Category Archives: Personal

Message in a Bottle

I met Sony exec Jane* at Adat Shalom on a Friday night in the Spring of 1999. Afterward, our Traveling Shabbat singles group arrived at some apartment where I got to talk to her more. She was a smart brunette, … Continue reading

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People Only Try To Set Me Up With Age-Appropriate Women

By age appropriate, I mean 45 years and older. A friend: Yeah, and isn’t that depressing? “Stop looking at that tasty fresh peach over there and take a bit out of this old moldy one the dog was sitting on.”

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Rebel Without A Shul

A friend messages: I downloaded a sample of your memoir on my iPhone. Fifteen different forwards. Is Cathy Seipp writing a new one for the ebook edition? You should ask Dennis Prager. I think it would read something like this … Continue reading

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Hard To Read

I love being around people who are easy to read. I love people who don’t have double-agendas. I love people like the director of my Alexander Technique training school. Just straight-forward. I’m the opposite of this. I’m devious and under-handed. … Continue reading

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My Mother Always Warned Me

My mother always warned me I’d end up like Jack Nicholson’s character in Carnal Knowledge. I just want a woman to call me, “the most powerful man in the world.” My old staple, “My moral leader” is just not cutting … Continue reading

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