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Seven Deadly Sins

I’m not one to take many online surveys but this one confirms what I already believed about myself. As hard as I try to be the best person I can possibly be – using the seven deadly sins as the antithesis of how not to live my life – I could’ve guessed these survey results ahead of time. I’m not proud of the overall results, but I’ll share them anyway.

Anyone who stumbles upon this, I urge you to take the survey to see where you stand, and take a serious look at how you live your life and what you can do to improve it.

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Class Photos Through the Years

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Shaare Tefila nursery school, 1981. I’m in the red shirt in the back row. I’m standing next to a girl (pink dress) who was born on the same day, in the same hospital as I was. We also went to middle school and high school together. Sheri Goff is in the pink shirt standing two over from my right. I went to Hebrew school and college with her, where we had a Hebrew class together. Here’s an article about what happened to her and her family.
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No Big Deal Here

One day this past week, I walked down the Mt. Vernon Square Metro escalator, heading home from work, just like I do every day.

“Excuse me!” Someone yelled, maybe 25 feet or so away from me. I’m not interested. I had a train to catch and if I gave my undivided attention to everyone asking for money outside Metro, I’d never get anywhere. It’s a very common thing.

“Fucking white people,” the guy said in my direction when it was clear I wasn’t going to answer him.

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