Thinking of growing things in my field, I’ve come to understand what has happened to the region over the last couple of decades. Perhaps 15 years ago, we had a similar place in a similar village a similar distance away. And I remember being able to put things in the ground and they would grow….
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…
Scientists in the former Soviet Union have discovered that marijuana residue lasts a lifetime. In one case study, it was found that the worldview that comes with the ingestion of marijuana stayed with one person literally decades after ingesting this naturally growing substance. Doctors determined that the effects remained because of the amount of body…
It seems the words of a fellow who happened to be too damn quick and snapped up a property that had hair to for been unknown as even being for sale to her creepy as fuck neighbors. Thus our Challenger appeared and thus we are here today for this last little bit of theater of…
When I first saw this graphic, it really grabbed my attention. Scripture. Right up there with science and your personal experience. Not how you feel. We are not talking about taking an account of your body’s nervous reaction to stimulus. We’re not asking if you are identifying something good or bad inside yourself. We’re asking…
Sometime this evening on the East Coast of the United States, we are going to get the first debate between two presidential hopefuls. I’m not really convinced of the genuine value of this ride. I do not particularly find either of the candidates to be particularly stimulating. I think there was a time when Kamala…
Hi. Technically speaking, I am the guy. I’m the guy people wait for and are afraid of. I’m the guy who creates jealousy in our simple-minded opposition. We have opposition who exists simply to be opposing. They don’t listen and they don’t think and they don’t act wisely. They love pageantry. They love dress up….
From Chabad.org: Shoftim in a NutshellDeuteronomy 16:18–21:9The name of the Parshah, “Shoftim,” means “Judges”. Moses instructs the people of Israel to appoint judges and law enforcement officers in every city. “Justice, justice shall you pursue,” he commands them, and you must administer it without corruption or favoritism. Crimes must be meticulously investigated and evidence thoroughly…
From Chabad.org: Re’eh in a NutshellDeuteronomy 11:26–16:17The name of the Parshah, “Re’eh,” means “See,” and it is found in Deuteronomy 11:26. “See,” says Moses to the people of Israel, “I place before you today a blessing and a curse”—the blessing that will come when they fulfill G‑d’s commandments, and the curse if they abandon them….
This is a fairly ripping yarn about a group of pesky underdogs who find themselves at a moment of existential worry. It seems that their enimy was practicing genocide against them and so war to the death was the only option. and they undertake a mission with warrior poet presision, Like the army you always…
From Chabad.org: Behar in a Nutshell. Leviticus 25:1–26:2 The name of the Parshah, “Behar,” means “on Mount [Sinai]” and it is found in Leviticus 25:1. On the mountain of Sinai, G‑d communicates to Moses the laws of the Sabbatical year: every seventh year, all work on the land should cease, and its produce becomes free…
Well this is something. I’m sitting in front of my house on a chair staring at either a possum or a porcupine who just walked right into the front area of my house and parked himself in the gap in the concrete where the cat sleeps and rolled into a ball. I have evicted him…
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…
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!…
Just a few random thoughts that all bring about in me the same two word response. And you know the two words. It has a hand gesture that only uses one finger. $15 to $30 sandwiches. $5,000 a month rent and you’re happy about it. And the cost of that house is what? And you…
Playing with my phone here at 3:00 a.m. and it seems I have a new assistant. They say it’s name is Gemini. On the internet exactly the last few days were jokes from Saturday night live about Scarlett Johansson. I’m in love with her. It’s true. Actually, I’m not really in love with the 40-year-old…
All right, I admit I get dark and I get by with a little help from my friends. I can’t stand it. I can’t stand it. First of all, I’ve never turned on the automatic translator until today for these guys. But they were setting up to do something like a serious podcast wearing black…
The following short story was originally written in the summer of 2024. I’ve always liked this story but felt that it had some elements that were unnecessary and perhaps even confusing. I decided to do a bit of a rewrite and I am presenting it anew as something I consider to be at least a…
So we are all here at the shabbos table and it is time for us all to make a speech. It is my deepest wish that everyone at the table can make a good speech. I don’t mean a toast. I don’t mean something you could send off on Twitter. I mean to make a…
Celebrity is an amazing thing and celebrities when they get together for podcasts and other types of interviews, these are moments to truly make your point. This last week, Theo Von, The modern Southern comes from white trash comedian turned social commentator had as guests both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. I personally think it…
This is kind of a difficult subject to put together in a reasonably short essay so I’m not going to go deeply into the minutia of each individual line of thought but more try and give an overview to a single thought concerning drugs. To even use the word drugs is to influence people. We…