Category: Navel Gazing
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Corona Diaries Day 7 — My Dark Moments, My Better Moments
This is part of a series of posts chronicling the Coronavirus / Covid19 outbreak in New York City as seen by me, a father husband and lawyer living in Brooklyn. See them all on the main Corona Diaries page. March 20, 2020 No school today, the teachers were taking a minute to regroup, so we were largely…
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Corona Diaries Day 6 — 2 Kids, 2 Careers
This is part of a series of posts chronicling the Coronavirus / Covid19 outbreak in New York City as seen by me, a father husband and lawyer living in Brooklyn. See them all on the main Corona Diaries page. March 19, 2020 Tough one to get through today. Spent basically all day alone with the kids, the…
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Corona Diaries Day 5 — What We Can, and Cannot, Control
This is part of a series of posts chronicling the Coronavirus / Covid19 outbreak in New York City as seen by me, a father husband and lawyer living in Brooklyn. See them all on the main Corona Diaries page. March 18, 2020 Yes, home schooling is stressful and yes, it is hard to focus and get work…
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Corona Diaries Day 4 — Home with the Kids
This is part of a series of posts chronicling the Coronavirus / Covid19 outbreak in New York City as seen by me, a father husband and lawyer living in Brooklyn. See them all on the main Corona Diaries page. March 17, 2020 St. Pats day, but it really doesn’t feel like it. My first day home all…
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Corona Diaries Day 1 – New York on a Early Spring Day
This is part of a series of posts chronicling the Coronavirus outbreak in New York City as seen by me, a father husband and lawyer living in Brooklyn. See them all on the main Corona Diaries page. March 14, 2020 Going to try to do a daily recap of what I am seeing in Brooklyn…
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Some Thoughts on Vaera and the First Four Plagues
This is a text of a d’var Torah I gave at Altshul on January 25, 2020 First, I want to say that I am so glad my family joined altshul a year and a half ago. The generosity and kindness of this community is amazing. I feel lucky to be a part of…
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Goals, Identity, And Self Care — Some Thoughts On What I’m Trying To Do In 2020
I don’t remember exactly where I saw this, maybe it was in the Netflix bio thing on Bill Gates, or maybe it was in a random interview of him I watched on youtube, but somewhere out there on the internet I heard Bill Gates say that no matter what, even if he hates it, he finishes…
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Milo and the Calf Hits 250,000: Top 25 Post and Pages
So this trusty old website just went over 250,000 hits. That’s nothing in the world of big internet, but for little old me and my eccentric tastes, it’s a lot. As has become my tradition, I figured I’d take a moment here to say thanks to everyone who has stopped by, and to note the…
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On the Value of a Private Life
The way I remember it, we were in a bar in the lower Haight, day drinking on Bloomsday. I was ribbing Chris about the time he spent reading literature. I was young and at the height of my sanctimonious leftist phase. I think my argument probably went something like, “its bourgeois to spend time reading…
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Quick Thought on Weight Loss
I’m trying to stay off twitter, but still want to write (and, apparently, share) my random thoughts. Here’s one: Since my second kid was born, I’ve put on a little weight. Not a ton, but some. At the height of my running prowess, such as it was, I was about 170 pounds. These days I’m…
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