Happy Father’s Day
Bruin Camp 2012 We headed out of town on fathers day, That’s pretty rude of us I’d have to say. We thought we’d take this time, To try and make it better. We’re very glad you came here to … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Humor
Treadmill Placebo
We finally found a spot for the treadmill where it would be safe from the elements, and this comforting thought alone would stop our bodies from storing reassuring fat… Let’s eat!!!
Happy 21 Beerthday Daniel
The Fart of Yoga
Maui Channel Swim Route
Photos Maui Channel Swim Story
Imma’s Supersonic Birthday 2010
Perspective
Not Much About Anything
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Shopping for Inspiration
Our weekly writing assignment recommended that we ‘experiment with senses you tend to ignore by going to a supermarket with no intention of shopping, and concentrating on listening’ ‘I always go to supermarkets with no intention of shopping’ I thought … Continue reading
Writers Block
I wake again in our bedroom, vouchsafed another day, ‘Vouchsafed’ is a verb, or so it seems; that’s all I know of what it means. But if I guess I might be wrong, the story might become too long. Despite … Continue reading
Homesick
Who knows when this letter will find you…
Cultivating a Mate
Rehabilitating the culturally derailed is as delicate a task. It is a slow and painful process, which requires patience and compassion of the highest order, testing determination and faith as one faces heart-breaking defeats, which overshadow what little progress is … Continue reading
What are Kids For
My son Daniel greeted me when I returned from Stanford where I participate in a continuing studies class on Thursday night: – How did it go? – I got in trouble with the teacher; she wants to see my parents … Continue reading
Adds Moves and Changes
The events described herein span the period from May to September 2005. Not everything that happened is included, but what is included did happen. Yeela was discharged from the IDF after two and a half year of service and came … Continue reading
A Man’s House is his Castle
I have had quite some time to contemplate the empty house these past few days. During this time I have reflected on the obvious, the almost-obvious, the somewhat-obscure and the completely-incomprehensible. As I was sorting through these reflections I came … Continue reading
Flying with American Airlines
You don’t expect much from the airlines these days. All you really want is to get wherever you are going with dignity. At one end of the spectrum you find some airlines which have really ‘sucked it up’ and do … Continue reading
Evolution of Educating (or Daniel’s Bar Mitzvah Tales)
Full media coverage Daniel was born a few weeks after Yeela’s spelling test. Very few families remember a spelling test that took place thirteen years prior. We remember because it was the first and last time that I ‘helped’ Yeela … Continue reading
Guiding Love
Showing sentiment towards the opposite sex is a challenge for eleven years old boys. At such an age one is expected to prefer one’s masculine clan and shun girls without remorse. Relations between the sexes at this age is a … Continue reading
Analysts
When I was first told that I would be going on an ‘analyst tour’ all that concerned me was the fact that I would be away from home for a few days. I didn’t stop to think what analysts really … Continue reading
Spring Cleaning
With spring upon us the time was right to ‘make some changes’. Not that I could ever understand why this has to happen every spring, (‘we changed that sofa last spring’) but that’s just the way it is. This year … Continue reading
Independence
It’s 12:24 AM. I am in Yeela’s room staring at the energies coming from the bend in the road. Doing exactly what the Ma-asah-lee ordered and listening to the mixer in the kitchen. To the novice reader this seems like … Continue reading