Monthly Archives: September 2010

I just sat down with a cup of my favorite tea, and I found this profound quotation from Charles De Gaulle on the tea bag’s tab: Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be … Continue reading →

חַטָּאתִ֙י אוֹדִ֪יעֲךָ֡ וַעֲוֹ֨נִ֤י לֹֽא־כִסִּ֗יתִי אָמַ֗רְתִּי אוֹדֶ֤ה עֲלֵ֣י פְ֭שָׁעַי לַיהוָ֑ה וְאַתָּ֙ה נָ֨שָׂ֤אתָ עֲוֹ֖ן חַטָּאתִ֣י סֶֽלָה׃ My youngest siblings, Deborah and Michael, were baptized on Sunday evening at Riverside Community Church in Nutley, NJ:

I used to watch my good friend and roommate, Alex (a frequent foil in my writings), playing various RPGs on our PlayStation unit. He is particularly fond of the Final Fantasy series. For those who are unfamiliar with RPGs (role-playing … Continue reading →

Here are some more fun pictures of Daniel. He is nearly 8 weeks old. Enjoy!

As I said last time, I’m starting to take a close look at the narratives of my life. Stories define us and shape us, and we in turn engage stories and shape some of them to an extent. One of … Continue reading →

This article from the CHE documents some of the problems with Google Books: There are bound to be occasional howlers in a corpus as extensive as Google’s book search, but these errors are endemic. A search on "Internet" in books … Continue reading →

Today is the sixteenth anniversary of my baptism. I was baptized on September 9, 1994, at Light of Israel Congregation in Yonkers, NY. “We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was … Continue reading →

I’ve posted video from the latest The No Longer show: August 27 at PBU on the music page. Enjoy! Come out and see us at the World Cafe next week.

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about narratives, identity and time. Narratives are everywhere; each of us has a story–many stories in fact–and these stories shape who we are. Stories shape identity, and the one who tells the stories shapes … Continue reading →