Tom is…. (facebook and my generation)
By Tom Teicholz at 29 January, 2009, 1:54 pm
Tommywood is … Tom is … on Facebook. Aren’t you? If you read this column online and are not on Facebook, you will soon be.
The Facebook wave has now washed over my generation, the “late baby boomers.” In the last two months, the number of people in my crowd who have just joined or who [...]
Bela & The Benz
By Tom Teicholz at 6 July, 2008, 9:52 pm
Hatschek Bela.
The very sound of my great-grandfather’s name brings a smile to my face.
In
Hungarian, last names go first, so although Bela was his first name, he
has always been Hatschek Bela to me — all one name — a legendary
figure in our family, a celebrated forebear about whom my mother and
grandmother told stories.
He was [...]