arthritic soul.

push with two hands,
and shatter you shall.

spare one,
and save another.

bouncing or breaking,
hand, hands, hand in hand.

#56

what does this photo say to you?

i'm sorry

our soldiers and family getting killed left and right, but no, it took this to get me to really cry. i'm sorry. i am so sorry.

DO YOU HEAR ME?!?

I knew him. dear G-d I knew him! What for? What for?!? WHAT FOR?! as if there's any answer that can make things better.

summer '06. harsher than an arctic winter.

boruch dayan ha'emes. i love You, i trust You, but please. please! no more sorrows.

the open road blocks...

...it's quite easy not to get in the way if you aint where you belong.

post 9 b'av quiz...

q1. what did you do with your kinos book(let) after 9 b'av?
q2. what does that say about your beliefs?

More Victory, Less Grace.

For you peace I pray

No more

Suffering losses

While your valor lies shamed.


Seen HERE.

self promotion...

...please note the added link in the sidebar. thanx.

9 b'av quiz

q1. which one worries you more?
a) your holy temple burnt down.
b) you misplaced your carkeys.

if you honestly answered a, proceed to q2.

q2. which one upsets you more?
a) your house burnt down.
b)your holy temple burnt down.

dead center...

...or living center?

neither around the church's earth nor galileo's sun, but man. and he around his soul, G-d within.

alone in the crowd...

unalienable rights abandoned...

...in exchange for the new american dream: "life, liberty - and the pursuit of stuff". even locke would be dissapointed, i think.

name that feeling...

...homesick, smack in the middle of my living room. now, what's that?

sophisticated or complicated?

cultured? i prefer plain old civilized.

because i love y'all so much...

sometimes when there's no clear explination it's 'cause there is none at all.

in retrospect, i see the poem as the opposite of purim - many seemingly random events connecting into one story. though not my intentions at all, i enjoyed the submitted "perushim" on the tzetel. thanx. the bags contained an orange, a cake, and a bottle of wine. that's it. see the connection? well, i don't.

a purim tzetel...

...the following is the note we enclosed in our mishloach manoth this year. can you guess what we put in it? (answer will be posted after the comments on this one hits 30. that's right, 30.

"Shivas Haminim"

7 sins, no sons, of Haman - minim (apikorsim) they were, and might not have been with a little more "CHIVAS". The other 2 sons were rishoim of a different "kind". NinE? Nyne! He had ten. Ve chose the theme of 7 (7 minim, 7 sons, 7 items in the bag) because today - the day of purim - is 7 days since the first day of the rest of your life if you count from the end of Moshe Rabbeinu's and add 70*70*0.7 years. Elsewhere, speaking of our holy leader, is a great mitzvah. Hehehe - get it? THAT'S IT. NOPE. Furthermore, his brother lit the LAMP which later was the center of the miracle of burning 7 days of oil on 1 - a GREAT event that never happened, certainly not on this day (not unless you count TAXI"S charging 7k for every one.

When all is said and done, you've said too much and gotten lazy.

HAPPY POORIM ;-)

p.s. only read this when the drunk start here & it will make more sense.

rise and shine...

...wake up and start dreaming.

paraphrased from matisyahu's warrior. better plagiarize with prejudice than just stagnate, no?

a revalation...

...hidden, i stand not in beauty's path.

cagey restraints...

...when chafing against fetters, take heart in the gloom. there are no limits if you never try rattling the bars.