Category Archives: Personal

My Dad’s Favorite Expressions

Here’s what I remember from childhood: * He’s a fine Christian gentleman but he doesn’t read enough. * Be sure your sins will find you out. * You might only learn through pain. * I don’t give a cracker for … Continue reading

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‘We Can’t Take This’

The other day, I ran into a woman I went out with once. We were friends for years. It’s been about a decade since I saw her last. And as I walked away, I was thinking, I hope I had … Continue reading

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Talking Eroticized Rage With Yoshi Obyashi

Luke Ford goes on Yoshi Obyashi’s show 3/6/13 to talk to Joey Kurtzman and Lilit Arvahi about his one man play “Eroticized Rage” about sex and love addiction, eroticized rage, and the intimacy disorder that underlies such symptoms, the fundamental … Continue reading

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I Wanted To Be Holier Than Dennis Prager

Listening to Dennis Prager on KABC radio beginning in August of 1988 turned me on to Judaism. I read Prager’s book The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism and by December of 1989, I had decided to convert. With a … Continue reading

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Karma Is Coming!

What’s the dramatic conflict for my play? Will I realize that emotional addictions are ruining my life? What’s the problem the narrator is dealing with at the beginning of the story? Helpless rage and disconnection from others. What does he … Continue reading

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