Daily Archives: December 25, 2012

When Should You Ask A Date About Her Credit Score?

On the first date? I think a credit score, better than any other score, approximates somebody’s character. Mine is about 720. The New York Times reports: The credit score, once a little-known metric derived from a complex formula that incorporates … Continue reading

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Artscroll Vs Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin

In his third lecture on Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: I expected Obama to win. I did not vote for him. Rav Zevin wrote Ha’moadim Be’halachah – halachic studies of the Jewish festivals. When this … Continue reading

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The Decline And Fall Of Newspapers

Many of my friends lost their jobs in journalism over the past decade, and when we get together, we reminisce about our rah-rah days. I do not side, however, with those who believes that the primary reason for the loss … Continue reading

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I Don’t Have A Problem That Can’t Be Solved With The Right Connections

When I was lost in the desert of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the early ’90s, I developed this conviction that if I stayed where I was (living with my parents), I would never get well. I had to connect with … Continue reading

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My GF Threw A Sticky Gob Of Peanut Butter At Me!

I normally fall for women who appear to have their lives more together than I do. I fall for doctors and lawyers and executives. I’m attracted to women with my father’s traits of iron will, determination, education, success, strength, juggling … Continue reading

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