Yokohama unexpectedly one the Japanese baseball championship this year. I followed them all year. I saw they had great potential. I thought deeply about why they were flawed in the way they were flawed and if they could ever overcome it. They were a third place team. Barely over 500. And the playoffs set up…
The whole of this saga has been cataloged in my journal. I suppose that’s another something I could collect into a singular story. It seems to be odd though to do that because often the writing that happened around the cat stories was of interest or connection. It’s hard to say what’s right or wrong…
There was a discovery I made last year and amazingly, it’s still good this year. It’s called civil 90. What is civil 90? Just to fluff it up a bit, it’s a way of expressing yourself in time that automatically allows you to be in the same wavelength as all of the people you’re talking…
I feel like Ahab and there are enough harpoons in Moby Dick to believe that the job was finally done. In the ever expanding world of Christendom, resources were needed and men went out into the oceans to kill the whales so that people could read in the winter time. It is interesting to note…
So we have a story from today that I can only classify as one of these hand of God stories. I feel like I’m making a spectacle of myself when I mention these moments when God seems to be tapping me on the shoulder or sneaking up behind me to give me a hug. It’s…
I just want to talk about a piece of writing that really was important to me. This is the two stories of Hillel the scribe. In the first episodes, he and his friend Phaedrus The apothecary would gather in the apothecary’s tent to smoke over the days events. Neither of them was pleased with how…
I don’t know when it took a hold of me. Probably when they really wanted it to take a hold of me. It’s just a matter of texture in a world dominated by TikTok shorts. What am I going to do with myself? Stupid question, easy answer. Let’s play with the phone. Tick tock? Entertain…
I mean, wow. That was a lot. That was really completely a lot. I don’t even know where to start with this but I think I just experienced my greatest baseball moment as a fan in my life. About the game. The climax series in Japan is designed so the first place team has every…
Is Donald Trump competent? I decided to start by googling this concept because generally speaking, Google is pretty honest to my mind. There is the commercial aspect of the world and how much space that controls in our bandwidth. But the general algorithm does seem to believe that the world is better believing in ecology…
From chabad.org: The name of the Parshah, “V’Zot HaBerachah,” means “And this is the blessing,” and it is found in Deuteronomy 33:1. The Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret Torah readings are from Leviticus 22-23, Numbers 29, and Deuteronomy 14-16. These readings detail the laws of the moadim or “appointed times” on the Jewish calendar for festive…
This is a call for a public vote. I think this should be a vote amongst all humanity regardless of religion or state affiliation. I also think this should be regardless of history except of course as people might remember things in their own experience that might give them a good chance of making the…
From Chabad.org: Haazinu in a NutshellDeuteronomy 32:1–52The name of the Parshah, “Haazinu,” means “Listen” and it is found in Deuteronomy 32:1. The greater part of the Torah reading of Haazinu (“Listen In”) consists of a 70-line “song” delivered by Moses to the people of Israel on the last day of his earthly life. Calling heaven…
Listen. I think I need to talk to you. This was one of those moments in life where, when you look back years later, you either did it well or you didn’t. Perhaps the world really wasn’t this dramatic and obviously, the drama was more on his side than on hers. She was simply living…
I think the Japanese bring suffering to new levels. I try to walk the fine line between Zen perfectionism and masochistic obsessive compulsive problems. I don’t mean to generalize or objectify. This is not the point. I’m just saying that I love watching Japanese baseball but this is a new level of torture to have…
From Chabad.org: Nitzavim-Vayelech in a Nutshell Deut. 29:9–31:30The name of the Parshah, “Nitzavim,” means “Standing,” and it is found in Deuteronomy 29:9. The name of the Parshah, “Vayelech,” means “And [Moses] went,” and it is found in Deuteronomy 31:1. The Parshah of Nitzavim includes some of the most fundamental principles of the Jewish faith: The…
Trench warfare. How is it possible despite all the new technology that we still have trench warfare. The most miserable, the most dangerous, the most helpless war situation one could be in. A stagnant front, living in holes. And yet sometimes, the enemy was so close that you could hear each other speaking. Hey, Rooski!…
Theo du Plessis is a minimalist. We are surrounded by the stuff that we think is so valuable and important, but take it all away and what is left? The real you is left. Or at least the journey to the real you without all the stuff that you think defines you. In this video,…
Where is Kamala Harris right now and what is she doing? Kamala Harris in Michigan: Action needed on gun violence, economic hurdles Craig Mauger Jennifer Chambers The Detroit News Farmington Hills — Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris told a crowd in suburban Detroit Thursday that people are finding the American dream “far more elusive than it’s…
sadism /ˈseɪdɪz(ə)m/nounthe tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.“beneath the apparent loving concern she had glimpsed spite and sadism” From wiki: Sadist refers to: A person with sadistic personality disorder, an obsolete term for individuals who derive pleasure from the suffering of others Sadistic personality disorder was a proposed…
From Chabad.org: Ki Tavo in a NutshellDeuteronomy 26:1–29:8The name of the Parshah, “Ki Tavo,” means “when you come,”. Moses instructs the people of Israel: When you enter the land that G‑d is giving to you as your eternal heritage, and you settle it and cultivate it, bring the first-ripened fruits (bikkurim) of your orchard to…
Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages democracy /dɪˈmɒkrəsi/noun: a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. “a system of parliamentary democracy”Similar: representative government, elective government, constitutional government, popular government, self-government, government by the people, autonomy, republic and commonwealthOpposite: tyranny, dictatorship, a state governed under…