Some Thoughts on What It Takes to Be a Good Father

How The He** Did I Learn How To Spell?

Have you heard of exam season? Exam season is when students are most productive. Really. We will clean our rooms, wash all the dishes, our roommate's dishes, sort through an entire semester's worth of laundry and bake cookies for the entire class. Anything but study for exams. So here I am, procrastinating, because I have… Continue reading How The He** Did I Learn How To Spell?

To You, With Love From A Fellow Human

To the invaluable human soul behind the screen reading my words, I want to talk to you about this week. Sunday the semester starts, and that's not enough time to recover from the emotional impact of this week's events. It's not fair. Yesterday, a crazy person killed a baby with a car. Today, both Jews… Continue reading To You, With Love From A Fellow Human

Totally Normal

For my summer job, I'm working at Camp Shutaf - a summer camp for kids with and without special needs. I double as a councilor and a personal guide for a teen with Down Syndrome. Yesterday during lunch, I was handing out cups of water to the campers and as I observed the room out… Continue reading Totally Normal

7 Reasons to Date a Nerdy Girl: Response

First, I just want to say that I LOVE The Good Men Project. I think they are doing amazing work and the articles they post are informative and interesting. However, (everything before the but doesn't count?) the other day I read this article: Smart is Sexy: 7 Reasons it's to your benefit to date a… Continue reading 7 Reasons to Date a Nerdy Girl: Response

Two Ways of Telling the Same Story

When I was in tenth grade I went to my first nerd science program at the Weizmann Institute. Our first lecture was about evolution. After the introduction, the lecturer addressed two friends and me and asked us whether we wanted to disagree with what he was teaching. He asked this because we all came from… Continue reading Two Ways of Telling the Same Story