Daily Archives: April 18, 2010

You Shouldn’t Read Blogs

From a Torah perspective, blogs just don’t seem kosher. I have an instinctive reaction against women as Orthodox rabbis. It just doesn’t seem right. Similarly, blogs that talk about other people, it just doesn’t seem right. That’s what the goyim … Continue reading

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I’m Not Rebuilding, I’m Reloading

I know I have not been blogging much the past three months. That will change in time. I don’t know when, but in theory I remain as committed to my writing as ever. My blogging ebbs and flows. It depends … Continue reading

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Joshing

“You can’t talk to girls the same way you talk to guys,” my father often told me. He was right. I tend to talk to guys in competitive put-downs. There’s a highly ritualized component to this. With certain friends, almost … Continue reading

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