Daily Archives: December 25, 2007

A Light For Greytowers

Posted on December 25, 2007 by Luke Ford

Does anyone know anything about this new movie? It’s not on IMDB and there’s little information about it on the net. The director is a regular at Chabad shuls in Pico-Robertson. A Light for Greytowers: the Movie Is Premiering at … Continue reading →

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Christmas Dinner With Lewis Fein At Pizza Station

Posted on December 25, 2007 by Luke Ford

Lewis picks me up. He drives a leased German luxury car with a navigation system — it’s I.G. Farben’s pace car — yet he lives in constant fear of destitution. He has no trust in the Almighty. He’s a secular … Continue reading →

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I Need To Be Deprogrammed

Posted on December 25, 2007 by Luke Ford

My friend says: I’m off my meds. Just a little xanax. The Torah is my medicine. You need to be deprogrammed. You’ve been influenced by a false messiah (Dennis Prager), you have a van, you live among zealots and you … Continue reading →

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Is Luke a Lonely Jew on Christmas?

Posted on December 25, 2007 by Luke Ford

I am often a lonely Jew on holidays, Jewish and goyish. It’s a reflection of my failure to develop meaningful relationships. I’m surrounded by beautiful people yet I starve. Holidays remind me of what an empty live I’ve constructed for … Continue reading →

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You are where you sleep, because where you sleep says to the world,

Posted on December 25, 2007 by Luke Ford

A good sentence from Taschen’s 2002 book "Cheap Hotels." From WorldHum: What are some of the things about a cheap room that make you, as you write in the book’s introduction, so “unexpectedly and inexplicably” happy? It happens when I … Continue reading →

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