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Well, I'm here. Finished my 1177 mile drive last night. My key to my apartment still works. It's humid, I had to get up early this morning to move my car so I wouldn't get a ticket, all the coffee shops charge actual money for you to use their wireless. I have spent...

I'm packing up to drive back down all the waaaaay down to my city of (permanent-ish) residence tomorrow. I am one with the I-5. It's kind of a bummer that I didn't make it up to Vancouver (though there was some excellent playtime on Mt. Ranier this weekend) or down...

The Alaya Institute, run by Frank Ostaseski of Zen Hospice, is now taking applicants for a low-residence end of life counselor program for doctors, nurses, social workers, clergy, chaplains, therapists and the like. The faculty includes a couple of my own teachers,...

I feel that it's appropriate to say something about the hitnatkut (withdrawl from Gaza). But I don't know what. People are shooting other people, lighting themselves on fire, destroying their cars and all their belongings. And I think it's only going to get worse in...

Just got back from my gig at CAJE. The panel went well--there were like 85 people in the room, and it turned out I did have something to say on the subject of edumuficating teenagers, and I had fun saying it. I not only got to describe my intro lesson for the Jewish...

Hellooooo. Greeting from 10 Av. Woke up this morning and did a post-fast protein binge, of the eggs-and-black-beans variety. It was so so good, especially when augmented by smoothie and black tea. There was a big nap today, I think the heat and the fasting hit me...

for the four Israeli Arabs just killed in the North. By a militant religious Jewish army deserter, one of those freaking Kahane people. I'm so angry there aren't words. And also scared for how this is going to affect the rest of the hitnatkut (Gaza withdrawl). Argh....

I know posting's been pretty slow this summer, I just haven't been in the mindframe. I'm mostly spending my days working on some writing projects, and it's not stuff I'm ready to talk publicly about, so... you know, that's where my brain's been. And there's something...

There is a Craigslist Jerusalem and Craigslist Tel Aviv. I know there are other community sites that have similar functions in both places already, but the addition of a little Craigslist never hurt nobody. And think how much easier it'll be for the closeted Hasidim...