Category Archives: Personal

Fighting With Your Betters

I often have conflicts with people who are my superiors. They’re not just more successful in life (they’re married with children) than me, they’re finer. Kinder. More mentchy. More moral. More Jewish. More knowledgeable of Torah. It leaves me with … Continue reading

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The Disposable Single Man

I’m reading a book about mercenaries in Iraq called Big Boy Rules. On page 83, the author Steve Fainaru writes: “Sometimes Cote would say it didn’t really matter if something happened to him, because he didn’t have a wife, or … Continue reading

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A Good Person

“I once offered to give part of my lung to a dying boy,” he told her. “Why would you do that?” she asked. “That’s serious. Please don’t ever do that.” “I wanted to prove I was a good person,” he … Continue reading

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‘Levi, Have You Seen My Lapdancers?’

I often get off the 10 Freeway at Robertson Blvd and have to pass by this den of iniquity — Skin, a strip club at 3388 Robertson. Here’s a strip club right next door to the burning heart of Modern … Continue reading

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I Won’t Be Giving Gifts This Hanukkah

Instead I’ll be sending the most important people in my life links to my favorite blog posts about myself. Happy holidays! I won’t be participating in the commercialization of the sacred.

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