Love Thy Neighbor: A Jewish Fairy Tale

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Tuesday December 30, 2008 · 9:02 PM PST

2008/12/30 · 21:02

One of my favorite Jewish legends goes like this:

A man goes up to a rabbi one day and says, "If you can teach me the entire Torah while I stand on one foot, I'll convert to Judaism."

The rabbi thinks for a moment and then says, "Okay. Go ahead."

"What?" says the man.

"Stand on one foot."

So, the man raises a foot and the rabbi says, "Love thy neighbor as thyself. The rest is just commentary."

That's why I love being a Jew. I love that when you cut through all the bullshit, that is the essential tenet of my religion. Judaism is about living for today in this lifetime, because this is all you're going to get (until the Messiah comes). Sure, I should probably keep kosher and I should probably go to temple, but as long as I'm treating people the way I want them to treat me, I'm doing okay. I feel like a good Jew.

That's why I am constantly frustrated by the State of Israel.

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Friday December 05, 2008 · 2:49 PM PST

2008/12/05 · 14:49

I worked in sports. Sports broadcasting to be precise. And if history tells us anything, it's that sports and entertainment generally do well during economic downturn. People don't want to think about how lousy their lives are, so they turn to escapism. Working in sports broadcasting, I figured that the economic downturn wouldn't hurt us too much. I mean, I'm not sure how many millions of dollars we made this past year, but it was still more than we made the year before.

I also thought I was safe, because it was me. Because I was good. And I was competent. And I could do everything in my department and better than the majority of the people there. I produced. I edited. I knew where things were and how things worked. I was the person everyone asked. I was the go-to gal.

And now I am unemployed.

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Have you lost your job yet?

137 votes Vote Now!

Have you lost your job yet?

Not yet, thank goodness.

65 votes

Not yet, but I can see it coming around the corner.

22 votes

Yes, and it sucked.

37 votes

Yes, but I found a new job already

2 votes

Yes, but I was offered early retirement and took it.

1 vote

Pie.

10 votes

UPDATED: When Baseball and Politics (Don't Really) Collide

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Tuesday October 21, 2008 · 6:43 AM PDT

2008/10/21 · 06:43

I've been thinking about writing another diary, but nothing has been coming off as very sincere or worthy. But then I saw this article

This isn't about the Rays supporting Obama or Obama congratulating the Rays, it's about the stupidity of the comments written below the article.

UPDATED: Apparently it's not just in comments. John McCain has something to say about Obama's supposed flip-flop.

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Who are you rooting for in the World Series?

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Who are you rooting for in the World Series?

Tampa Bay Rays

25 votes

Philadelphia Phillies

12 votes

Neither

6 votes

Both

2 votes

Barack Obama!

10 votes

Equal Pay: Thinking Outside the Box

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Friday September 19, 2008 · 3:30 PM PDT

2008/09/19 · 15:30

After Hillary Clinton's historic campaign came to an end, there were worries among her supporters that women had lost their voice in the 2008 presidential campaign. Comments on blogs lamented the loss of a powerful advocate for women in America and some threatened to vote for John McCain, saying it served American women right for letting Hillary go. The addition of Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket brought the issues affecting women back into the forefront and yet, the Republican ticket continues to miss the boat on what really matters to American women.

The candidates have gone about attracting women in very different fashions. JohnMcCain.com has a fairly comprehensive breakdown of issues that will be important in this election. Women's issues are conspicuously absent. (In contrast, BarckObama.com has a comprehensive outline of Senator Obama's positions on women's issues.) As of late, Senator Obama has been make a very strong push for women voters. And the hottest topic out there? Equal Pay for Equal Work.

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Love Thy Neighbor: A Jewish Fairy Tale

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UPDATED: When Baseball and Politics (Don't Really) Collide

Equal Pay: Thinking Outside the Box