Category Archives: Personal

Fixations, Fascinations & Fetishes

I have a friend, a truly gentle soul, who tells me: So this makes me angry. A woman may say, "Tell me what’s on your mind. Tell me your deepest darkest fantasies." So finally one day you tell her. You … Continue reading

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I’ve Become A Hit On VDare!

VDare.com is dedicated to maintaining the United States as a majority white culture. Patrick Cleburne blogs for VDare.com: On Friday we carried “Jews Are Disproportionately Involved In Every Kind Of Insanity” -Stephen Steinlight. This is a selection from a very … Continue reading

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The Essence Of The Alexander Technique

I was lying down in yoga the other night watching the rest of the class crumple their lower backs by bending backwards 20 degrees. Then I watched them thrash about in all sorts of exercises that debauched their kinesthesia while … Continue reading

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She Put Her Hands Over Her Ears

I was reciting kiddish Friday night with great fervor and this woman put her hands over her ears. Oy vey! Maybe I should ask Rabbi Y.Y. Rubinstein for help with my kiddish singing.

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If I’m Stroking My Beard, I’m Probably Lying

I find myself — when I am saying things I do not mean — stroking my beard excessively. This habit has grown to the point where I almost can’t lie unless I pull on my beard. How on earth did … Continue reading

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Los Angeles Times Book Festival Sunday

I walk around the UCLA campus feeling not quite in control, that at any minute I might take my pen and stab someone. I’m a dangerous man. My first panel is at 10:30 am — "Laugh Track — moderator Amy … Continue reading

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Shabbat Dinner

My friend Nechama* puts out the plastic cups. She drops several on the floor. She picks them up and puts them on the table. I seize those cups, take them to the sink, wash them out, and put them back … Continue reading

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Ten Pretty Young Women Ministered To Me

I was a specimen this afternoon at an acupuncture college. Ten students — all female — asked me questions about my every ache and pain as well as my views on Alexander Technique and Kundalini Yoga. It was the greatest … Continue reading

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She Showed Me The Grand Canyon

"Here," she said, "I want to show you something." She took my hand and parted the sky and there was the Grand Canyon. From where I stood, it pulsed pink in the twilight. I felt shy and shocked. I was … Continue reading

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