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Category Archives: Personal
Excuse Me If I Don’t Feel Sorry For Those Whose Jobless Benefits Have Run Out
I can’t believe some people collected 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. Sweet! I’m self-employed. There’s no bailout nation for me. I have to make my own way in the world. So I don’t feel sorry for those whose generous nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged bailout, jobless benefits, pigs, public trough, unemployment benefits
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Torah Weirdo
A few years ago in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, Aish HaTorah rabbi Aryeh Markman called me a “Torah weirdo.” I felt hurt at first but then Chaim Amalek told me he loved the phrase and so I learned … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad, Personal
Tagged Aish HaTorah, departmental budget, jewish month, mcgill university, month of shevat, royal victoria hospital
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Facebook Is Good
FB: My therapist wants me to think about the ways I self-sabotage. Suggestions anyone? # Rabbi Hershel Rabbs Remer Clean up your chat room 55 minutes ago · LikeUnlike · # Luke Ford But I like Shira and Leslie! 55 … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Personal
Tagged brigham young university, byu professors, julianne holt, plos medicine, self sabotage, strange addiction
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Nasty Piece Of Work
I think I’m a nasty piece of work — angry, vengeful, and spiteful. I am so ashamed. I hate who I am much of the time. Thank the good L-rd my psycho-therapists don’t view me this way. They all look … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Psychology
Tagged brokenness, dirty deeds, looking for love, nasty piece of work, sadness, sinner
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He Called Me Levi!
My Hebrew name is “Levi Ben Avraham.” My goyisha name is Luke Carey Ford. When Orthodox Jews, particularly Orthodox rabbis, call me “Luke” or “Mr. Ford”, I always feel like I am in trouble. Why? Because I can’t reconcile the … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged carey ford, lashon hara, luke ford, orthodox jew, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbi
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