The Snooze Button Generation

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Thursday, June 1, 2017

Dina gets props as Polack gets master's

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What the heck did I do this year? In a whirlwind of a year that forced me to take a lengthy golf hiatus, I remodeled our new home and ea...
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Monday, May 1, 2017

Cuba: Mofongo, cigars and ballerinas on bicylces

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"To live outside the law, you must be honest." Bob Dylan sang that line in his 1966 tune “Absolutely Sweet Marie.” For me, ...
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Saturday, April 1, 2017

Legit points on American 'culture'

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Go to Netflix ASAP, and binge watch "Legit" with Jim Jefferies. The two — and only — seasons of the show will be on Netflix unti...
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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Millennial males: In crisis

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Millennials have been renamed "The Screen Generation," the Snooze Button Generation (TM) announced today. In related news, Sno...
Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Travel ban should band us together

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I just saw a couple Tom Hanks movies — "Sully" and "Bridge of Spies." Apparently, the actor is cornering the market on A...
Sunday, January 1, 2017

Celebrating New Year's with Mark Twain

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"It ain't what you don't know that gets you in trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." I had...
Saturday, December 24, 2016

Sleep in heavenly peace

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My 9-year-old daughter asked me the other day, “Daddy, what’s your favorite Christmas carol?” “Oh, Chloe, that’s easy,” I said and pa...
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Thursday, December 1, 2016

Divorced dads: Often misunderstood

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I sometimes say this to my students when the subject of love comes up: "There are many types of love. There is romantic love, love f...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

I love the Indians more than ever now!

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I blame global warming. I just see no way how the Tribe does not win Game 7 of the 2016 World Series if it were 50 degrees, like it shou...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Chief Wahoo has always been cursed!

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Maybe Chief Wahoo has always been cursed! It's interesting in my lifetime that I have changed my feelings and view of Chief Wahoo. T...
Monday, October 17, 2016

Talent is a myth

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What the hell is going on here? My Tribe — the team that I follow religiously day in and day out — is one game away from the World Serie...
Saturday, October 1, 2016

We moved in!

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The house wasn't too bad. You could probably move in, if you wanted. But we knew there were things we'd like to do, and it's...
Thursday, September 1, 2016

Nirvana: The 'Greatest' American Rock Band

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Ask anyone what the "greatest" rock band ever is, and the person will probably answer The Beatles. That's a fair and corre...
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Monday, August 1, 2016

All One People

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During the first night of my stay in Cleveland this summer, my mom wore a T-shirt that said "All One People." This was not an ...
Monday, July 18, 2016

These candidates are too freaking old!

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Religion and politics. I've heard those are two topics to avoid at dinner parties. Sadly, in my world of Southern California, where ...
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Sunday, July 10, 2016

A Polack's view of SoCal real estate

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Goodbye, Long Beach. For the past 18 years, I have lived in Long Beach, Calif. — a gritty, eclectic city in Los Angeles County. But thos...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Cleveland shares values — and a CHAMPIONSHIP!

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The RTA bus would pick me up on Turney Road, then go down Broadway though urban decline and eventually reach Public Square. I would get ...
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Saturday, June 18, 2016

Cleveland's sports mythology: A shaky Jenga tower

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Father's Day. Our championship may come on Father's Day. I could think of no more appropriate day for Cleveland to end its 52-ye...
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