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One week away from my big day. I finally marry Rut. Kind of jittery. Kind of just want it to be over with. There's so much that I have left to take care of and so many ways this is not going to live up to my childhood dreams. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by that though since my childhood dreams had me flying away from the church with my ( Read more... )

 So this week was Tisha B'Av. It's the anniversary of the loss of the Temple in Jerusalem (both the first and second Temple were destroyed on the same day, just centuries after each other and a score of other tragedies:

1. During the time of Moses, Jews in the desert accepted the slanderous report of the 10 Spies, and the decree was issued forbidding ( Read more... )

So. Many Thanks to the well wishers sorry about the tardiness of this post but with my birthday falling on Pesach things were hectic.
(  things were hectic. )

So I'm rebuilding my digital footprint. I took the few things that are important, like my blogging and have moved on from there. In terms of social networking, I dropped my entire Friends List except for a few that pre alerted me requesting to be spared. Now I'm rebuilding the kShaw nation nearly from scratch. I'm no going to go into the events ( Read more... )

So last night I had a good time... with the most wonderful girl EVER! Which somehow this past week I...

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So the main thrust of this one is about being with the one you're with.

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Okay that title was indeed done in extremely poor taste. Mostly because I'm sure that embryos that don't come from chickens probably don't taste that great. I could be wrong I haven't tried.

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So I've talked to some of my friends and of course my family knows, but her's doesn't... I'm dating Ruth. ( Read more... )

I love getting comments to my posts. Recently I received a message from one of my readers. I responded, but the question as unusual as it was, made me think how perfect it would be for this week's post. Now... while I may not be promiscuous, as per an earlier post I do admit that I'm not a virgin. Things and life happen. That life has taught me ( Read more... )

After a discussion with my friend The Philosopher, I came upon the root of what is truly the societal problem posed by the previous post (as it relates to the individual who has deep, non reciprocated feelings for a friend).

( What makes an individual an ideal life partner? )