On his radio show Wednesday, Dennis Prager said: A man needs most from a woman in a relationship is to be admired. Not loved. You love a puppy, but you don’t admire a puppy. You love your children, but you may or may not admire your children.
The reason the denial of sex is so terrible to a man is not primarily the biological deprivation, but he translates it in his mind as a lack of taking him seriously, a lack of admiration and love.
There is really only one thing that can not be overcome by most men in a marriage — being held in contempt by his wife.
In 2010, I paid Kaiser Permanente $330 a month for coverage. In 2011, my coverage will cost me $381. Why the big jump? Obamacare’s new rules, including the mandatory coverage of dependents through age 26.
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager talked about a song named “F*** You” nominated for Grammy Record of the Year.
“In the video, everyone in it was a black American. I just wonder if any other community would not find this a little disgraceful? I’m sure many black Americans do. If everybody there wore a cross, at least impersonating Christians, I think the Christian community would say something. This doesn’t represent us.
“There is an inner-city culture that the general society tolerates, does not condemn as anti-civilizational because of fear of being called racist, and that is racist because they would say it if anyone else did this, let alone nominate it for a Grammy award.”
“Barbarians always exist. The difference between a great civilization and a failing civilization is not the presence or absence of barbarians. Barbarians will always exists, but what matters is that the civilization condemns the barbarian. When the civilization honors the barbarian, we have gone from condemnation to toleration to adoration.
“I would not have talked about this song if it was just out there. That it was nominated for a Grammy… That the elite find this profanity-laced crap worthy of an award shows that the barbarians govern in the world of the elite, in the arts and education… The rot is at the head, not the tail.”
Surgery went fine. Surgeon recommended against fixing deviated septum, too minor, just did some other tweaks so i can breathe easier.
Now I just have to stay off the coke for six weeks. I am live on my cam, hoping to milk this moment for all the attention i can get.
I have to abstain from strenuous activity for two weeks so I guess that means no yoga and no doing the Jean-Louis move in Alexander Technique (standing at the end of a table and reaching down over someone’s head and chest to help promote width in their lower back, this fancy pants move requires that I tuck in my beard, my shirt and my belly).
I’d probably be feeling a helluva lot better right now if the Dallas Cowboys had only won their game yesterday.
Saturday. 3 pm. He walks east on Robertson Blvd and within two blocks he’s already outside of Torah Town. He passes a small Chabad and then a tiny Knesset Israel and then there’s no sign of Yiddishkeit.
The sun drops in the horizon.
He didn’t think his life would turn out like this.
At Hamilton High School, he walks west and eventually joins with National Blvd. He passes children playing roughly on the streets and wonders how many of them are criminally violent. This is an entirely different class of people from Beverlywood. They’re much rougher. They look less educated, less successful, and more indulgent. They’d punch him in the face if they knew what he was thinking so he doesn’t make eye contact.
He passes a group of winos. “Nice beard!” one says.
He thinks that these people are less inhibited than his own kind. They’re less constipated about talking to strangers. They don’t look at the outside world as the enemy to be debunked.
He could’ve waited for the end of the Sabbath and then driven to his Alexander Technique soiree but then he would’ve arrived two hours late.
He’s curious about the public dialogue with his teacher. Teach hasn’t been the same of late. He’s never seemed so vulnerable. Why? Teach is a master showman who’s taught the Technique thousands of times. This is his element. He knows he’ll shine. So why the long face?
Rabbi Hershel Rabbs Remer: TONIGHT’S SHOW features a full line-up of topics, including: Lusting after Persian chicks, trashing shrinks and socialized health care, answering your questions from last week’s chat room, and time permitting, discussing Chanukah and cluing Luke Ford in on this week’s parshah.
Joseph goes from interpreting the dream for pharoah to giving advice. This from a guy fresh out of prison. It takes a lot of self-confidence. Jews do not generally lack for confidence.
Joseph interpreting dreams sounds like modern psycho-therapy. Today we turn to shrinks to interpret our dreams.
Rabbi Hershel Rabbs Remer: TONIGHT’S SHOW features a full line-up of topics, including: Lusting after Persian chicks, trashing shrinks and socialized health care, answering your questions from last week’s chat room, and time permitting, discussing Chanukah and cluing Luke Ford in on this week’s parshah.
Joseph goes from interpreting the dream for pharoah to giving advice. This from a guy fresh out of prison. It takes a lot of self-confidence. Jews do not generally lack for confidence.
Joseph interpreting dreams sounds like modern psycho-therapy. Today we turn to shrinks to interpret our dreams.
