Monthly Archives: January 2019

Israel, before WWI

You mean Palestine? Israel didn’t exist until after WWII Well As a defined country, with political boundaries In the early 1900s there was a movement, a combination of different motivations (religious, political, social, philosophical) increasing Jews from around the world, … Continue reading

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Donner’s Bakery

Childhood memories Next to the neighborhood grocery store was a small bakery The cake and pastry decorating were done in the very front of the store. You could watch from walkway through the window, or, there was dedicated space, right … Continue reading

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Do You Want to Play a Game?

Slap! This was an interesting year+ of time. I’d met someone who worked near a place a spent everyday for about one month that summer After a couple of months of limited phone conversation and no more seeing each other … Continue reading

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Climate Change

You live in America! Who cares about international agreements regarding human activity that effects environmental degradation Zoom out One Planet One Atmosphere One Source of Air One Source of Water One Ecosystem – with many, many inter-dependent subsystems We can … Continue reading

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The Rights of the Unborn

Fair position But Misses the point, I believe Unless The point is telling other people what they should do😉 First, when is a child, a child. That seems like a simple enough question. Smart people have debated this for years, … Continue reading

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Fox News

I want to watch I do Everyday But only a few minutes at a time “9 unelected judges have massive control over our politics and culture” That was the banner on the lower third of the screen throughout a five … Continue reading

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Blackjack, for the $$$

Team sport IKR😉 I had a gf who was a card shark We’d go to a local Indian casino and play blackjack She had a system Once we got to the blackjack tables, she’d watch the the players at each … Continue reading

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I Made a Bong

In junior high woodshop class😃 Junior high was weird, in so many ways Shop class was one of many I remember well and fondly The Bong I don’t remember how projects were assigned in shop class, other than we must … Continue reading

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Women

Gilda – 1946 “Women are funny little creatures. Odd things are important to them.” Old black and white movies are the best No CGI No other special effects Minimal music Generally speaking, if a movie from 50, 60, 70 years … Continue reading

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A hand to hold, and a heart to love

Crushing That was the title’s motivation, but… Here’s a related story I can recall, vividly, my one and only “date” with a girl when I was in eighth grade I’d know her at least 4-5 years. She lived around the … Continue reading

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