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How Can I Compete With Asian Ecstasy Massages?
Right next to my lofty Alexander Technique headquarters at Alexander90210.com are four Asian establishments offering happy endings. And I can’t compete with their prices or their customer service. Rubmaps.com, so you know it’s accurate, lists four Asian massage joints in … Continue reading
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Why Men Cheat – A Debate Between Dennis Prager And Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Are men naturally polygamous? Find out on January 13th when besteselling author Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and radio talk show host Dennis Prager debate the topic live at Temple Beth Am. WHEN: January 13 @ 8pm WHERE: Temple Beth Am
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We Must Write What We Can Only Whisper
I imagine things from her perspective: I met him in yoga in early January. He came in late. He looked a mess. He wore sweats. He had a beard and a yarmulke and tzitzit hanging out. He was looking for … Continue reading
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Lukeford.net Summer Internships Available
Lukeford.net proudly offers the best, brightest and bustiest female student journalists an opportunity to work this summer with the web’s most prestigious blogger on all things Jewish. Qualified applicants must be: Female. Between the ages of 18 and 29. Able … Continue reading
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Movie Producer Lynda Obst
I first encountered Lynda Obst in 1996 at the Borders book store on La Cienega Blvd near the Beverly Center. I’d read her memoir Hello, He Lied and she came in to give a reading. As any regular reader of … Continue reading
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No Country For Old Cars
"There will be blood," I worried Wednesday morning and emailed Amy Alkon for a ride to David Rensin‘s party tonight at the LA Press Club. Twice I’d emailed the club my RSVP and eight times my emails came back to … Continue reading
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