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The Kids Aren’t Alright

June 23, 2009

I was listening to Mary Poppins post-workout yesterday. The point is not that I’m 22 and listen to Julie Andrews to cool down.  The point is that kids are given crappy movie-watching choices these days.  Or maybe there are movies as good as Mary Poppins with songs of the same quality (i.e. Wall-e,) but there is an uneven distribution of the majority of songs being crap in the childrens’ song market.  Disney Channel, I’m looking at you.  Why are you ...

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Happy Father’s Day!

June 21, 2009

This is my dad.   He gave me both my poor vision and my innate Russian sense of melancholy and the feeling that we’re all going to die soon.  I love him anyway.  He not only painted a whole piano for me (a piano I stopped playing after about a year), he also made me breakfast almost every morning I went to school, reminded me gently to put on a jacket (by telling me he would beat me if I didn’t), ...

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Ivri Lider in Washington, DC: On Wanting to Be Israeli

June 3, 2009

For those of you who live on another planet (or possibly not in Jewlandia in which case you are hereby pardoned,) Ivri Lider is a very popular Israeli musician.  Not only has he had more hits than Micahel Tyson, he has also publicly come out as gay and still remained successful and popular, which  is a tremendous accomplishment in the fickle world of showbusiness. Thanks to the kind generosity of 16th Street JCC in DC, I scored two tickets to ...

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You Can Never Go Home Again: Reverse Immigration

June 2, 2009

The Washington Post recently had a great article on reverse immigration, where immigrants to the United States go back to their home countries because of the hectic pace of life.  I wouldn’t call Africa the promise land, mostly because I am kind of scared of the HIV.  Also, I just like saying the HIV.  Even though, obviously, not everywhere in Africa has the HIV.  Only the populated parts have (the HIV). The article states, He wanted a healthier lifestyle for ...

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Memorial Day

May 25, 2009

I think Memorial Day’s a great idea in principle.  But the problem with Memorial Day is that it doesn’t mean anything in the United States, where only 1% or less of the population is military veterans. If you are a military family, it means a lot to you.  You are proud of the service and you have your relatives that have served in uniform.  But it’s really sad that the rest of the population is out shopping and everyone from ...

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