The Way It Is: Stenosis Solutions
The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons estimates that 8 to 11 percent of the population suffers from a condition known as spinal stenosis. As with just about everything in...
Candlesticks!
There are two types of families when it comes to making Shabbos: Those who are ready by chatzos on Friday and those where the husband is getting into the...
Sofa, It’s Not Working Out
Dear Mordechai,
My boys killed my couches. What should I do? Should I replace them?
Yes, definitely. Maybe replace them with girls. They don’t ruin couches as much.
Oh, wait. It just...
Next Monday In History
Good news! This coming Monday is Presidents’ Day, which is, hands-down, the oldest American holiday that everyone forgets about until the week before. It’s a happy accident on the...
Computers 102: It’s A Software Problem
We now begin Part II of our tutorial on how to set up your new computer, mostly based on secondhand knowledge. We started this topic last week, and are...
The Way It Is: Picture Perfect
Somehow, perhaps because I have not recently traveled outside the country, I managed to let my passport expire. On a recent evening, while out to dinner with friends, the...
Vague Memories
I think I’ve figured out why I seem to be losing my memory. And it’s not because I’m getting older. I mean, I am getting older. But that might...
The Way It Is: Thou Shalt Not Hate
Having been born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, I attended the Providence Hebrew Day School. It was the first and, at the time, only day school in the...
Memories Of Sefirah
For some reason, the hardest mitzvah to remember seems to be Sefiras HaOmer. Which is crazy for a mitzvah that we do 49 times a year.
And this is after...
Inbox Zero
Now that Pesach is over, we can actually start with the spring cleaning, and everyone in your house who previously said, “No, that’s spring cleaning,” is now, by their...