The Doctor Won’t See You Now
When I was growing up, if you were sick, you went to see the doctor. Those were strange times. Nowadays, if you’re sick, the doctor doesn’t want to see...
Thoughts On The Seasonal Cold
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This week’s article might be a little hard to understand, because I have *cough* a cold. I can’t get through one *cough* sentence without coughing. Even typing a sentence...
Waiting For Good News
In an attempt to distract myself from the news coming out of Israel, things don’t always work in my favor. Devastated by the horrific slaughter perpetrated on our Israeli...
The Course Doesn’t Correct Itself
Now that my kids have been getting their driving licenses, I have taken some time to think about my own driving skills, and it turns out that after about...
Fuel For Eight Nights
A few months back, I wrote an article complaining about how many waking hours of Purim we spend in the car. It’s almost all of them, we figured out....
Some Things Are Better To Give Than To Receive
One of the main problems of running a “Chanukah gift” article every year is that I write it too close to Chanukah and all the good gifts are already...
What Should I Bring?
That’s always the question when you go away for Shabbos. “What should I bring?” There’s no easy answer. The hosts are providing the food. So, what do you bring?...
Cooped In With The Chickens
When people ask me, “Mordechai, is there a good pet I can get that will actually give me something in return, but not nearly as much as I put...
Exercising Restraint
In the lives of most people there are times when they must exercise restraint. My restraint has always been an issue in the areas of diet and exercise, and...
The Joys Of Parenting Teenagers
When I was a parent of small children, whenever I’d had a hard time, people would tell me, “Just wait until they become teenagers!”
I have no idea what they...