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A Dying Friend
God, this is hard to write.
Today, we visited our friend, Vic, who will most certainly die in the next week. Vic is exactly the same age as my dear wife, namely, 57.
We first got to know Vic and D'vorah, his wife, about 24 years ago. Vic is a renowned physicist/mathematician, a brilliant poet, a singer, a prayerful, holy and fun guy. D'vorah, ten ( Read more... ) -
A Total Mensch
This is about a petition asking The Nobel committee to consider
Canadian Stephen Lewis for the 2006 Nobel Peace prize, to help his
cause.
Here is the petition:
Stephen Lewis is the U.N. Secretary General's special envoy for
H.I.V./A.I.D.S. in Africa. He has worked tirelessly for the
recognition of the victims of A.I.D.S . in Africa. He is ( Read more... ) -
I did something stupid
I feel so dumb and stupid and heartless. I sent some lyrics to my godson, with no explanation. He deleted it, and got mad. I don't blame him, as they are less than flattering lyrics, but they were not directed at him. They are the result of a very difficult few months of counselling others, and in my haste, I gave no explanation. If anyone is still ( Read more... ) -
Love You Forever
This is a story we read to our kids, when they were small. We'd end up crying at the end. You will too. I'm going to read this to my parents when I am in Israel. I hope you find it meaningful:-
Love You Forever
by Robert Munsch
A mother held her new baby and very slowly rocked him back and forth, back and forth ( Read more... ) -
weird and kinky
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What happened in France?
One of the beauties of the Internet, is that I am not stuck just reading the London Free Press every day. Of all the newspapers in the world, I devotedly read two:- Ha'aretz, which is a left-wing, human rights-oriented Israeli newspaper (the online edition is in English), and The Scotsman, a newspaper that is both intelligent and weird, a ( Read more... ) -
religion in public schools
Hey, muffins:
I'm quite proud of myself (as usual). I had a letter published to yet another editor of yet another local rag. I might have already posted this, in which case, please forgive me.
Love,
Ian
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More on depression
I read this article in this week's Maclean's magazine, a Canadian Icon. It shook me up, even though I know what they are talking about, all too well.
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