Trapped Under the Burden of Information
The Burden of Information: The Open Book I have unwittingly placed the weight of the world on my shoulders. And I’m not positive I want it there. In my blog and my books, I write about a whole lot of […]
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My Terrible Relationship with the Doctor
I hate going to the doctor. No, I’m not afraid. Even needles don’t really bother me. And I’m willing to follow advice given to me. I’ve just learned over the course of these forty years that it is rarely worth
My Life and the Spinning Plates
You know the classic spinning plates performance? The performer has a bunch of thin sticks, and one by one he spins a plate and balances it on one of the sticks. Every time a plate is about to fall, he
I Will Never Forget Gush Katif
I moved to Israel in 1997 and left in 2005, only to return eleven years later. Gush Katif: Blue vs. Orange Israel was not calm in 2005. It was pure insanity. The city of Jerusalem was covered in orange, in
Rear-Ended, Miserable, and Hoping for Change
Rear-Ended: The Day that Needs to End Did you ever have one of those days where really early on in the day you are begging for it to end? Like the day was cursed, and you didn’t even want to
5 Reasons Why My Dog’s a Better Person than I
So I’m standing in my living room, thinking of what to write about, and I look to my left and see my dog, my beautiful dog, asleep on the couch. And that was that. The perfect topic, right there. Frank