This was said by President Donald Trump during a White House cabinet meeting this week, regarding a study linking the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine that he’s been touting, and allegedly taking himself, and an increased risk of death in coronavirus patients: There was a false study done where they gave it to very sick people, extremely sick people. … Continue reading Life, Liberty & a Chance to Say Goodbye
Motherhood: A Journey into Stupidity
One thing nobody ever tells you is that motherhood makes you stupid. It’s true. Becoming a mother – literally the nanosecond an infant exits, by whatever means, your womb – reduces even the most intellectually evolved woman to her most primal, cavewoman self. You immediately go from someone intelligent, curious and informed – about everything … Continue reading Motherhood: A Journey into Stupidity
Parenting – and Child-ing – in the Age of Coronavirus
Everyone in my family is a calm under pressure type person. That is not to say we are stoic. My father and I are big babies when we’re sick, or even slightly incapacitated. Dad once passed a kidney stone and told me it was “worse than childbirth,” which I had a hard time imagining could … Continue reading Parenting – and Child-ing – in the Age of Coronavirus
The Day the Music Died
On July 4th 1976, I was perched atop my father’s shoulders, my bronzed six-year-old legs straddling his neck. I wore tennis shoes that marked my feet Left and Right. My father worked his way through the throng of people gathered en masse on the grassy lawn of the National Mall that spans almost two miles between … Continue reading The Day the Music Died
Never a Pretty but Always a Necessary Thing
When I was a little girl, I was terrified of the Ku Klux Klan. My mother is Jewish, and while my father is not, and nor were we raised Jewish or affiliated in any overt way, I knew that by Jewish law, and in the eyes of the KKK, I was Jewish too. Back in … Continue reading Never a Pretty but Always a Necessary Thing
Dead Zone at the High School
Yesterday I went to Teenage Son’s high school orientation. He strongly encouraged me not to attend and almost had me convinced that parents were not invited, but then I received a text from his girlfriend’s mother, saying that she would be there. “What if you’re the only two mothers who show up?" protested Teenage Son. … Continue reading Dead Zone at the High School
May We All Go Back Where We Came From
When the kids were little, they took piano lessons from an elderly woman in our neighborhood named Elaine Lebar. Mrs. Lebar was an accomplished musician, and a taskmaster – once barked at 5-year-old Jesse, attempting a piece by Chopin, “Play it like the composer wrote it!!!” She was also a remarkable woman with an arsenal … Continue reading May We All Go Back Where We Came From
Anger Management – A Character Study
I have often wished there were some sort of machine, akin to a time machine, but more like a space or perception machine, where you could step outside of yourself and see yourself as you are seen by other people. I mean, yeah, to a certain extent you can do that, say if you have home movies … Continue reading Anger Management – A Character Study
Waging War on Mother’s Day
I’m just going to come right out and say this: I don’t like Mother's Day. I used to like Mother's Day, before I was a mother. I liked Mother's Day when I was a kid and I would make my mom a card, pick her some flowers, and bring her breakfast in bed. Now that … Continue reading Waging War on Mother’s Day
Inhuman Communication
Tech, Robots, Friendship and Why I’m Screwed for the Future Recently, I sat on a panel at a symposium entitled The Future of Humanity in the Smart Machine Age. The circumstances surrounding me being chosen to appear at this event – other speakers included Steve Wozniak, Salim Ismail (Founder of Singularity University) and a bunch … Continue reading Inhuman Communication
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