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Tag Archives: Alexander Technique
A Conversation In Norwalk
Friday. 12:30 pm. I’m hanging out at a Starbucks on Pioneer and Firestone in Norwalk. I’ve drunk several iced green teas and I’m feeling good for the first time in a month. Outside, the LA County Sheriff’s department has blocked … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Technique, Personal
Tagged aa degree, Alexander Technique, good posture, green teas, la county sheriff, murder weapon, norwalk
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He Says/She Says
8:30 am. She’s driving to work. "Honey, you forgot to leave money on the table last night." "Hey," he says, "women should pay me for ***." "Though that’s probably the most degrading thing for a woman," she says, "I would … Continue reading
Posted in Holly Randall, Jews, Personal
Tagged Alexander Technique, body massage, masculine energy, pronged attack, quot quot, weak point
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The Odor
"I’ve got everything," he said to her. "I’ve got a weirdly comfortable bed. I’ve got chocolate almond milk. I’ve got a big bag of parsley in the frig. I’ve got a candle going for the Maccabee children." "What?" she said. … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Sex
Tagged Alexander Technique, almond milk, chocolate almond, fantasy life, maccabee, powerful women
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Despite Swollen Knee, Brave Blogger Still Declares Himself 100%
I injured my right knee racing across Pico Blvd in 2002 after a first date with a girl at Milk n Honey. We were driving separately to that great theater on Sunset Blvd, the Arclight. Ever since then, my knee … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, fascitis, sunset blvd, swollen knee, top of my game, yoyos
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Dinner With My Best Friend From High School
Shannon shows up at 8:20 pm, twenty minutes late. I met him in the fall of 1982. We lived a mile from each other, a mile outside of Auburn, CA. I used to get rides to school with him. Shannon … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, auburn ca, cool kids, four inches, grand mesa, mesa arizona, pico blvd, twenty minutes
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‘But I Wear A Yarmulke…’
D. emails: You whingeing little ponce! You write, "I wear a yarmulke and tzitzit and a beard and people still ask me if I’m Jewish." You’re NOT Jewish. A self-administered conversion doesn’t count. Rabbi Union was right. You’re a deceitful … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, dear old dad, fair dinkum, sunny jim, tzitzit, Yarmulke
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The Kundalini Glow
Cathy Seipp said I was the most cynical person she knew. Cathy was a cynical journalist who knew a lot of cynical people. I felt proud. I went to yoga today and again it stared me in the face that … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Yoga
Tagged Alexander Technique, cathy seipp, cynical journalist, kundalini yoga, yoga class
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What I Want To Give To My Wife
I’ve been listening to Orthodox psychologist Lisa Aiken and she encourages singles to think about the qualities they’d bring to a marriage. So here’s what I’d give to my wife: * My fidelity * My reliability * My friends and … Continue reading
Posted in Marriage, Personal
Tagged Alexander Technique, brilliance, chills, distorted view, good listening skills, lisa aiken, personal growth
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More Attuned
A friend yesterday said I had become funnier since I started studying Alexander Technique. That I was more attuned to the people around me and therefore was more likely to say things they’d find amusing rather than offensive. I had … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, diseased mind, effusions, moshiach, std test, Torah
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