Category Archives: Personal

I’m Tired Of Dating Girls From Broken Homes

Pick-up artist and author Neil Strauss told me that he does not date women from broken homes. They don’t know how to love the opposite sex. I found that a fascinating insight. At the grand old age of 44, I … Continue reading

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I’ve Been Dreaming About My Wedding Day

Apikoros Supremacist emails: Yo Dude, I give you some material and you publish it without giving me your most righteously humble man credit! Where’s your Torah for all you knock rabbinical officialdom? I’ll be sending you some more of my … Continue reading

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The $300 Brake Job

I haven’t used one tank of gas this summer. I’ve been frugal with my driving. It helps that my brakes don’t work too well, almost to the point where I’ll open the door and drag my feet along the crowd … Continue reading

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An Advantage To Being Single

As a single man, I dream of having a great marriage. If I were married to someone of my level, my dream would be gone. I’d be stuck with reality, with the hard work of making a relationship work. I … Continue reading

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One man’s vegetarian journey from Seventh-Day Adventism to Orthodox Judaism

I am going to speak to a group of Jewish vegetarians in October. Vegetarianism is the last topic I thought I’d ever speak on. I’ve been a vegetarian all my life but never thought about it much. Here are the … Continue reading

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Sending Icebreakers On Frumster

So I just tried out Frumster for the first time. I used these search criteria: Age 25-45, anything goes. Divorced with kids, never married, whatever. I can’t believe how much anxiety I am feeling. It was like being at an … Continue reading

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Cold Showers

I get up every weekday at 5:56 a.m. when my alarm sounds and I stumble into the shower and turn on a stream of cold water for 60 seconds (70 seconds when I am feeling particularly hardy). As I stood … Continue reading

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I Just Signed Up On Frumster

At Friday night dinner, I admitted to the host I had never been married. “And you’ve tried frumster?” he asked. “No, I haven’t,” I admitted. But now this is no longer true! I’m signed up on frumster. I have just … Continue reading

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The Movie ‘Greenberg’ Hit Too Close To Home

From IMDB: The film follows Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller), a 40-year-old man who has recently suffered a nervous breakdown and is now struggling to just “do nothing.” He returns to L.A., where he had grown up and had a semi-successful … Continue reading

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Neal Dublinsky ZT”L

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