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Category Archives: Personal
All Defects Of Character
Alcoholic Anonymous started 72 years ago yesterday. Step Six of the Twelve Steps is: “We’re entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” I’ve not been able to surrender to this step yet. I have too many … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Hasidim, Judaism, Personal
Tagged 72 years, countless times, hole in my soul, m 46, misbehavior, train wreck
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Living Out A Chaim Potok Novel
When I was 14 and 15 (1980-1981), my family and I read all (or almost all) of Chaim Potok‘s novels about Judaism. They reminded us of what dad had gone through with the legalistic — in our view — Seventh-Day … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Jews, Personal
Tagged chaim potok, chaim potok novel, Dennis Prager, Don Etra, dustin hoffman, george bush at yale, henry waxman, jeremy kagan
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Blogging As Self-Defense
One reason I loved coming to California in 1977 was that there was no corporal punishment in the schools. In Australia, I got hit regularly. Teachers would smack my hand with a ruler when I was bad. Sometimes the ruler … Continue reading
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Women Who Have Fathers-In-Law Are Married
I just learned in therapy that when a woman has a father-in-law, it means she’s married. I thought it just meant that she has a step-dad. Oy! So many elementary social cues that I miss, like a Ladies Room is … Continue reading
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I Miss Going To Work
It’s Friday. I have the day off. And I’m sad. I wish I was at work. I have friends there. My boss is cool. We sing songs much of the day, inventing our own lyrics about the obstacles facing the … Continue reading
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