One Day for Truth
2014-08-31 – Thursday evening my wife and I came home from having dinner at a neighborhood Mexican restaurant. There was a card stuck in our door. The guy who put […]
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Taking Random Pix
2014-08-28 – I love my iPhone camera. I like being able to take pictures of family and friends, just like everyone else. I’m not so big on photographing food. Once […]
Religious Sanctuary From the Law?
2014-08-26 – I recently heard that a friend’s church voted unanimously to become a sanctuary. So I thought I’d write about it. I have no idea what the church meant […]
Today You Are a Man
2014-08-24 – Fifty years ago this week I became a bar mitzvah. I stood before my community, led the prayers, read from the scroll of the Torah, and spoke to […]
Not Taking Care of Children in the 1970s
2014-08-21 – The other day, my friend Kara posted a fun article on Facebook called “8 Reasons Children of the 1970s Should All Be Dead.” It talks about how parents […]
Finding Pictures in the Clouds
2014-08-19 – You can see pictures in the clouds. It might be a face. It might be a horsey. It’s a fun game to play. Of course, there are no […]
Ordinary Folk Want No Part of This
2014-08-17 – Those of us who have been around look at Ferguson, MO with dismay. We’ve seen it before. White versus black. “When will they ever learn,” as they say […]
Sew’s Your Old Man
2014-08-14 – There. I just finished sewing a couple of seams. One was in a pair of pants and one was in a backpack. They seem pretty strong and they […]
Merchants Have Gotten a Little Too Chummy—Or Have They?
2014-08-12 – Now that my birthday is past, I have a few comments on the birthday wishes I received. Most came through Facebook. A few came through email. Some came […]
Tonight’s Super Moon Celebrates the Anniversary of EightOh9
2014-08-10 – Yesterday was the second anniversary of the current version of my EightOh9 blog. My original blog started on January 22, 2004. But after three years, some family events […]
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