I got a call from my strolling friend. I didn’t answer it, of course. Then I paid $14.95 to do an Internet search on his phone number. You can’t be going to coffee (or wine, as he suggested, which is a totally different ball of wax) without having a clue or two into the identify of your soon-to-be caffeinated friend. It’s kind of fun being a stalker. He’s from San Marcos, Texas. His full name […]
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Heritage
Adi and I were amused to learn that August 19 is Jewish Heritage Night at the Oakland A’s. Naturally, it’s an event we can’t miss. Last night we sent an e-mail to our favorite baseball Jews, LB and NM, inviting them. I once told LB that I’m an honorary Jew. Yeah, right, except for the mass extinction part, he replied. It is no surprise that this was his response to the baseball event: Maybe they […]
Read moreBoys Will Be Boys
Google Chat has a new (to me) feature: you can dress yourself up digitally while you’re talking. You can even relocate yourself. Molly and I played with same last night: I got unexpected news last night: I’m going to have a grandson. I knew that come November, a grand-something was scheduled to appear, but I was absolutely certain it was of the female variety—just as certain as I was that Molly and Eleni were boys. […]
Read moreAs Time Goes By
I am about to stumble gracelessly across the threshold from middle age into the Senior Years. I shall write one last post before my fingers turn arthritic and my brain shrivels into a walnut shell. Say what you will about sixty being the new forty; my mind and body know better. This will be a snapshot of me at the cusp of elderhood. Incongruously, last week a thirty-something friend told me that he thinks I’m […]
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