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Category Archives: Personal
What’s Social Status?
I write frequently about social status — I feel keenly that I don’t have enough — and people keep asking me what I mean by “social status”. America is supposedly a classless society. What do I mean by terms like … Continue reading
My Evening In The Sun
Late one Friday afternoon in June 1988, I was 22, I picked up Student of the Year awards in Communications and Political Science (shared) at Sierra Community College. A couple of hundred people showed up, including my step-mom. My teachers … Continue reading
I Live In Fantasy
With the exception of my best friend, the Lakewood Rav, my favorite poster in Torah Talks over the past two years has been “Garden Fun.” From her sensitive perceptive remarks and thoughtful little gifts, I could tell she was a … Continue reading
Why Don’t You Accept Me?
I think the dominant motif running through my brain over the past 40 years has been, “F*** you, f*** you, f*** you, f*** you, why don’t you accept me? And why don’t you accept my father?” All the while, I … Continue reading
Message In A Bottle II
My mother died just before I turned four. I’ve often wondered why she didn’t leave me a note to read upon turning 18 or upon getting married or upon some momentous occasion in my life. If she had written something … Continue reading
Message in a Bottle
I met Sony exec Jane* at Adat Shalom on a Friday night in the Spring of 1999. Afterward, our Traveling Shabbat singles group arrived at some apartment where I got to talk to her more. She was a smart brunette, … Continue reading
People Only Try To Set Me Up With Age-Appropriate Women
By age appropriate, I mean 45 years and older. A friend: Yeah, and isn’t that depressing? “Stop looking at that tasty fresh peach over there and take a bit out of this old moldy one the dog was sitting on.”
Rebel Without A Shul
A friend messages: I downloaded a sample of your memoir on my iPhone. Fifteen different forwards. Is Cathy Seipp writing a new one for the ebook edition? You should ask Dennis Prager. I think it would read something like this … Continue reading
Hard To Read
I love being around people who are easy to read. I love people who don’t have double-agendas. I love people like the director of my Alexander Technique training school. Just straight-forward. I’m the opposite of this. I’m devious and under-handed. … Continue reading
My Mother Always Warned Me
My mother always warned me I’d end up like Jack Nicholson’s character in Carnal Knowledge. I just want a woman to call me, “the most powerful man in the world.” My old staple, “My moral leader” is just not cutting … Continue reading