2005 End of the Year Recap Part 1
It is finally here, the mother of all posts and frankly coming up with this has been a mother. I haven't enjoyed it all that much because I have found it to be tedious. In general I don't like reading things I have written because they almost never measure up. Invariably I find myself cringing and asking why I wrote something or wondering why I didn't do better. It is just uncomfortable.
On top of that I have so much material that I was really torn about how much to include. Believe it or not I left out quite a bit and yet this is still a monster post. On top of that the recap only goes through August. I may decide to include the last quarter of the year but I may not. There is only so much that I can take. Not to mention that I seem to be exceptionally repetitive.
If you really like what you read you can always sift through the archives or just hang out and wait for the next batch to come. And without further ado I bring you the recap:
In January I wrote a number of posts about a variety of topics they include:
Signs of Intelligence
I don't Know My Own Strength
Blog Awards
Odds and Ends
Ralph Waldo Emerson
True Fear
The Search For Answers About Our Ourselves
The Jewish People- We are losing our Mind
Tsunami Aid
Baseball Hall of Fame Voting
My Past Is My Present
The growing assault on Ivrit (Hebrew)
Anti-Semitism Rising, State Dept.
Some Posts are Hard to Read
Parental Responsibilities- Education
Protective Big Brother
Love That Takes Your Breath Away
Make Her Feel Like a Woman- A joke
Ways to Fight Racism
Men, Our Emotions and Dating
He Squished My Cupcake- More on the Sins of the Father are visited Upon the Son
Exporting Terror To Europe
Won't You take me To Funkytown
The Best Thing for the Jewish People
The Choices We Make In Life- I could have been In Israel
The Frustration of being Good but not Good Enough
Blogging- What Do You Really know about the Blogger
The Last 10 Songs I listened To this Evening
TWA Flight 800
Random Quotes
Mudslide, Tsunami, Aniston, Pitt, Floods and More
Hebrew Literacy
Ghost Riders in The Sky
Jewish-Black Ties Loosen Over Years
A Peaceful "Counter Terrorism Protest"
60th anniversary of Raoul Wallenbergs Disappearance
O'Reilly is Still Bugged By Christmas
Gay Marriage
Music Questions
Dati or Lo Dati- To be Religous or not to Be
Is Belief in G-d Required
Woman Gives Birth to Giant Baby
A Moment In Time- Perspective for the coming Shabbos
SpongeBob Is Not Gay
Al Qaeda Texts to Be Published in U.S. Book
Too Much Sex? Weigh the Benefits
Johnny Carson- Not an Obituary
Besheret- The Concept of Meeting the Perfect Mate
How To Explain Hate to a Child
Faith in G-d
Life is Precious- Live it Well
The Burning Anger
The Life I Could Of Had
The Secret of the Venus Flytrap
Interrogation Tactics
The Mechitzah
Hannah Senesh
The Future of Judaism
Classic Quotes
I Am Numb, How Can I Not Be
Love Makes You Feel like a Fool
A Graphic Message- It Stinks
In February
Samurai Samba
Television's Impact On Children
Most International Aid Wasted, Say Agencies
Improved Commenting?
Fragments of Fiction- A New Installment
G-d Speaks or Maybe it is Just Coincidence
Canada's Posturing
Genocide in the Sudan
Struggling With Keeping Kosher/Shabbos
Watch The Dukes of Hazzard and Earn Big Money
Fragments of Fiction- A New Entry
Jewish Philanthropy
Things My Four-Year-Old Has Done
The Impact of Parenting On Your Own Growth
Georgie- Fragments of Fiction
Shame On America
Manipulating The Numbers
Quotes For The Evening
Bad Blogging- Also Known As This Stuff Sucks
A Journey With No Destination in Mind
The Case For G-d- Or Why Be Good
With Reckless Abandon
Buck- Fragments of Fiction Continued
Jewish View of the Afterlife
American Accents- Not Always Well Liked
Study Suggests Whales May Be Related to Hippos
Married for More Than 70 Years
Inside the Blogger's Studio- A Dream, Er Nightmare
The Dead Horse is Beaten Into Glue
Life Doesn't Come with A Manual
My Son The Comedian
FDR's Great-Grandson, The Rabbi
Slip Sliding Away
Without G-d Does it Make Sense?
Who Is Stopping You From Living
Orthodox Versus Jewry- Or My Blood is More Jewish
Saudi Sees Long, Bitter Fight Against Terror
The Tree in My Parent's Backyard
This Is Not Your Father's Atari
March
A Few More Words About My Fiction
More Thoughts From a Four-Year-Old Boy
American POWS and the Nazis
I am Speechless
A Pair of Corpses- The Newest Update
The Death Penalty
Balancing Liberty Versus Security
Israeli Spy Who Captured Nazi Eichmann Dies
Take Her Back In Time
A Reason Not To Monkey Around with Monkeys
The Newest Installment- The Fall From Grace
One More Installment Today- The Broken Window
The Ghosts Of Our Past
When Hatred Prevents Clarity of Thought
Sexual Healing in Japan
Just Tooling Around
Girls Love Their Toys- The Story Continues
What Women Want
Spy Agencies Fear Some Applicants Are Terrorists
A Neocon's Caution
Demographics- Jewish and Otherwise
Tefillin and Acupuncture
Revenge of the Sith- The New Star Wars
A Collection of Interesting Articles
Deep Feeling and Emotion- The Writing
The Dinner Meme
The Chance to Stop a Mass Murderer
Book: Nazis Tested Crude Nuclear Device
Is My Blog a Success.
