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Category Archives: Personal
Moments Of Sheer Terror In Daily Life
I’m experiencing these moments of sheer terror throughout the day. I’ve noticed this fear coming on the past few years. Today I had to tell somebody over the phone that I couldn’t help him. As I struggled to get this … Continue reading
I Think I’m Manic
I keep getting out of bed to blog and to update my Facebook. Can’t sleep. I want to organize a rally at Dodger Stadium against the internet. Please share this on your FB. Sponsorship opportunities are still available! This will … Continue reading
Let The Jew In!
I was driving east down Olympic Blvd yesterday afternoon when I noticed a Jew in a yarmulke in a crap car waiting to turn into my lane. I stopped and let him in. If he hadn’t been wearing a yarmulke, … Continue reading
Flowers For Shabbos!
On the Friday before Shuvuot, I went to Elat Market to buy grapes and parsley and there was this adorable single young woman outside hawking “flowers for Shabbos.” She was so cute and so tznious (modest) at the same time! … Continue reading
What Is My Primary Mission In Life?
For most of the time since I was eight years old, I’ve felt like my primary mission in life was to write. I started blogging in 1997 and started weekly psycho-therapy in 1998. All of my therapists have seen vast … Continue reading
All Defects Of Character
Alcoholic Anonymous started 72 years ago yesterday. Step Six of the Twelve Steps is: “We’re entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” I’ve not been able to surrender to this step yet. I have too many … Continue reading
Living Out A Chaim Potok Novel
When I was 14 and 15 (1980-1981), my family and I read all (or almost all) of Chaim Potok‘s novels about Judaism. They reminded us of what dad had gone through with the legalistic — in our view — Seventh-Day … Continue reading
Blogging As Self-Defense
One reason I loved coming to California in 1977 was that there was no corporal punishment in the schools. In Australia, I got hit regularly. Teachers would smack my hand with a ruler when I was bad. Sometimes the ruler … Continue reading
Women Who Have Fathers-In-Law Are Married
I just learned in therapy that when a woman has a father-in-law, it means she’s married. I thought it just meant that she has a step-dad. Oy! So many elementary social cues that I miss, like a Ladies Room is … Continue reading
I Miss Going To Work
It’s Friday. I have the day off. And I’m sad. I wish I was at work. I have friends there. My boss is cool. We sing songs much of the day, inventing our own lyrics about the obstacles facing the … Continue reading