We finally packed the 10 foot rental truck and hit the road to Washington, DC. We tried to guess what the probability would be of an unmarked van getting pulled over within a 4 block radius of the White House. I guessed about 20%.
As we drove away from the beach, through the snow, and over/under [...]

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I am in New York City. I wish I was still in Florida. The temperature today was in the single digits, and I’m not talking about centigrade. I guess you can’t compare (Big) Apples to (Florida) Oranges.
It’s been wonderful to see friends and hang out with my sister a bit.
It’s also been wonderful to be [...]

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The Apprentice Season Finale is tonight… I think. I honestly have no idea because I don’t watch it, but my sister hung up on me on the phone earlier so I assumed it was an important episode.
With that in mind, I figured I would present some ingenious business ideas I have had recently.
First of all, [...]

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NEWSFLASH:
Jenna Bush is going to be working at an elementary school located less than 2 blocks away from my new apartment. Indubitably, we will be rendezvousing during her recesses at the Raven, the local dive bar. Is this part of Dubya’s plan to improve the education system? Egads.
I can see the drink specials being scribbled [...]

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My cousin got Bar Mitzvah’d in Atlanta this weekend. I jetted down there for the double-dose of Judaism. Having your Bar Mitzvah during Hannukah is twice the fun. I guess it’s similar to what Jesus got to experience always having his birthday coincide with Christmas…. oh… ok… nevermind
The torah portion this week was about Joseph’s [...]

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Apologies to the devoted readers of this blog for my sporadic posting throughout the past several weeks. It’s tough to get into a regular writing routine when you don’t even know who’s couch you’re crashing on for the night.
Furthermore, whenever I have felt the urge to write, I have had to devote that energy to [...]

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Apartment hunting sounds like an urban sport. As if I need camo and ammo. I guess there are parallels though. I sit perched at my desk, waiting for the 3pm online postings like a red-state wacko waiting for fawns to emerge from the forest at dawn. I click quickly, browsing through the listings looking for [...]

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