Miscellaneous

In Memoriam: Esther Klein (1918-2011)

If funerals were given to creative staging, I would invite you to my kitchen for a fitting tribute to this great lady.



Summer Prayer of a Hebrew Redneck Wannabe

virginia_route_613_shield_-_old This post is about 95% recycled from 2009. But it's still true, so I figured, what the heck: Every summer, right in the hot, soft belly of July/August, especially on thick, soupy nights like this one, I'm hit with it in the head, like the skillet of an angry housewife: the[...]



Ten Things I Learned from the Royal Wedding

1. I don’t care who you are, if you are white and 85 years old, you really oughtn’t wear yellow.



Note to Self: Part 7

Mak goes out to California to interview a hi-tech celeb, his ex-college buddy, just after the collapse of the web bubble. (That first, redefining one, back in 2000.)



Burqa Babes are Back

Burqa Babes from SarKE on Vimeo.

Muslims, Chill: This Isn’t About You Since this story has once again reared its ugly unknowable, covered head, I thought a re-release of our 2008 video was in order. Especially just before Oscar season.



Note to Self: Part 6

In this installment of our blovel (catch up!!!), Mak calls home. Do any of you know this mom?



Note to Self: Part 5

Ok, we're back. In this installment: Mak, inspired by NB, is able to finish his article. And then he and Andrea have it out over a beer...or three...



Note to Self: Part 4

Here's where it really starts, in the direct chat between HS (Mak) and NB (You don't know her yet.) Thanks for hanging in there, reader.



Note to Self: Part 3

OK, readers. Mak is Back for the 3rd installment. (Hint: In the chat room chapter below he is Hands_Solo. In case you don't get that right away.) A note: When I wrote this back in 2000, there was no social media, only chat rooms and message boards. I was one of the first 700,000 people on ICQ, before it was bought out by AOL. It was all research, of course. That goes without saying.



Note to Self: Part 2

Next installment on le novel. Minimal narrative scared the agents. Does it scare you, reader? Feedback, pls!!