My dear friend Yitzchak, a courageous new immigrant from South Carolina, invited me to his “swearing in ceremony” in that he and his fellow soldiers pledge their loyalty to The State of Israel and her Army. I remember the ceremony from my army hours and was eager to see the shining look of pride and [...]
I recently came across a zine about bisexuality called Anything That Moves. Ha! I love it. The stereotype that bisexuals will pursue “anything that moves” is prevalent and, I think, the cause of a fair bit of anxiety from within the community. The zine isn’t publishing anymore, probably because the staff was too busy [...]
Frum women dangle. Their car keys, usually attached to photos of their children and grandchildren, their house keys, iPod, supermarket card and gym locker tokens are all hanging off them. In one hand they are holding clunky wallets brimming with credit cards, dry cleaning receipts, parking tickets and cash.
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Man, somehow I woke up this morning and walked into the mid â80s. Thatâs how it felt, anyway, after I found a pamphlet from Mother Jones, circa 1981. For the record, 1981 predates meânot by much, but a bitâand so I count reading such material as history, normally. But this timeâ¦I donât know.
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My friend Roni saw me on my way to the pool last week and was surprised to see where I was going. “You? Swimming during the nine hours? I’m shocked! Even I don’t swim during the nine hours.” She was referring to the well-known custom of refraining during the week before Tisha b’Av from pleasurable [...]
Our tierce call was to the local council land for a middle senesced adult male who was, seemingly, feeling down and self. Nowadays I like psychiatric affected roles. Mayhap it’s because I’m a spot buggy excessively, but I appear to have a sure phylogenetic relation with them and oft encounter myself having retentive, careworn extinct [...]
Earth…Fire..Wind…Water…Skipper Major planet? With our powerfulness united we can de-throne…Google? Maintain dream Chawbacon. Last hebdomad, Microsoft, a mega-brand itself, position extinct an cancelled to purchase Hayseed for USD 44.6 000 000 000.
In a relocation to seek and de-throne Google, Microsoft got the tremendous command trusting Chawbacon chief Krauthead Yang would come up to his [...]