Stan Lee saved my childhood sanity and my childhood life. So did Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko and George Perez and Marv Wolfman and Bill Mantlo and the rest of the Marvel Comics creative team. Which is why the passing of Stan Lee yesterday – at the ripe age of 95 – still seems like…
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For the innocent souls of Squirrel Hill
אבל: יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא. [קהל: אמן] בְּעָלְמָא דִּי בְרָא כִרְעוּתֵהּ וְיַמְלִיךְ מַלְכוּתֵהּ בְּחַיֵּיכון וּבְיומֵיכון וּבְחַיֵּי דְכָל בֵּית יִשרָאֵל בַּעֲגָלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב, וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן: [קהל: אמן] קהל ואבל: יְהֵא שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא מְבָרַךְ לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי עָלְמַיָּא: אבל: יִתְבָּרַךְ וְיִשְׁתַּבַּח וְיִתְפָּאַר וְיִתְרומַם וְיִתְנַשּא וְיִתְהַדָּר וְיִתְעַלֶּה וְיִתְהַלָּל שְׁמֵהּ דְּקֻדְשָׁא. בְּרִיךְ הוּא. [קהל: בריך הוא:] לְעֵלָּא מִן כָּל בִּרְכָתָא בעשי”ת: לְעֵלָּא לְעֵלָּא מִכָּל וְשִׁירָתָא תֻּשְׁבְּחָתָא וְנֶחֱמָתָא דַּאֲמִירָן…
Read MoreRandom thoughts while working on a new project
So, as the blog headline denotes, I’m currently involved with a new artistic project. It’s a project that I’ve hinted at on my Facebook page, showing snippets and “in progress” photos. But I know that such a project will take months to complete. And I have to find ways to keep my energy up while…
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Another name for a waterfall
There is a part of me that, when my emotions are low, I try to find a way to combat the lowness. And although I haven’t done it as much of late … it’s time to break out the camera and take a walk. And for me, the walk yesterday was in the Adirondacks. Just…
Read MoreTo the high school class of 2019
Good morning, class. You most likely do not have school today, due to the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. That holiday is the start of the Jewish New Year, a time of celebration and anticipation of the future. Today, however, is also a day of mourning and remembrance of the past. You know this day. …
Read MoreThe one part of the Nike / Colin Kaepernick story that no one is talking about
Yesterday, Nike released an advertisement in which they supported NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s protests against police brutality and the assaults on black men. Kaepernick’s message is important and all should hear it. It should not be twisted into a “Kaepernick doesn’t support the flag” because that’s not what he’s saying. It should not be corrupted…
Read MoreDouble nickels in 2018
Yesterday I turned 55 years old. 55 years on this planet. Wow. I’m freakin’ old as hell. What does it mean to turn 55? Well, I didn’t celebrate it in the blog yesterday, mostly because it was Saturday and I felt it was more important to share my “7 and 7” Saturday blog recap post…
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The Drive of Shame, 2018 Edition (UPDATE: ONE GOT THROUGH!!)
Good morning. I have to write this blog post early, because by the time you read it, I’ll be on the highway to Syracuse. Let me explain. The New York State Fair requires that all non-accepted entries for the photography competition be claimed today. Of the six entries I submitted for 2018, three of them…
Read MoreAm I enabling a feline freeloader?
Last night, I came home after a big trivia win at Rivers Casino – I was the only one who knew the answer to the final question regarding the year the last episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show aired – 2011 – and my Rivers gift card collection is now $100 fatter. It’s pouring rain…
Read MoreThe last time children were taken away…
I am normally a very open-minded person when it comes to Facebook. My friends have differing opinions and ideologies, and they post them on their Facebook walls. I don’t have to agree with what they say, and they don’t have to agree with me. Yesterday, I unfriended a longtime Facebook friend. The comment made? “If…
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