When my dog gives me that knowing… I don’t know what she knows I only know that she knows Who I’m fooling And it isn’t her

It’s not a real collection Unless It’s unsatisfying It’s not real money Until

It would have been enough Had God merely kept His promises But since He knows a thing or two About human psychology God always under-promises and over…

When I was a young man I couldn’t see the forest for the trees Now that I am old and wise I can’t see the forest

Thinking the best of myself My best thinking Got me here, Before God

Desire is so hard to put into word… In satisfying our desire God provides just enough Which, given the nature of our des… Is more than enough

My wife is philosophically opposed to my habit of justifying things, say a bag of the really good kind… with the phrase: I deserve it

“Life”, as it’s come to be known,… And ends with a grand finale But in between there’s just a lot… And grandiloquent small talk But there are grand plans for a se…

One of the great rabbinic sages ex… That this world’s three most inten… Are Jews, dogs, and roosters My take? No one greets the day like a roost…

In the beginning There is a darkness in which All you can see are the others But then you have time To find God

If you pursue any vice long enough you’ll either become bored or addi… scratch that– you’ll either become bored and qui… or bored and addicted

Given a choice I’d rather open a restau– rant than my marriage

If the soul is eternal then self-overcoming more than becoming who you really… is becoming who you always were It’s like peeling away

I know what I want But do I want everyone else To know what I want That is the question

When I got my first honey-do list after the wedding I explained to my bride that I us… until I was bitten by one of the 5… that don’t make webs