EVERYTHING — EVERYTHING OF ANY VALUE, anyway — is always “worth a shot.” Continue reading “Pithyism #1234”
Category: Life
Each moment is different. Here are some of mine.
Pithyism #20-20
EVERYTHING IS EASY — IN HINDSIGHT. Continue reading “Pithyism #20-20”
Innovation
THE AX EXISTED FOR 1.4 million years before anyone thought to put a handle on it.”
— James Williams
Pithyism #-30-
DO NOT MOCK THE DAMNED, for you yourself may be one of them someday.
— Old reporter’s proverb
Re-Vision
LOVE adv. A DEDICATED SERIES OF related kindnesses and decisions.
True Confession
I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT ‘bizarre’ means anymore.”
— Anthony Bourdain
Pithyism #001010
SOMETIMES, THE TERM “ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE” is just a cover for genuine stupidity.
Eulogy
NOT WITH A BANG BUT a failed vote.
Pithyism #80
THE OLDER I GET, THE older “old” gets — and the younger “young” seems.
Top 10 Metaphoragings: 2021
AND SO, AS OUR EARTH races to catch up to the orbital location arbitrarily assigned to “New Year’s Day,” let us pause and reflect on the year that’s passed (bloggishly speaking, anyway):
My Favorite Jewish Joke – 130 views
Far and away, the winner for Most-Viewed Post of 2021 was the one whose punchline is the simple but effective, “Moses, do whatever the hell you want.” (And no, that’s not a spoiler. It is, however, a trenchant understanding of / comment on Jewish practice.)
365 Names of God: “The Light of Eternal Mind” – 71 views
We’ve had a lot of fun with the “365 Names of God” series, including one of my own personal favorites. Continue reading “Top 10 Metaphoragings: 2021”
Pithyism #Now
NEVER BEFORE, AND NEVER AGAIN: Out of all the aeons, this moment is unique, both to you and to its circumstances. Grok the hell out of it.
Why We Divine
When we stand in awe, our lips do not demand speech, knowing that if we spoke, we would deprave ourselves. In such moments talk is an abomination. All we want is to pause, to be still, that the moment may last. … The meaning of the things we revere is overwhelming, and beyond the grasp of our understanding.”
— Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel