Just For Fun

Say yes

August 22, 2026

Jim Carrey starred in a movie called “Yes Man” where he must say “yes” to any request or bad things will happen. I’m trying the same trick.

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Here’s one side effect I never expected after cancer treatments: curly hair. I shouldn’t have been that surprised: Hair growing back curly after chemo is a fairly common experience. My friend Laura Ben-David, who died in 2025 after a long battle with ovarian cancer, sported some lovely curls in her final days. My new curls […]

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Rewriting the “Pharaoh Constant”: A sci-fi re-imagining of the Exodus

April 5, 2026

What if the Exodus had never happened? A future “visitor” returns to the past to insert his consciousness into Moses to ensure the Exodus occurs.

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Year-end lists: Gratitude

December 27, 2025

As 2025 draws to a close, it’s traditional to make lists. I’d like to draw from a custom our family has adopted for Shabbat: a gratitude list!

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This is your brain on mushrooms

June 29, 2025

“Drink it down slowly,” instructs Shawn, my guide for what will be one of the most unusual therapy sessions I’ve embarked upon, unusual because the chunks in my beverage is not chocolate.

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