My Interview
Purim is one of My Favorite Holidays
If Only I could Sing this Well
Corporal Punishment in schools
Terri Schiavo- A Political Pawn
Steroids- The Pitch That Struck Out McGwire
In G-d We Trust- Or It is Ok to Offend People
Struck with A Stick- Books, Books, Books
The Boy Pummeled Me
Morganatic
What Does Jewish Law Say About Saving a Life- Pikuach Nefesh
Can Terrorists Become Politicians?
He Thought I was a Girl
A Purim Prophecy- The Nazis
The Origin of Garden Gnomes
The Original South Park- The Spirit of Christmas
A Life of No Regrets
Slinging Mud at The Wall To See What Sticks
Does Having Children Prevent an Active Sex Life
Sex, Death, And Crap
Hindsight is 20/20 But you Cannot Change the Past
April
Separation of Church and State- Fuzzy Logic
I Feel Your Pain And I Share My Own
The Junior High Legend of the Hula Hoop
When A Fool Speaks Part 2
A Sex Slave
Woman Convicted of Rape
The Presbyterian Church & Divestment from Israel
New Design Could Transform 1st Bike Ride
Crusing Corporate Cuisine
My Penis Died
May
Late Night Thoughts & Ramblings
Stay-At-Home Moms Deserve High Pay, Analysis Shows
It is My Life- Frustration
Performance-enhancing contact lenses?
Curious George- A Family Favorite
Divestment From Israel Part II
Provincial Idiocy- Gay Marriage
Pa. Eatery Offers New 15-Pound Burger
Profiling Terrorists
Songs For Monday Evening May 2, 2005
R2D2'S X-RATED STAR WARS COSTUME
Math Skills for Hollywood Productions
I Am a Snob
I Used To Fly
The Healing Field
Jack The Ripper- Sailor?
Star Wars- The Little Boy Lives
Common Interests- Some Favorite Things
Blogfusion and Blogstration
Texas Legislature- Misplaced Priorities
A Religious Post- The Greatest Miracle
The Teacher Salary Myth
The Frustration of Blogging
Oklahoma City- What if there Was A Third Bomber
More About The Oklahoma City Bombing
Yom Hashoah
Mean Girls Start Young
Triage For a Goldfish- Resuscitating The Fish
Thoughts About Fragments of Fiction
Elvis, The iPod and Darth Vader
Star Wars Versus Lord of The Rings- Which has Had the Bigger Impact
Parents You Never Really Outgrow Them
The Lord of the Rings/Star Wars Discussion Spinoff
Trapped In The Stall- Embarrassing Moments
The Beatles- Covers That Well...Suck
Missed Opportunities, Second Chances & More
Working the Cowbell
Women & Shoes- What is the Deal
Blogrisma
Movie Quotes, Johnny & Willie
Appeasement Versus Imperial Intentions
A Father's Fear/Concern
Dating Etiquette
Reality TV Rejects: What Happens Afterward
I am Still Laughing At This Story
I am Disappointed With What I read
Anger Management
It Is Time To Wander Again
Peace In Israel- Not With this Kind of Talk
Qadhafi: There is No Global Terrorism, Just Islamic Terrorism
Do Men Have Emotions?
'Deep Throat' Revealed
The Book Meme
June
What difference does his religion make?
Our Experience Colors Reality
I Love L.A.
A Guilty Conscience
Urine For a Story
A Blogiversary
Cell Phone Etiquette- Cellphone Rage
I Fought The Electronic Octopus
Jewish Geography
Yom Yerushalayim Day
A New Blog- A Jewish Connection
Davening For Dollars
The Long And Winding Road
Many Scientists Admit to Misconduct
The Long And Winding Road Part Two
The Long and Winding Road Part Three
Daddy, They Have Mommy's Purse
I have Been Violated
Rule Based Upon The Law
A Grouch and A Grinch
Good Enough, But Not Great
Da Vinci- The Search for The Missing Painting
Do You Represent All Jews
To My Children
Do You Stand "In Line" or "On Line"
Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes
My List of Things About Me
I Yelled At G-d
Refusal, Disengagement, Civil War, Uprising, The Shame
A Mental Lapse
Blogging for Ego, For Experience, For What
July
Saying Goodbye- I don't like it
What Is Up With The Cat Blogs/Pictures
The Supreme Court- What You See May Not be What you Get
The Frustration of Car Ownership
Pat Buchanan Is a Scary Man
The War on Terror is Not Time Sensitive
An Unwitting Purveyor of Porn
The Car Salesman
A Collection of Posts that Have Caught my Eye
Sex And Blogging- My 'R' Rated Post Woohoo
How Well Do You Really Know Me
The Power Of Language- Re: Is President Bush Evil
My Favorite Stores- Trader Joe's & Costco
The London Bombing
My Penis is Sad
A New Car- A Tale of Woe or is it Whoa!
The Mayor of London is an Idiot
Harry Potter- I Really Enjoyed It
Costco- A Look Inside
The Life I Could of Had
Separated But Still on the Same Side
Thoughts About Terrorism
Last of WWII Comanche Code Talkers Dies
Learn To Live With What You Can't Rise Above
You Should Be a Rabbi Continued
The Blog Goes Round and Round
Giving Hitler Hell
Am I The Father I Ought To Be
The Shmata Queen & The Beach
What A Bomb Does To You
You Can Learn From Anyone
At Peace with Myself