Category Archives: Personal

Hit and Run

Monday night. I hear — via Pragertopia — Dennis Prager from that day’s show talk about what a low-life the hit-and-run driver is. He talks about the death of the American Idol hopeful Alexis Cohen. It’s 9:45 pm Tuesday. I’m … Continue reading

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Your Moral Leader Delivers Straight Talk About Sex

One of the scary parts of having a relationship is becoming vulnerable and pathetic. When you’re alone, you don’t have to confront your delusions. You can live in them. You can think you are funny and wise and biting when … Continue reading

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I Feel Like Peter Pan

I never want to grow up!

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The Supreme Leader On Pretty Serious Relationships

I recorded this video more than a month ago after a twenty-something friend told me that her new relationship was "pretty serious." This cut me to the quick as no girl has ever said about dating me that our relationship … Continue reading

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The Kundalini Glow

Cathy Seipp said I was the most cynical person she knew. Cathy was a cynical journalist who knew a lot of cynical people. I felt proud. I went to yoga today and again it stared me in the face that … Continue reading

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Next Time, No More Mr Nice Guy

I write out three pages of my thoughts every morning. Here are some excerpts from my journal: I picture myself at a reconciliation meeting with the rabbi. "What do you want to do differently this time around?" he asks. "This … Continue reading

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Batter My Heart For You

I fear I am wasting my life in a grand delusion, that writing is a refuge for the lonely, that my desires to feel superior interfere with my desires to connect. I fear I am not the greatest writer of … Continue reading

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I Want To Prosecute You For Love Crimes

I grew up with a father who had two PhDs. One was in Rhetoric. Dad could take neutral events and make you feel like they were war crimes. He could connect Abraham with Christmas. He could do almost anything rhetorically. … Continue reading

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Single Women Preferring Dogs To Men

I’ve noticed a lot of otherwise hot chicks are so into taking care of animals that they are too much trouble to date. They have so many animals around that their place is filled with fleas. Or you ask them … Continue reading

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My Glamorous Day

I ran around to four CVS Pharmacies with these instructions: Please make sure to purchase the CVS Essential Plus Liquid Nutrition in Chocolate flavor, and make sure the expiration date on each six pack is at least November 2009. And … Continue reading

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