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We are becoming more dependent on Artificial Intelligence (AI), whether by choice or not. It knows when we’ve searched a site for information and then bombards us with more info. It steps into operating rooms to help perform surgery and offers legal advice, even without a degree, license or our permission.  We decided to take matters into our hands and pose five questions that interest us to see how helpful its advice might be with topics many of us have pondered and posed to expensive professionals. You judge the effectiveness of the responses to your own questions. Overall, we discovered...

Guilt. Most of us experience it at various times. It’s an emotion that can stick to us like a stamp to a letter (remember the line from the song, “My Guy” by Mary Wells). It hits us in actions, words, thoughts, writings and regrets. It’s always there, lurking and often festering in our psyches.    It can be exorcised.    First, accept that having guilt can be painful, but it is not all bad.     Really?    “Yes,” says Allison Schorr, a licensed clinical social worker in New York City, who says guilt can be handled in a healthy way and lead to positive change. “It’s a great time to take...

We read stories of fires and floods erupting fast, engulfing homes and people rushing to escape safely and save themselves and their pets, babies or elderly parents who might be living with them or visiting. But if you had one extra second to think and grab one object or maybe two, what would it be? We asked friends and family. Here’s a tip before we start and heaven forbid it might happen. Because we often keep our most precious belongings scattered around our homes or locked in a heavy safe that would be hard to tote, maybe we all should...

Saying “Yes, sir,” “Yes, ma'am,” “Thank you,” “Please,” are just good manners. These phrases of appreciation and respect were drilled into us as kids. However, we wonder if good decorum is a lost art as people nibble and lick their fingers at a buffet, double dip in a dip, let a door slam in your face, refuse to let you merge into traffic, grab the last cookie or bump into you without even saying, “So sorry, please excuse me.”  We feel it’s time to start a movement to make manners cool again. Hey, they're free, can be used anywhere and...

  The phone rings. You don’t recognize the number, but it’s your area code. It could be your doctor or the hospital’s main number. You had a recent surgery there. You think, “I hope there’s not an insurance problem.” You answer. It’s someone telling you that it's Medicare, and they start to ask for your Social Security number, date of birth and more. You are completely caught off guard. Fortunately, you bang down the phone and say nothing, just in case you are being recorded. That could come back to haunt you when they use your voice for a subsequent...