#Pocalypso | The Passover Seder and the Child Who Doesn’t Know to Ask
2020-04-08 – Tonight is the first night of Passover. Although I have become a fairly secular Jew over the years, I still host a seder. Over the years, I’ve compiled […]
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#Pocalypso | Sometimes My Eyes Water and My Throat Tightens
2020-04-07 – Sometimes I cry. I could tell you that I’m getting “it,” but that’s not what’s going on. Sure, my eyes are watering and my throat feels tight. My […]
#Pocalypso | Hearing Yourself Play Guitar Weakens Self-Deception
2020-03-27 – Yesterday was too cold to bike. So after tele-work we had a dinner of sushi and I got set up form my online guitar class. We did the […]
#Pocalypso | Bridging the Abyss
2020-03-26 – The last step in getting out my client’s immigration petition was FedExing it to the Vermont Service Center of the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. With social distancing […]
#Pocalypso | Getting Out When I Can
2020-03-25 – Spring colors were in the trees yesterday on Lake Shore Drive, particularly in the willows near Diversey Harbor. Spring colors in the trees are different from fall colors. […]
#Pocalypso | Overnight Text Message: Preocupada
2020-03-24 – If you see me putting the back of my wrist to my forehead in a kind of woe-is-me gesture, don’t worry. I’m not giving up. I’m just checking […]
#Pocalypso | Brothers Sitting Together in Unity
2020-03-23 – Welcome to ‘Pocalypso. This second Monday of the shut down is not much different from Mondays I’ve celebrated for the last six years. I’ve been a telecommuter for […]
Am I Getting Anywhere With My Spanish?
2020-01-30 – I’ve been studying Spanish for about six months, and I’m wondering if I’m getting anywhere. The effort has multiple components. Kit and I have a tutor we meet […]
Spanish Hamburgers Are Female!
2020-01-16 – If you think we have problems with gender in English, try Spanish. In English, we are struggling to decide on a gender-neutral pronoun (and seemingly settling on “they”). […]
Did Trump Violate the International Protection of Rich Guys in War Law?
2020-01-09 – Was Trump’s assassination of Irani Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani a violation of the International Protection of Rich Guys in War Law? The IPRGW is an unwritten law that […]
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