From my buddy, Ervin Grinberg comes this gem… Differences Between Christmas and Chanukah Christmas is one day, same day every year. December 25. Jews love Dec. 25th. It's another paid day off work. We go to movies and out for Chinese food, and Israeli dancing. Chanukah is 8 days. It starts the evening of the [...]
In Ben Hur, we were introduced by Hollywood to the concept that some peoples idea of entertainment was pitting a man against a Tiger or Lion as a sport. All that happened was that the “cat” sated it’s enforced hunger by eating the only meat in it’s reach, which unfortunately for the Christian, was [...]
We start today, with a little wind-up. Just like a clockwork mechanism, a Blog should wind up the tension, to allow the bell to be struck with a clear ringing blow. So get a coffee, put your feet up, take a deep breath and… Why did God prohibit Adam and Eve from partaking of [...]
The Music Industry’s future was pre-determined 300 years ago. Louis XIV and his ultimate beheading resulting from the Revolution has curious parallels to today’s file sharing activity and the P2Pvolution. The peasants rose in revolt against the high taxes and lack of bread. (And maybe because the early Ipods were self powered, but [...]
I have spent a lot of time in the US over the years, but wow, is it getting weird over there… And never so weird as during a Presidential campaign… Now here is an article that is partly about Sarah Palin, but it is more about the fundamentalist Christian movement that she belongs to… It [...]
Here is an excerpt from Kurt Vonnegut's new book. As relevant to Australia as it is to Americ: “Do unto others what you would have them do unto you.” A lot of people think Jesus said that, because it is so much the sort of thing Jesus liked to say. But it was actually said [...]