Jack Smith was a columnist for the Los Angeles Times for many years in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. His writing was wonderful and we read him faithfully, went to hear him speak and bough...Read More
Happy Pesah, Good Yontiv or Happy Passover Passover is when we Jews celebrate our escape from slavery in Egypt. The ritual for Passover follows the customary way that we celebrate all of our holidays....Read More
This idea is complicated and it might be completely wrong but I think it contains one of my brilliant insights. When we go codger diving a lot of guys take a lot of pictures. Most of the codgers don&#...Read More
An acronyms is a wonderful thing. It saves time, separates insiders from outsiders and often create new words. Here is a extension on one of my long time favorites. A NIMBY is a person who favors deve...Read More
Where did people gamble before there were Indian Casinos and State Lotteries? Has the amount of gambling increased? Is that a good thing? As a libertarian it is a bit of a quandry. One the one han...Read More
When Nurit and I were in Arizona we bought a glass art collection. We spent yesterday hanging it. It took all afternoon. We didn’t break any pieces and the final result was worth it: Life is Goo...Read More
Our friend who works for the state is worried about being laid off. She says that there are going to be major staff cuts in her department. She worries about this every few years. On the other h...Read More
Sign in the window of an antique store Parents, No “Free-Range” Children Please! A nice new application of the phrase: Free Range A disturbing piece of ill concealed graffiti in t...Read More
Verb (active) : To Spitzer def; to recklessly use prostitutes. Eliot Spitzer gets a verb This is a great honor and might make the public humiliation worthwhile....Read More