would explain…
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by Khadi Madama Quick-Seat Chair Wellness Coordinator One of the most difficult things to do is to wait, especially when you’re away from home. When we are out and have an unexpected wait time at the doctor’s office, or anywhere where we didn’t expect to have to wait at all, there isn’t a lot to…
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If Quick-Seat Chairs could talk, they would have some great stories to tell. As a fan of Nero Wolfe author, Rex Stout, and having written a couple of Nero Wolfe stories myself, I can think of one story in particular where Quick-Seat Chairs could really tell a story. So I’ll tell you exactly what the…
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Being a lover of all things ‘railroad’ with fondest memories of riding the rails in overnight sleeper cars to Florida as a child, it’s impossible for me to watch a movie that takes place on a train and not notice how much more comfortable the crew and wait staffs would be if only they had…
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By Khadi Madama Quick-Seat Chair Wellness Coordinator Can you imagine carrying one of those heavy nuclear accelerator backpacks on your back through long corridors in the Millennium Biltmore, known as the Sedgewick Hotel in the Ghostbusters movie, where it’s obvious there isn’t one place to sit while you’re either chasing or being chased by all…
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By Khadi Madama Wellness Coordinator for Quick-Seat Chair I loved this movie. I thought that Amelia, played by Hilary Swank and her husband George Putnam, played by Richard Gere, was so well done. Hilary nailed Amelia’s character and Gere, such an amazing ‘character actor’ nailed Putnam to a “T.” Directed by the very talented Mira…
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By Khadi Madama Quick-Seat Chair Wellness Coordinator As a kid, I loved to watch monster movies on Saturday mornings. I can’t explain this attachment, which has followed me well into adulthood. So much so that every Saturday morning, if I’m at home, you can find me enjoying one of my old favorite black and white…
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