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My Grandfather Ben, Dad’s dad, survived the horrors of the Holocaust, as well as the endless heat and mini-malls of…
JAN: Nearly kill myself on a snowmobile. Begin posting Things I Learned the Hard Way. Still really proud of that…
My mom says she always knows when I get incredibly busy because I stop updating my website. Sad but true.…
And it makes perfect sense to me. The are large parts of Judaism that are about being a good person,…
January: DePo Skinny released, I geek out on copyright, Fray Busted ships, we get some press and have a reading,…
A snowmobile is basically the biggest, meanest chainsaw you’ve ever seen, with two skis bolted to the front and a…
Consider the following thought experiment. Imagine that suddenly everyone around you begins to act funny. First your coworkers start to…
Regina Powazek is my father’s mother. She was born in Dobre, Poland, in 1919. When she was 20, the nazis…
One of the many things I love about my dear wife is her patronage of the arts. After too many…
I love growing orchids, and I’ve had some luck with it. But orchids are the toy poodles of indoor growing…