Category Archives: Personal

If I Had A Job, Today Would Be Hump Day

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Luke Ford

My friend Daniel says: “If you had a job, every day would be hump day.”

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Asian Massage Parlors Steal My Alexander Technique Clients

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Luke Ford

I teach a lofty cognitive-based system to help people notice and to let go of their interfering patterns of muscular tension but I’m losing my clients to cheap thrill digital release Asian massage parlors promising ecstasy for just $100. How … Continue reading →

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A Photo Of A Teenage Rebbe Swimming Topless

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Luke Ford

In his second lecture on R. Meir Simcha of Dvinsk for Torah in Motion, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: “I am in possession of a lengthy autobiography of an important rosh yeshiva who is no longer alive. This autobiography … Continue reading →

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Marvin The Orthodox Menace

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Luke Ford

My friend Cathy Seipp died five years ago today. Cathy’s daughter Maia Lazar writes: Marvin could not concentrate on the Rashi script. The cantor was not good that day, and the lighting was very dim. Plus, the woman next to … Continue reading →

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Why Is Luke Not Married?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Luke Ford

Greg Leake emails: Hi Luke, On the last Torah Talks at the end you asked, “Why am I not married?” Obviously, you were bouncing off the obscenity comedy that you were advancing prior to the question. I don’t know whether … Continue reading →

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