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…
29 April, 2022 Essay Once upon a time long long ago in a country far from here, I was in New York City bike messenger. How I got into this profession is an interesting story in and of itself but suffice it to say, it was the best job that I have ever had. My…
While vying for the title of worst ecological peninsula on the planet Earth, the Tampa Bay Times have finally proven that the American dream was a lie, theft is simply proof of property after you blink and open your eyes again and acts of heroism are regarded as insignificant against the possibility of making Facebook…
It’s hard for me to find something particularly specific to say about this video except to say that I am speaking. I mean, I’m not claiming to be an influencer here, I’m saying that I think exactly like him. However, I think all thinking that matches up, especially in times such as we have, might…
It was the circle that they would form at the end of the day that really held them together as brothers. To say the word brothers was perhaps incorrect. Females sat in the circle because they too enjoy the work of using stone as a building tool. These circles whereas important to everyone as the…
From chabad.org: Emor in a NutshellLeviticus 21:1–24:23The name of the Parshah, “Emor,” means “speak” and it is found in Leviticus 21:1. The Torah section of Emor (“Speak”) begins with the special laws pertaining to the kohanim (“priests”), the kohen gadol (“high priest”), and the Temple service: A kohen may not become ritually impure through contact…
Here is a message to everyone who plays baseball who might someday be asked to perform a sacrifice. I’m not talking about giving up your girlfriend for the season. I’m talking about giving away an out in the hope that something wonderful will happen. Basically playing for one run. Bunting is the best of this….
Originally published December 2, 2023 As a perpetual practitioner of acts of civil disobedience, I am within my own bloody rights to give the following thought. If we are talking about carnivores, the mark of a genuine killer is that they eat their prey on the field. Or at least carry it up a tree…
My fellow human beings it gives me unbelievable pleasure to even have a single person in this world believe that they would give up their rights for unlimited freedom so that I should be some kind of leader. Or even the leader. Precedence has been set. Menachem Began. Golda Maier. Colonel Gaddafi. Which future kingdom…
Dear sir, madam, etc… I am a well-known linguist which means I have a hard time saying things concisely. Sometimes I take a moment to warm up. I think you should take a moment to warm up before making something like this following speech. My fellow fill in whatever appropriate country goes here I have…
Forget about modern Life. Let’s just say we go camping and we are next to a river that’s running very quickly. You can smell the water and see a lot of life I suppose. Or maybe it’s in the mountains and it’s very very cold. Take a little drink. I bet it’s really good. Not…
Here we have a simple Google search. Sometimes you just have to ask a question in order to get an answer. I think it’s a boat this more than anything. Teaching English is kind of strange in this way that people don’t really understand that a language is not just made of statements. You can…
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…
4 years of work, from the mundane to hopefully the extraordinary and everything in between, all of the work from the last 4 years is now available and online and of course for free. You can have a look at everything over at THE MUSEUM OF ANCIENT UNWANTED ARTIFACTS BIKE SHOP KOSHER NOODLE BURRITO PALACE…
Our illustrious publisher has been challenged publicly. And publicly he has faced the challenge. The region agrees that a choice is clear. G gets the office. Listen to G or you are really not going to like the results. Editor’s note: for what happened as clearly reported as possible as well as some other news…
A question came up regarding whether or not what might be seen as toxic male behavior could exist in a utopian society. To define utopian society for this essay, we are simply talking about a 100% sustainable, generally agrarian in nature, community of a specific number of people. They find their symbiotic relationship with the…
I was there. I’m sure I write about this every year. Every year I take a moment to think about it. In the end, it’s about getting moved from your life. It’s about having to make compromises. I was in New York serendipitously. I was into the big New Year’s. I didn’t have any particular…
Let’s start with a simple question posed to Google. What impact does war have on global warming? This from svet.charita.cz How does the military sector contribute to climate change? Militaries consume enormous amounts of fossil fuels, which have a high carbon footprint. The global military carbon footprint is the fourth highest, ranking behind the US,…
According to www.weatherandradar.com, May 2023 was a scorcher globally. It was the third warmest May in the 174 years of reliable data. The average global May temperature was 1.75 degrees F (0.97 degrees Celsius) above the 20th century average. This was the 531st consecutive month with temperatures above the 20th century average. The western hemisphere…
If you’re interested in having a look at the 1956 film, it’s available on YouTube and therefore we have it here. This is not any of the more modern takes on the subject matter. If you’re interested in authenticity, the original text is in the public domain so I have a link there so you…
There is an argument on the table as to whether or not we should be using The Utopian! to air our rather sketchy underwear in public. To this answer we remain nonplussed. There is too much to say and we do not know how to say it. It seems that things have come to pass…
