I’m Jewish. Particularly Jewish. Jewish in many ways.
If you know my last name, you know that it’s unmistakeably Jewish. My Dad is from Brooklyn. My parents brought their two kids up in a very positive Jewish environment where we were active in our synagogue.  My brother and I attended a Jewish day school, Jewish summer [...]

Dear Captain Awesome:
I still smile at the nickname I gave you, my brother, when I decided to create a blog name for you that would be quite funny. It’s not that I don’t think that you’re awesome; it’s not even that you don’t think you’re awesome. It’s that you simply wouldn’t be the type of [...]

I’m so vain / I bet I think this post is about me…
No — seriously. Let’s make this all about me for a moment. Let’s talk about my hair.
I’ve had a love/hate relationship with my hair for a long time — but most swaying on the “love” side. As far back as I can remember, [...]

Dateline: September 2, 2008 — 3:45pm
*ring*
Hello?
Hello, Mr. Shiny? This is Ms. Schedule. I’m your son’s Kindergarten teacher.
Ah, yes! How are you? How did the first day of school go for him?
Actually, that’s why I’m calling. We have some things to discuss.
Oh no! How is he? Is he okay? Did anyth…
Relax. He’s fine. He’s in [...]

I’m still rambling on about our recent trip to Las Vegas. Which lasted for about 40 hours.  And which did not involve hot Vegas tales of strip clubs and burlesque shows. If you want some of that excitement, go to Hilly’s blog. You’ll even see a makeshift tattoo on a stripper’s ass — far more [...]

This picture was taken at about 6:30 in the morning on Sunday.  We had just boarded the plane to go home after staying in Vegas for the previous 40 hours.  That may not seem like a big deal to those of you for whom Las Vegas is only a couple of hours in the car, [...]

It was the second hottest day of the year — temperatures in the high nineties. It was a record-setting day, only to be shown up by the 100+ heat the very next day. And with the DC area humidity, the heat index was much, much higher.
We pulled into the driveway. I was already sweating through [...]

In lieu of any mind-stimulating content on my blog this evening, I provide you with an audio recording. It’s from 1974, and it consists of me singing the theme to Sesame Street and the alphabet song (introduced by my Mom).
This comes from a cassette tape my sister-in-law converted to digital audio and which my brother, [...]

I apologize for not keeping up with my posts — it doesn’t mean I appreciate you all any less. I’ll make it up to you during the weekend — promise!
So — here’s my video-blog post. And yes — it’s the one where I show you my balls.

Direct YouTube Link
Look - some of you [...]

My birthday in a nutshell:
12:00am - A hotel room somewhere in New Jersey — relatively close to my brother’s place. We had just returned from Passover Seder #2. Exhausted after a full day. Kid is already asleep in the rollaway bed next to ours. I get a “Happy birthday, honey!” from socKs. And a kiss.  [...]