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Tag Archives: three kids
Reconnecting With The Ex
I chat this afternoon with an ex-girlfriend from more than 15 years ago. She met me (I answered a singles ad her mom placed for her on a Messianic dating service) when I was really sick and she lifted my … Continue reading
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Tagged bedtime story, chores, chronic fatigue, divorces, ear drum, going to california, mixed nuts, shul, spiritual person, three kids
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‘Are You A Rabbi?’
At a succah party tonight, I ran into my yoga teacher. She has three kids who she sends to an Orthodox day school. Her four year old said to me, "You have a beard. You must be a rabbi." I … Continue reading
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Tagged doing science, flavored water, food coloring, three kids, yoga teacher
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My Dad Turned 80 Today
He’s had a good innings. Three kids, two grandkids, thousands of people who adore him. He’s the subject of a flattering new biography. I saw him a couple of months ago at Loma Linda University. I haven’t been back to … Continue reading
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Tagged dad, grandkids, loma linda university, new biography, three kids
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I Catch Up With My Best Friend From High School
We talk tonight for the first time in 16 years. We went to Placer High School together. Just before graduation, we made a movie together called "The Adventures of Shannon and Luke." I put it on YouTube. After graduation, I … Continue reading
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Tagged 25th anniversary, anniversary reunion, major surgery, placer high school, three kids
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Leah Kleim Interview
I want to understand the Leah Kleim (her real name) phenomenon. She seems to get more traffic than me on her blog. She posts the occasional topless photo to maximize her viewership and then uses it to out some sexual … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, bad reputation, being jewish, bitter pill, black babies, blog, Chabad, Crown Heights, dad, eleven years, Google, jew, Leah Kleim, phenomenon, pornography industry, preacher, quot quot, sexual predator, skirts, three kids, topless photo, Traffic, viewership, white picket fence, whore
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