Author Archives: pgold

Elijah is coming to town

Posted on February 17, 2009 by pgold

You better watch out… Now that the football season is over our minds and hearts can turn to that spring pastime that we call PASSOVER! Believe it or not, there are only 49 shopping days until Passover! And just to … Continue reading →

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Beatles Covers Part 2

Posted on February 13, 2009 by pgold

First off, when talking about instrumental covers of The Beatles, I accidentally left off some great work by Booker T and the MGs. Their wonderful disco sounds really made great instrumental versions of some songs, especially Eleanor Rigby (which shows … Continue reading →

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Facebook

Posted on February 10, 2009 by pgold

Facebook has become a major part of my daily routine and it has brought me in contact with many people from my USY days. It’s been a lot of fun. One interesting thing has been these facebook memes that are … Continue reading →

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Difficulties

Posted on February 9, 2009 by pgold

This is going to be a very down blog entry. I usually like to write something upbeat, but it’s my blog, and I can write what I want. It seems to us many days that Avi is not getting any … Continue reading →

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Life on Mars

Posted on January 29, 2009 by pgold

My friend wrekehavoc has been doing a whole month of blog posts on great 70s music. It’s been a lot of fun reading her posts and I definitely recommend a look. Now that one of my favorite shows, Life On … Continue reading →

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15 Minute “Homemade” Pasta Sauce

Posted on January 26, 2009 by pgold

On the way home from work today I was told that Avi wanted pasta and meatballs for dinner. It was not exactly on my radar for dinner, but why not. Defrosting the ground beef is not too hard, and add … Continue reading →

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Here Comes the Sun

Posted on January 22, 2009 by pgold

I don’t hide the fact that I am a Democrat and that I supported Barack Obama from the moment he was the front runner in the Democratic primaries. There are many reasons why I am a Democrat and I am … Continue reading →

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1 week of Weight Watchers

Posted on January 14, 2009 by pgold

So today marks the last day in my first week of Weight Watchers. It has not been too difficult. I have stuck to the plan mostly every day. The hard part of course is on Shabbat when this week we … Continue reading →

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Jews on TV

Posted on January 13, 2009 by pgold

It’s no surprise that I like Television. In fact, I may like it too much. I watch way too much TV, either from our DVR with my wife or I watch a lot on my computer going to and from … Continue reading →

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Honors

Posted on January 9, 2009 by pgold

Yesterday, Avi brought home a perfect report again from school which put him at ten days in a row and he goes on honors. I know that I have mentioned here before, but they break up his school day into … Continue reading →

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