If you don’t know what a mezuzah is in the Jewish religion, it is a piece of parchment (often contained in a decorative case) that is inscribed with specified Hebrew verses from the Torah.  A mezuzah is affixed to the doorframe…and is believed to bring long life and protection for members of the home.
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Anyway, I [...]

This is an anecdote/story/whatever that I often tell friends.
From Kindergarten to about 4th grade, there was an odd pattern with all of my teachers.
THEY ALL LEFT TEACHING AFTER A YEAR WITH ME.  Now, who’s to say whether or not this really had anything to do with me…
At Barnum Woods in East Meadow,  NY:  After Kindergarten, [...]

A few weeks ago I was at a small barbecue.  Inside the house is/was a keyboard.  At some point during this lovely afternoon, a buddy of mine decided he was gonna play a little music.
He hopped on the keyboard, which of course has the ability to make all sorts of different sounds and tones.
One particular [...]

If you’ve never seen Dave Chappelle’s stand-up comedy routine, he’s got a funny bit all about cartoons.   He examines his favorite childhood cartoons from his now adult point of view.
One of the conclusions that Mr. Chappelle came to is that Pepe Le Pew is basically a womanizing rapist.
Not only does Pepe force himself upon females, [...]

In the coming months and even years, I’ll likely be telling more and more Grandpa Sammy stories.
It must’ve been sometime in the late 1980’s or early 90’s — My grandpa parked the car across the street from a 7-11.  With my sister and I (us kids) waiting in the car, Sammy asked us if we [...]

Growing up I did have some white sneakers, but more often than not my sneakers had logos/designs on them.  What I’m saying is that I’ve never really owned pure white sneakers.
My mom always told me, “White sneakers never stay clean.”   Other times she was more straight forward, “You are a slob and you’ll never take [...]

Unfortunately I have sad news to report. The day before this past Thanksgiving, my maternal grandfather Sam Robinson passed away at a healthy 94.   My mom, dad, sister, aunt, uncle, cousin, grandma, grandpa, and myself were all on a cruise ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, headed toward Mazatlan, Mexico.
The following is the [...]

Admittedly, I’m not very much into video games.  As I’ve talked about before, I really never got much further than regular 8-bit Nintendo and Sega Genesis.  Nowadays, I feel like all of these controllers have so many buttons, and the games have become way more complex.
In the past you could sit down and play [...]

Growing up in NY and now living in LA, I’ve very much been around Spanish speaking people all my life.   I took Spanish from about 6th grade up until my junior year in high school, and then quit.  Part of me wishes I would have stuck with it longer, and maybe even took some Spanish [...]

Discovery Zone, prior to bankruptcy, was a chain of entertainment facilities featuring games and elaborate indoor mazes designed for young children — including slides, climbing play structures, and ball pits.  There were at least a couple of these places around on Long Island, where I grew up.
I’m 27 now, but mazes, slides, climbing stuff, and ball pits [...]