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Category Archives: Personal
Mark Kramer – Baruch Dayan Emet
Mark Kramer got in touch with me after I was interviewed by the Village Voice in 1999. For the next year or so, he was a regular contributor to my website. I’d pay him about $30 a story. I couldn’t … Continue reading
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What’s Social Status?
I write frequently about social status — I feel keenly that I don’t have enough — and people keep asking me what I mean by “social status”. America is supposedly a classless society. What do I mean by terms like … Continue reading
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My Evening In The Sun
Late one Friday afternoon in June 1988, I was 22, I picked up Student of the Year awards in Communications and Political Science (shared) at Sierra Community College. A couple of hundred people showed up, including my step-mom. My teachers … Continue reading
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I Live In Fantasy
With the exception of my best friend, the Lakewood Rav, my favorite poster in Torah Talks over the past two years has been “Garden Fun.” From her sensitive perceptive remarks and thoughtful little gifts, I could tell she was a … Continue reading
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Why Don’t You Accept Me?
I think the dominant motif running through my brain over the past 40 years has been, “F*** you, f*** you, f*** you, f*** you, why don’t you accept me? And why don’t you accept my father?” All the while, I … Continue reading