This is the post (or, the latest post — there have been many) which inspired my post about the “God-shaped hole”

I think a lot about the idea of a “God-shaped hole,” the idea that there is something in us—an emptiness, a need—which can only be filled by something holy. And, most of us spend our lives trying to fill this void with something else—something worldly.

I am “I fix my grammar, punctuation, and spacing in all texts and posts” years old.

So…are crimes still illegal? Asking for an entire nation.

Utterly

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

This is such a cliche, but there’s something magic about independent coffee shops

I think Jake Paul should try returning serves from Venus Williams next

I am but a sideshow Bob and every day a rake

Latke Grilled Cheese. That is all.

One of my greatest challenges continues to be balancing my Mindfulness practice with my Social Activism, especially online.

I’m standing in the Orlando airport and my deep thought for the morning is: who here is happier? Kids arriving for a Disney vacation, or parents leaving after one?

I doubt I’ll ever get a tattoo. It’s not primarily for religious reasons. But, I’ve been known to spend 15 minutes debating which color T-shirt to buy from Old Navy, so I think that this level of commitment is just way beyond me.

This is what happens — this is what you WANT to happen — when you place an incompetent, alcoholic sycophant with zero relevant experience as the head of our military. Our Secretary of Defense is a war criminal. He should be treated as such.

Hegseth needs to be in jail for the rest of his life, and that’s the moderate option.

The Dora the Explorer float is on the Macy’s Parade, and I’m guessing that Cheetolini is about to order an ICE raid to shut it down

No no…we’re listening

Coming out of a 5-day silent meditation retreat to find that, no, the world has not healed itself. *sigh*

In any sane, reasonable world, this would be the biggest news story in years, and would bring down much of this administration. In THIS world, most people probably won’t even be aware of it.

Every time I hear that someone has “rizz” my immediate reaction is to picture Rizzo the rat in his letterman jacket and backwards hat, and then if I think whoever we’re talking about is at least as cool as that I go “yeah”

When you write the whole piece around the idea of “MeToo” as an adequate description of what caused specific men to lose specific positions, and when you do this incredibly weird cutesy business to avoid *mentioning what happened*, you do a disservice to readers.

"This is good work, I am doing important journalism here," I think, as I soberly discuss the important differences between sexually assaulting fifteen year-olds and eight year-olds.

And now, to open a internet browsing window and read what I'm sure are literally dozens of pieces reporting on the sweeping democrat victories, the obvious anti-Trump mood it represents, and how Trump should -- nay, has a *responsibility* to! -- compromise with the left on matters great and small.

So excited to announce the opening schedule of the TJMC! Starting on Dec 2, we will be offering two meditation sessions every Tuesday -- 30 minutes in the morning, 45 minutes in the evening. Check the flyer or TampaJMC.org for location and more details, [email protected] for questions!

Adam Sol is a professor of literature, a poet, a musician, a "rebbitz-sir" (a term he may have invented (?) for the husband of a rabbi), and an old high school and youth group buddy of mine. He has thoughts. Many. Some of them get shared here... #profanelysacred podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯

A line drive into the gap is one of the prettiest things in all of sports

Nothing better than an Intentional Walk blowing up in their face by smacking a home run right after!

I’m mildly rooting for the Jays, but if you don’t love an unknown journeyman pitching 4 scoreless innings and a Freddie Freeman 18th inning walk off, then you just don’t love baseball.

I’ll die on this hill. It’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” not “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.”

It’s not complicated

Never mind every other single abominable or corrupt thing to this miserable moment, the extrajudicial and unevidenced execution of 34 human beings by the U.S. Navy on the orders of a U.S. President acting in peacetime is sufficient for his impeachment and conviction. If we were a republic, I mean.

Our President is bombing boats with no judicial process, but it’s his unauthorized work on the White House which is *really* getting people’s attention.

Buddy Baseball is a fantastic baseball league for kids with special needs, and the Buddy Run is our annual 5K to help support the league. If you can't be with us for the 5K or 1 mile fun-run, you can still support the cause by buying into the 50/50 raffle! bit.ly/4nRhNIh

Rabbi Simcha Bunum of Peshischa says that Adam, the first human, was actually named after the Hebrew word for “imagination” (dimyon). He said that what makes us different from the other animals is that we’re the only ones who can think beyond ourselves, and our current situation.

I am shocked to report that this webinar could have been a brief email

Once you notice a speaker says “umm” too often, it’s all over. You’ll hear nothing else.

Our President is some combination of demented and stupid. And, evil. It’s…not a good combo.

My wife and I treated ourselves to dinner at Aviv (in South Beach) in honor of our 25th anniversary and OH MY GOD I knew food could be good but this was just ridiculous.

Watching football brings out some really…interesting…sides of my wife

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

How is it possible that every CyberTruck color is uglier than every other color?

Been thinking a lot on this MLK Jr. quote lately: “I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice…”

For a guy who absolutely hates being cold and gets seasick in a bathtub, I watch an awful lot of videos of ships in North Atlantic storms

It can’t be said enough that, whatever other awful things he might be, our president is astoundingly stupid www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Remember - every act by a fascist isn’t only the act itself. It’s also a test to see if they can get away with it. And, if they can, then the next, worse act is guaranteed. Resist. Speak up. Speak out.

Capitulating to bad-faith people who are acting in bad faith is cowardice. It is also never, ever, ever, ever, ever a good idea.