Damn my keyboard! Software gremlins, spellcheck, auto-fill, failure to save, and utter carelessness enrages me. No matter what, every post is stained with a mistake, a typo, a missed word, or an inappropriate one. Sometimes you do things out of joy and not perfection. Bull puckey! “Keys” are needed to address the technological difficulties ofContinue reading “The Keys To Going Postal in February”
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Triskaidekaphobia: The Art of Looking Smart
Today, I am embracing the absurd. Stepping outside of my limited vocabulary, I am publishing this post which includes very difficult word that is completely outside my element: Triskaidekaphobia. One may ask, “why take the chance?” As someone believes that every day is an opportunity to improve oneself, I view this a legitimate stretch asContinue reading “Triskaidekaphobia: The Art of Looking Smart”
Of Crossing Over? Re’eh
I walk the line Johnny Cash Life comes with beginnings: a new school, a new job, a new love of one’s life. With the new comes the unknown. While we may possess some rudimentary grasp of what is to become, the unknown remains an element with each and every new encounter. What will the newContinue reading “Of Crossing Over? Re’eh”
Of Kamala Harris
While VP and Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris has been often criticized for “word salad,” nobody has taken the time to posit why she speaks that way. Many years ago in my Zelig like life, I encountered the possible POTUS at an earlier stage of her political career. This experience leads me to offer up aContinue reading “Of Kamala Harris”
It Could Have Been Eleven
But these go to eleven This is Spinal Tap The Prophet Zephaniah- whose book is located in the Hebrew Bible’s Book of Twelve Prophets-delivered some brilliant wisdom. This post-Torah scripture passage is Decalogue-worthy. If the Ten Commandments had not been written in stone and codified in the Torah, this Prophet’s declaration – in the spiritContinue reading “It Could Have Been Eleven”
Terms of Enragement
A week ago, I raged. With my mind filled with anger, I braced down for my head to explode and unleash a mushroom cloud of mental toxicity. This ire drawn from the many crazy biting news stories. Some apparently drew my soul’s blood. In desperation, I reached out to find my poisonous pen, the snakeContinue reading “Terms of Enragement”
In Every Generation A Light: Tetzaveh
“… you shall command the Children of Israel that they shall bring clear pressed olive oil to you for the light, to keep up a lamp always.” Exodus 27:20. The lighting of this lamp was “an eternal law through their generations from the Children of Israel.” Exodus 27. When leaving our houses, to save energy,Continue reading “In Every Generation A Light: Tetzaveh”
Anthony Robbins & The Torah; Shoftim
anthony robbins’ awaken the giant within profoundly changed my life. to be a success in the game of life, one not only needs to have goals, they also need a strategy to accomplish them. awaken the giant within integrates goal setting with goal completion. many people are full of regrets; i always hear more “iContinue reading “Anthony Robbins & The Torah; Shoftim”
The Worst Trait?
“It’s a jungle out there. You gotta look out for number one, but don’t step in number two.” rodney dangerfield no joke. it’s a jungle out there. in the world, your country, your state, your city, your neighborhood, and in your living quarters, it’s a jungle. the world, whether we like it or not, isContinue reading “The Worst Trait?”
To The 2023 Class , Your Commencement Speech Is Now Available: Ten Commandments’ Tale
last week, my nephew graduated college. over the past years, it was painful to hear about how much the pandemic impacted his college experience. despite moving away to go to college, he spent one of those years living at his home doing remote learning. for those similarly situated, you have my sympathy. many of theseContinue reading “To The 2023 Class , Your Commencement Speech Is Now Available: Ten Commandments’ Tale”
The Ten Commandments Project 