Weather and Politics There’s an old joke attributed to various Nineteenth-Century American writers that essentially says, “Lots of people talk about the weather, but they never do anything about it.” […]
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Botched Plans “Failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine,” has new meaning to me. We, Baruch Hashem (thank God), had a simcha (happy occasion) […]
Teshuvah (Repentance) – A Daunting Task? As we enter the month of Elul, many people become more somber. They realize that judgment day is around the corner, and that they […]
The Last Place You Look “Why is it,” goes the old joke, “that when you’re looking for something, you always find it in the last place you look?” The answer, […]
The Pennies will Grow into Dollars There’s an old expression: “Mind the pennies, and the dollars will watch themselves.” What it means is that if you are careful with the […]
For Good… Quite often, when someone grows up to be a superstar, people will say, “The signs were there.” Even when he was little, he would… It doesn’t matter what […]
Brain Teasers Most of us like testing our intelligence with brain teasers – riddles and questions designed to see if we’re smart enough to reach the correct answers. From the […]
You’re Not Even Listening! One day, my wife looked at me and said, “You’re not even listening to me, are you?!” I thought, “Gee, that’s a strange way to start […]
Prepping for the Worst In a drug store recently, a magazine caught my eye while I was waiting in line. The name of it was “Prepper,” and from what I […]
