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- The Index of His Father
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Category Archives: Personal
I’ve Had My Blackberry Curve For A Year
I don’t know how I lived without it. Thanks to my Curve, I was able to walk into my acupuncture last year knowing that I had been suspended from my shul just before Rosh Hashanah for outing Jewish Journal anonymous … Continue reading
I’m An Adrenalin Junkie
I don’t drink or smoke or lend my bum to other blokes, but I have a weakness for sex, money and power, particularly when they’re combined in one alluring scenario with a secretary in a power suit, black fishnet stockings … Continue reading
I’m Not As Bad As Richard Yates
Over Shabbos, I finished Blake Bailey’s superb biography of novelist Richard Yates. I love reading biographies of great writers because I usually find that they share my flaws and yet have done great things. It gives me hope. Yates had … Continue reading
John T. Bone
Gregory Conley emails: Luke, I know you’re done with porn journalism, but I felt the need to e-mail you. I’m working on a book about straight-to-video genre films, and I wanted an example of a guy known for filthy porn … Continue reading
Seeking Absolution For My Sins
Though I try to hold myself back in my interviews, when I feel like they are going well enough, I set my demons loose among the hens. For example, see this interview with Robert Cait and these two reports from … Continue reading
Who’s The Man Around Here?
I offered this woman a hug after her tough day at the corporate office and she said she had to go pump iron. Good thing I’m secure in my masculinity.
I Met An Amazing Physical Therapist – Lyn Paul Taylor
I’ve had heelspurs for nine years and a sore elbow for three years. And a lazy lob-on that inspires fear in most health care professionals (and many semi-pros as well). I went in today to Lyn Paul Taylor and got … Continue reading
I Feel Awkward
I bet normal people don’t walk around much of the time thinking, "I just did something horribly wrong. This was not ordinary wrong. This was unforgivable wrong. Boy, I burned that bridge. Oy vey, I was so inappropriate." I wonder … Continue reading
I’m Hosting My First Seder!
I’m so excited! I’ve never hosted a seder before. I’ve always been the guest. Now I’m taking ownership of my Judaism. And it will all be live on my cam! (Just kidding, rabbis.) Chaim Amalek emails: "Absolutely you should leave … Continue reading
Pssst! Wanna Watch Some Hate Speech?
Revver.com told me these videos violated their policies against hate speech: And this: Revver also classified this as hate speech: