Monthly Archives: September 2011

The Music We Make When We Harmonize, Complement and Get Along

Posted on September 27, 2011 by jewishspectacles

There was a time I was aiming for some culture for some hoydens I took on a visit to Boston.  Y’know the typical Brooklyn jaded teen…that was who I was taking on this jaunt. As there is a wonderful music … Continue reading →

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If you don’t like dogfood, by golly, do settle down.

Posted on September 16, 2011 by jewishspectacles

My father warned us kids long before we even started the dating circuit.  He’d ask, “Where do the single guys and gals who were swingers and never married end up?”  My father would then answer his own question, “All those … Continue reading →

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The Mice Scurrying Around Folks’ Brains

Posted on September 13, 2011 by jewishspectacles

Riffs overheard on subways are always fun to transcribe.  This one was especially fun, for it was being dealt by some dandy trying to impress his bored date.  He began telling her stories of visiting his mother’s family in Costa … Continue reading →

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Science will yet bend its knee to bow…

Posted on September 12, 2011 by jewishspectacles

I love when I see echoes of truth in science, when laws of physics point out age-old Kabbalah truths, when science points its finger to G-d.  I loved when they figured out the four strands of our makeup, for we … Continue reading →

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Water, Water Everywhere (and then some!)

Posted on September 8, 2011 by jewishspectacles

 All the raindrops pelting on the rooftops Have a message for you and me All the storm clouds that boom so loud Tell us that G-d is All-mighty.  It has been one deluge after another for our part of town.  … Continue reading →

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To Avoid Being a Jerk…

Posted on September 5, 2011 by jewishspectacles

Jerks, I’ve decided, are called jerks because they do knee-jerk reactions.  They don’t think through what they do or say.  You need to be more intelligent about it.  Anything we do or say, before doing or saying, we should ask, … Continue reading →

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