Yom Kippur

Services in the morning, nap in the afternoon, dinner with friends this evening. A nice, simple day, whose fast was broken early for me due to a horribly acidy stomach that needed food to quiet it. (Have had stomach problems since I was 19.) Wish I had something pithy to say at the end of Continue reading Yom Kippur

qotd

Some mornings it just doesn’t seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. — Emo Phillips

Today in Hollywood

This morning, everything was miraculously cleaned away from the party. The sun was out and sparkling, and I dragged my eyelids awake. As I stood waiting for my car by the front door, I watched a guy also lounging around the place, waiting for who knows what, who was obviously going for that Jack-Nicholson-with-a-hangover look. Continue reading Today in Hollywood

Rosh Hashanah, part 2

Long service this morning, with Mordechai teaching in fine form indeed, and with the cantor giving truly bodaciously long shofar notes. Vegging out by the pool this afternoon. I watch the tragically hip youth cavort in near nakedness. Very boring. I wish I had something more meaningful to tell you. I could tell you about Continue reading Rosh Hashanah, part 2