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Category Archives: Personal
To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before
The only good thing about growing old (aside from a growing sense of serenity) is that all the chicks who’ve rejected you are getting old too and no longer have the ability to hurt you. I’ve lost my head over … Continue reading
Is My Blog Certified Kosher By The Orthodox Rabbis Of Los Angeles?
I heard Orthodox rabbi Yitz Greenberg say that while Israel should be more moral than other nations, if it insisted on being 100% more moral, it would be dead. It should instead strive for something achievable and survivable, such as … Continue reading
Steve Young Is The Only NFL Player To Ask Me My Name
Between 1985 and 1987, I covered three summers of San Francisco 49er training camp (at my college, Sierra Community College in Rocklin, CA) and two 49er games (a loss to New Orleans and a defeat of Dallas in the 1985 … Continue reading
I Have Nothing To Fear From An Economic Collapse
From my live cam: ChaimAmalek: Luke, the good thing about your circumstances is that should the nation’s economy collapse, you would not feel a thing ChaimAmalek: The high-hat Jews you seek to hobnob with, on the other hand . . … Continue reading
Have I Changed Over 11 Years Of Blogging?
My discussion with Marc Gafni:
I’m Singing In Avshalom Katz’s Choir On Rosh Hashanah At Beth Jacob
I’ll be doing a solo number from the bima, an acoustic hip hop Hebrew version of Quiet Riot’s "We’re Not Going To Take It Anymore." ChaimAmalek: WHERE WILL YOU PRAY? ChaimAmalek: This does not look like a man who is … Continue reading
‘He’s Like A Little Lamb’
A friend calls: "Everything hurts him. He’s got a soft heart. He protects women. You’re like a wolf. He’s protecting the women from you. He’s a lamb. Be nice to him. He has a heavy heart." "He’s going to have … Continue reading
Storm Clouds Gather Over My Former Shul
I just went outside and noticed a collection of battle ships sailing across the sky to my former shul, threatening to rain down thunder and lightning. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, the bailout bill failed, and on Wall Street, the Dow … Continue reading
‘May You Have A Sweet Year’
A lot of people have come out of the woodwork of late to wish me a good year. Some of them actually mean it. They actually believe that our fate for the next year will be sealed during the next … Continue reading