Question --- How many fellow Kossacks have you met in "Real Life"
I have been lucky enough to have met many people from this here website. :)My first encounter with people was when I was living in Houston and I met several local Houston folks… and then I met many...
View ArticlePrivilege of the "Week" #9: Real Life
(This is an ongoing series in which I identify ways that I benefit from non-economic privilege, generally from being straight, white, and male. Sometimes only the “straight” will matter, or only the...
View ArticleWest Side Story--Just as relevant today as when it first came out:
West Side Story, a very famous late-1950’s Broadway stage musical based on Romeo & Juliet, which was made into a spectacular motion picture after Walter Mirisch bought the rights to the film...
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Dvar Torah: Parashat Ekev - complexity and practicality... (+ series calendar).
This week’s Torah reading is parashatEikev(Ekev) Devarim(Deut.) 7:12–11:25, 2nd Haftarah of Consolation Isaiah 49:14–51:3 To start with, a few key passages and quotations:[1]►Devarim 11:יט...
View ArticleAny TV show line you quote in real life often?
I am one of those folks who enjoyed Seinfeld. I know from prior diaries that I have written here it is one of those shows that people either enjoyed a lot or did not like it at all.One of the reasons...
View ArticleIn the end, we all come home
I was thinking about something today while waiting to tee off on the ninth hole of a fairly crowded Thursday golf course. Pace of play was slow. The hot, muggy weather was kinda sorta miserable. But...
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