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Tag Archives: beard
I’m Thinking Of Oiling My Beard
Outside of therapy today, I sat in the sun next to a guy with a big ol’ gash on his left ear. It was all bloody. We got to talking as I tend to do around people with bloody ears. … Continue reading
Goy Joy Lives – I’m Meditating Live On My Cam To Abstract Sanskrit Chants
From my live cam: guest7: You now have two traditions where wisdom is associated with a beard: Hinduism and Judaism. Now if you embrace Islam, you’ll be on your way to embracing beard-loving religions. guest7: What’s your next beard-loving tradition … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Yoga
Tagged beard, beards, chants, hindu deity, Hinduism, Judaism, live cam, loving religion
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Buying Men Plants
From my live chat: guest63: Now men are comparing women to dogs that we buy you balloons so "mark our territory"? If we wanted to mark our territory, we would star decorating your apartments, or buy a plant so you … Continue reading
Posted in Dating
Tagged Apartments, beard, blue flowers, chatroom, dogs, Emma, live chat, nbsp, plant person, plants, question index, sunscreen, yahoo
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At The Top Of Every Hour, I’m Gonna Pop A Balloon Until My Demands Are Met
From my live cam: Video palestine4ever: This is literally music that terminally depressed housewives murder children to. BackToBlack: i beg of you KILL ME palestine4ever: I can see Andrea Yates putting on one of Luke’s Mellow Gold K-Tel records and … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged agony, andrea yates, balloon, balloons, beard, bladder, blue eyes, compilation, e card, every ten minutes, gonna pop, haircut, hell, housewives, k tel, lector, live cam, mellow gold, murder children, murderer, Music, nbsp, sweatpants, tap, tv commercials
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Why Are Jews So Crazy?
palestine4ever: hello Mr. Luke. palestine4ever: Why are Jews so crazy? palestine4ever: I’m not female but if I was, I still cannot wrap my head around a rabbi seduction fantasy. palestine4ever: Pun intended. palestine4ever: It’s like writing erotic fan fiction about … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Semitism, assault with a deadly weapon, basketball fan, beard, bertie ahern, better days, cultural understanding, disco duck, fan fiction, gerald ford, greatest sports, hate crime, humble folks, Jews, nbsp, police report, pun, rabbi, seduction, tall blacks, teenagers, twink, wig
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When Did You Last See Your Father?
This was the third terrific film I’ve seen in three nights. Video It’s a smart British number. Their storytelling ethos is more pessimistic than the American and it usually strikes me as smarter. Here’s a comment on the film from … Continue reading
Posted in Hollywood
Tagged aplomb, audience, beard, blake morrison, brilliance, british film industry, british films, childhood memories, cinema, colin firth, dad, deathbed, emotional connection, emotions, inevitability, intimate feelings, jim broadbent, sarah lancashire, storytelling, telly
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Emma’s Great California Vacation
From my live cam chat: Emma: You know…. Emma: I think its time for a trim YourMoralLeader: trim of what? Emma: Of… Emma: Your… Emma: Beard…….. YourMoralLeader: charisma? Emma: lol YourMoralLeader: I’d lose my moral strength YourMoralLeader: like samson Emma: … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged admin user, beard, boss, broadcaster, california vacation, charisma, Emma, feast of weeks, hairs, jewish calendar, kindness, lass, live cam chat, lol, moral strength, nbsp, Passover, rabbi, sefira, shavuot
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I’m Live In My Chat Room With Rabbi Gadol
From my chat room: RabbiG: I’m here to do an audit. RabbiG: Tzitzit – check. RabbiG: Keepah – check RabbiG: Beard – it grows jonnie: But I like his cheeky smile RabbiG: Virtuous women in chat room – check QuixoticLass: … Continue reading
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Tagged aramaic, beard, chat room, cheeky smile, Education, Emma, gadol, grits, hebrew, lulav, nbsp, neighbour, ql, rabbi, Rabbis, resonance, resonant frequency, rooster, talmud, utensil, vibrations, virtuous women, yorkshire, yorkshire terrier
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My Crucifixion & Resurrection
Tearing down the temple. Throwing out the money changers. Flipping off the beit din! Justification by faith! Sanctification! The Heavenly Sanctuary! Judging the saints! Look at my erection! I can’t be more specific. I know you want the goss, but … Continue reading
Posted in Passover, Personal
Tagged aaron wildavsky, american judaism, beard, canaan, chat room, cheap grace, close friends, davening, Emma, emotions, hartman, holy days, hovel, job, loser, minyan, mommy, money, origins of judaism, Passover, perverts, rabbi arthur, religious community, rise of islam, sephardi, shmura matza, shul, shuls, tradition, weirdos
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Feeling My Age
So three women in their twenties call me Saturday night and invite me to go out with them. I dress up in my Saturday night finest and after an hour or so of chit chat, they’re ready to hit the … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged Alcohol, beard, blog, chit chat, Drugs, few minutes, girls, goodbyes, heart, horizons, saturday night, stages of grief, three women
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