TMI

Really, you might want to skip this post. I’m just recording it for my own information. Most of last week I had a major PITA. I don’t mean an annoyance, I mean a visit to the HMO and being sent downstairs to the surgeon. That was Thursday. Two percocets and lots of hot baths later, …

Time out for a political comment

I didn’t watch or hear Obama’s speech yesterday, but I did read it at that link. All I have to say is, it will be a tragedy for the country, comparable to the failure to have elected Adlai Stevenson president or to having elected Reagan, if Obama isn’t elected, after that. On second thought, that’s …

Klez gig

I played in the band at a bar mitzvah last Saturday. Jim, the clarinetiest in the JCC klezmer band, had been asked by one of his neighbors to get a band together for the occasion. He spoke to Barry, the leader of the JCC band, who asked me to participate. So the three of us …