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Revolution and Bureaucracy

“Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.” ― Franz Kafka

February 4, 2026
Losing Someone Twice (STUB)

We use the phrase “losing a parent” when they pass away, but often we lose them years earlier, due to dementia. By the time they pass away, you’ve already lost them for many years. Random thoughts:

December 30, 2025
The Price You Pay

One of the greatest tech innovation of our time is Shazam, a smartphone app that listens to a song, and in seconds gives you its details. (Nobel committee are you paying attention? Try it sometime!) Anyway, I was watching an episode of the TV show “Landman“, when they played a song that struck me as…

December 30, 2025
Everything has a Price (STUB)

December 30, 2025
How to chair a meeting (OUTLINE)

Or “The wisdom of Linda Hausdorff” When I became the president of my temple, I asked a friend how I should run the monthly board meetings. She gave me a few, simple rules:

November 25, 2025
Why do people keep trying to jam a square peg into a round hole? (DRAFT)

When someone doesn’t like the way you do something, they will comment and tell you the “correct” way to do it. When you don’t do it the way they like, they keep telling you how to do it “right”. Expand on… Do they listen to you when you tell them why you do it your…

June 11, 2024
Did they really live happily ever after? (DRAFT)

As a child I remember being told the story of the “The Princess and the Pea“, a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Like all fairy tales, they lived happily ever after. That made sense to a child with limited world experience. Limited experience with people. But as an adult, I realize that in real…

June 11, 2024
If you love what you do, you win

I was listening to an interview with Mike Rowe, the TV host of “Dirty Jobs” fame. He was being interviewed for his book “The way I heard it“, and towards the end of the interview, he’s asked a series of questions the host asks all interviewees. The last question stood out for me, “One piece…

March 5, 2024
What a difference a comma makes DRAFT

From Dov: Mipney Seva Takum Add a comma. Mipney seva, takum. Because of old age, get up (and move/walk)

February 21, 2024
When you have to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk.

For the longest time, I tried to make the slogan “Just do it,” but it lost its effectiveness after a while. Now, I have a new motto. I was watching the news from Israel, and they had a clip with a cabinet minister. The interviewer kept pressing him to agree to the need to decide…

December 28, 2023

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