The Anguish of a Martial Art: Ray Rice and Roger Goodell
2014-09-11 – I never thought football was much of an action sport like basketball or soccer. To me it’s more of a martial art, like boxing or wrestling. It’s all […]
Tag Archives: Culture
News of Murder and Mayhem . . . Is That All There Is?
2014-09-07 – The news is scary. We say this like the news has always been a soothing bedtime story and suddenly . . . a cloud has appeared in the […]
Finding a Fulfilling Career in the 21st Century
2014-09-02 – With my son Nat safely enrolled in a pre-med program and starting off with good grades, I came upon an article saying that Millennials are finding that the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What Am I Going to Do With 10 Trees? (And 2 Bushes?)
2014-08-07 – What am I going to do with 10 trees and two bushes? It’s all a result of a survey I took part in given by the Arbor Day […]
Less Than Two Months Till Diogenes Day
2014-08-03 – Get your lies out now, because come October 1 it will be “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” October 1 is Diogenes Day, but […]
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