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I remember walking into a college party and walking out within 5 minutes well at least I was there. It took me years to discover the 5 reasons to hate parties and the 5 reasons solutions to these dilemma’s. What do you think of this list? Please feel free to add or subtract from it.

(1) TOO MANY PEOPLE- There’s just too many people and I’m not sure who to hang out with.  SOLUTION-  Find the 1 or 2 people that have the same chemistry as you do and pretend it’s just your party.

(2) MUSIC IS NOT THERE- They’ve chosen a sound track from a different lifestyle- SOLUTION- When in Rome listen to Roman music or ask the band or DJ to play a song or 2 in your genre. It also might be great time to get into a sillier conversation with your new friends.

(3) APPEARANCES- The crowd is either to wild or too tame for your interests. SOLUTIONS- It’s time to have peripheral vision and just focus on those individuals who appear to be in your circus or just enjoy watching the acts around you. 

(4) JERK- You meant an individual who can be defined by Merriam Webster as a “Jerk”. SOLUTION- Move on to others in the party as if he was not in attendance.

(5) SOMEWHERE ELSE- People are having more fun at a different party and your stuck here. SOLUTION- There are always people having more fun then you are but also many others that have less fun so enjoy this moment.

Isn’t it a bit fishy that the President has his biggest press conference  with “breaking news” that the Russians were secretly involved in trying to influence the Presidential election, just the weekend before the Electoral College meets to actual decide who our next President is going to be?  Questions you might want to ask include the following.

(1) Why have this press conference now when this is actually an old story with no new evidence to support such a claim?

(2) Could this story be used to either make those in the electoral college think twice about fulfilling their duties to the citizens who voted them to support Trump or just try to discredit the victory of the President elect as a whole?

(3) Did we notice the glee in the eyes’s of reporters who continue to follow this story as if it were a terrorist attack claimed by a President to be workplace violence or the IRS going after groups with conservative leanings? Oh wait the press didn’t cover those stories.

This story smells like rotted fish sold to the American people in filthy newsprint not worthy to be used for my dogs presents to the world.

If we restricted our diet to only those animals that would hunt us down the choices would be quite limited.  Yet wouldn’t it be the most fair for in a sense eating such animals would be done in self defense.  Today it appears that their are few predators we truly have to fear but there is one animal that still is looking for us as their next victim. This has always been the animal that we have the most to fear from and it is closer then you think.

If we go with the theory above then it’s time I became a vegetarian.

Sometimes you have to look a bit deeper in the context of leaders then what you initially hear or read. That appears to be the case with Donald Trump and Jacob who’s words and/or actions might not appear let’s just say on the right, from your initial understanding. Yet when we look into the context and the times they live(d) in a greater sense of why they are the leaders they are comes true. For G-D knows the inner workings of society and the people that are there and sometimes the crooked path might be more straight then it initially appears because of where we came from.  Donald Trump has his flaws but we might need those arrows if we are to hit the target again.

You have the words exactly as you want them but when you open your mouth it’s if someone else is speaking and they’re usually an idiot.

It’s not a mental health condition but more of a marble condition.  Somehow those perfect words come out through the wrong side of your body and you appear as a 3 letter word instead. Take some comfort in knowing that it happens to us all sometime, somewhere and maybe that you can be grateful it didn’t occur when you were most famous.  Someone else speaking from your mouth a condition we all have to go through let’s just hope they leave from the back entrance and don’t come back anytime soon.

Grow your own tree. Make sure it’s roots are based on the foundations and principles you hold dear.  Yet allow your branches to explore the world and it’s richness thereof.  Don’t be afraid to allow your colors to shine for if you keep your roots well watered they’ll appear green again in no time.  A passing wind or storm might leave you feeling cold and alone at times but if that foundation holds true you will see a rainbow in the horizon.  Grow your tree and allow it to explore the world without truly leaving home.

Can we all agree to hate, if we can I would put Dylan Roof on that list.  This despicable individual who shot up innocent people at a Church after spending time with them, all because their color of their skin was a different shade then his, deserves nothing less then death.  I understand the Christian perspective of forgiveness (although I’m Jewish) but let him seek it at his last meal.   Most of the time I preach love and tolerance in my post but for Dylan Roof let’s start with a little more hate.

When they told me I was to be honored by the Town of Ramapo  I was to say a bit shocked. WHO was I do to deserve such an award and then I thought it’s a small town so maybe it’s easy to impress. Yet when I saw the other recipients a young lady (in heart) who started the 1st Holocaust Museum in the country and an individual who puts their mind, body and soul out their as an EMS worker to save life’s (among the other recipients) I said “WHAT”  you’ve got to be  kidding?

Yes I’ve done a good amount of volunteer work for my Shul and community at large coming up with out of the box ideas that have have helped the community  but WHERE was I this worthy. WHEN & WHY was I considered to be in such company of these great men and woman.  I’m not sure HOW I truly got to be on such a stage but can tell you I’ll work even harder to try and prove to myself that I’m some what worthy of such a honor. Thank you for this great honor which I truly cherish even if I still wonder who?