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Tag Archives: sleep
I Just Bought My Very Own CPAP Machine
Here it is! It is for my sleep apnea. My overnight sleep study revealed my apnea is worst when I am about to fall asleep, which is why I keep waking up gasping for breath, adrenalin racing. Once I’m sleeping … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Personal
Tagged cpap machine, sleep, sleep apnea, sleep study
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Leah Kleim’s Sister Died Of A Drug Overdose
Leah writes: "Today I got the call That my sister Rivka Devorah bas Yehudis Chana died of a drug over dose in her sleep. I got the call while my mother was on the way to identify the second daughter … Continue reading
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Tagged bas, drug overdose, Leah Kleim, sleep
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Why Don’t Orthodox Shuls Ever Start Their Shuvuot Learning Before 11 PM?
Some of us need our beauty sleep. Conservative shuls know how to do Shuvuot right. They tend to start around 9 pm. Beth Am on La Cienega and Olympic Blvds has a dynamic program.
Posted in Beth Am, Conservative Judaism, Orthodoxy, Pico/Robertson
Tagged dynamic program, la cienega, olympic, sleep
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What Makes A Man Angrier? Sex Deprivation Or Sleep Deprivation?
From my chat room: guest8: luke r u depressed that your bd is over? DiscoDuck: he doesn;t look good guest8: he has a hangover or a hangnail guest8: where are the balloons ?? did you pop them? YourMoralLeader: many of … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged amp, anger, balloon, bd, chat room, comic books, day break, deep sleep, discoduck, french child, hangover, Holocaust, kittens, lack of sex, lack of sleep, levi, librarian, neighborhood, passionate sex, reality show, sleep, sleep deprivation, steve wozniak, three books, where are the balloons
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New Indiana Jones Flick Blows
ChaimAmalek: Now, don’t bother seeing that new Indiana Jones movie. It blows ChaimAmalek: Nearly put me to sleep. palestine4ever: does it palestine4ever: Is it on a Star Trek IV level of suck? ChaimAmalek: Sad reminder that old men (like me) … Continue reading
Posted in Hollywood
Tagged action sequences, c span, eighties, flick, national treasure, nbsp, new indiana jones, new indiana jones movie, old dude, old men, sad reminder, seventies, sleep, spielberg, star trek, star wars, star wars prequels, tension, whales
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I Blogged All Night
I had to escape The shul was sticky and cruel Maybe I should have called you first But I was dying to get to you I was dreaming while I wrote The long straight post ahead, uh huh yea Could … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged fever, heart, Love, shul, sleep, straight post, sweet kisses
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Dignity Is A Jewish Virtue
So I can sleep at night, I like to whip myself on my blog until I’m bleeding. That way I don’t feel so bad about the gashes I deliver to others during the day. I feel that if I’m rougher … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged commitments, demons, dignity, foolishness, God, hammer, hands and feet, jewish tradition, lashon hara, nails, oblivion, oh wretched man, orthodox life, orthodox shul, pulpit, self flagellation, sleep, sleep sleep, thane rosenbaum, virtue
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Smart People
So I was planning to stay home tonight to work on myself (if a guy ever tells you that, it means he’s boffing someone else). But I got a last minute invite and went to see Smart People (at the … Continue reading
I’m Live On My Cam
Click here to join the fun. guest16: Emma should start searching for a cheap flight now… guest16: so she could spend her cash wining and dining you guest16: and buying you little trinkets YourMoralLeader: yay YourMoralLeader: her sis’s a travel … Continue reading
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Tagged breed horses, bride and groom, cheap flight, domestic goddess, Emma, futon, futton, groomer, hiya folks, horse breeder, hovel, jew, little trinkets, loughlin, money, nbsp, np, sleep, travel agent
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Jewish Convert Chick In Chicago
Chaviva writes: This is the short version of my path toward Judaism, up to the present. I could go on for hours about my 8th grade teacher and his unit on the Holocaust or the people at South Street Temple … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged armstong, bedroom walls, bible belt, chick, delicious meal, devout christians, dinner table, fifth grade, golden rule, grade teacher, heart and mind, Holocaust, Judaism, rsquo, sleep, sleep at night, south street temple, southern missouri, ted, vacation bible school
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