and we sang

Dirges in the dark, the day the.......... The Only Positive, I can take from the Tisha be Av fast is that it is a Free Diet. Talking to several Secular, Reform, And conservative girls, it was a little astounding that most of them did not even Know this Day Exists in the Jewish calendar. I'll still never get the controversy of Fast time Endings, Seems like everyone can agree on what time it starts....... Sabbath  at the Rubin's is always exciting, The Family is great,  the food is great, g0d is always great and the Mystery of which guests will  show, keeps one in suspense. It would be great to one day throw a party and have all the guests that have Broken Bread there, Mingling in an oasis of Brotherhood. It would be a hell of a crowd........ Asking a girl, i once dated What she was looking for. She basically said someone who will be NICE to her. Laughing it off, " That is supposed to be a given" . I think i understand her more and more, and realized that beyond all the Laundry list of things I am looking for, In a nut shell Just a girl who will be NICE to me............

Quoting Mark

  Twain Again "History does not repeat itself, but it does Rhyme" , The Iran Nuclear Deal perhaps  wont turn out  like the infamous Munich agreement  of 1938 with Chamberlain of England and Daladiar of France Appeasing Hitler for " Peace in our time", Or Bill Clinton Triumphantly Declaring how North Korea Program Would be Neutralized, But is sure as hell has an awful stench that can potential to  dwarf the consequences of those other periods of History....... A great and Spirited Anti- Nuclear Rally was held at Times Square. The Rally in all likelihood will have Zero Impact on the Deal, But it really was very encouraging to see over Ten Thousand People cram into a couple of Blocks. The Police made the Presumptuous assessment That everyone was on the same team, and failed to separate The Ultra anti Zionist's and the crowd. Things Started getting really ugly, until they realized they need to be cordoned off. The Highlight Alan West Great patriotic Speech, Sending the crowd into a frenzy and bringing the house down...........

Thinking Divine

 Retribution was over for my transgression at the Obese woman's Club some 18 years ago. G0d Decided that I can use more Standing up for it.  A great exchange with An Attractive Divorcee, A couple of years my Senior. Led to a planned Upper west Side date. Sympathetic to her traffic woes coming in from NJ. Plans changed,  to meet in Midtown, as she was going to take the bus, " Your not going to believe this"?  Some sort of fluke happened and she missed the bus, Not wanting her to come in later, She asked " What would it take, for you to come to NJ"?.....Hmmm Well,Knowing the answer, but unsure of how to answer it.  Negotiations were going on in my head, Evil triumphed over good and,  I Headed towards the Hudson Crossing, G0d must have been sending me a signal with the Enormous Traffic, and i never made. Exchanging some more texts, We have already arranged for a date at some point Never........

The Grammar Gestapo,

  and I , Scheduled for  Early Evening Sunday date at her hometown of Jersey City. Maybe She did not want to come into the city or maybe just maybe She will invite me... Naa... Not being able to find a spot, I parked in an open Lot, With out an attendant, preparing for the worst. I'm not specifically sure what went right on the first date, but everything pretty much went wrong on the Second, Their was awkwardness, Brief spurts of silence and several uhhhh and hmms. The Only thing consistent was that She Kept tabs on my grammar and interrupted my thoughts at every Error I made. It sure beats the hell out of silence. I Wished we would have substituted this date for the First date, that way we could have avoided this whole second date. Not sure what she saw in me, I was everything she was NOT looking for, as she 90% of what i was Not looking for, With the 10% being more important. Walking out She cracked a smile when i asked her to pray to g0d for me that my car was not towed. Wisely  The Agnostic Jew promised to pray to whomever she felt was that superior being. The Prayers were answered, and parking for free made me feel like a winner, That is Until the Holland Tunnel Traffic.........

Benjamin

 Netanyahou famously once said " if i walked across the sea of Galilee," the Israeli papers and critics would write " Bibi can't Swim" -   I am afraid that the Iran Nuclear deal is a Fait accompli, and despite Netnayahou, Doing everything, or almost everything possible to prevent Iran from Getting the bomb, History will not be kind, and the free nations of the world will Never Ever forgive Bibi....... The reason You GO bowling and not PLAY bowling is that it is forbidden in the English Language to combine Two Verbs with out a preposition. This was the Valuable lesson I learned from my New Date Wednesday. A Stickler for language, I had a most difficult time, finishing a sentence with out being grammatically corrected. An Agnostic by Choice, Jewish by Faith, She was really cute, and had
Zero tolerance  for nonintellectual, conservative, climate change denying, Religious, Israeli's with Poor Grammar. Luckily she either thought i was funny or Attractive, otherwise she would not have seemed surprised that I would ask her out again, with her of course saying Yes, and for the first time in a very long time Their will be church on Sunday.............

Starting the

 Week  Zero for Three, it really wasn't relevant weather i was the Rejected or the ejector. I't simply meant that me and my dates did not connect for a potential Future, and in one case didn't even Connect. Needing to up my game, Impress, and increase my chances. For my next date, I went to my Ace in the hole RE for an a recommendation on a great upper east side Lounge or bar. Nineteen Minutes late my date Strolled in, looking Especially pretty, Especially Tall, Especially Hot, Especially reminding me of an Ex, and especially Impressed. " You come here a lot"? nonchalantly I replied  I've been to  Mark Hotel ( 77 and madison ) A few times before. Sitting on low Couches, She kept adjusting her Short skirt, pretending not to notice, We got off to a Vapid Start. She opened up about her passions, and Whoa, Well not that kind of Whoa, but as an accomplished Singer, and Piano player, with a love for Leonard Cohen, We Went Hallelujah, line for line, She taking the message of Faith over the lamentation of a love gone bad. She excused herself to the ladies room, and I began making conversation with our neighbors to the right  Bernie and Jane, both septuagenarian, and Jewish. He a divorce attorney, She apparently a big deal in the Trench coat designing Business.  We all Exchanged particulars, and as the conversation continued, my Date became more dismissive of me, I don't think it was purposely,and the eerie similarities to the Ex were resonating more and more. Walking her to her car, We went back to the Hallelujah, repeating the line to her then in my head several times  .....and even though it all went wrong, I'll Stand before the lord of song..... made me realize that Yeah she was right it is faith.........

Several

   correspondence on jdate, Followed up with a few texts, Led to a Monday night Date with a captivating Blond in the union Square area. Strolling into the W hotel, Some Seven minutes late, She had little trouble spotting me, as it was either me or the Heavy Set Indian Brother sitting to my left. Her rule, never  talk about dating war stories, but mentioned how much she Loathed " Coffee Dates" Statistically guys that do those have been known to be cheap. We Spoke of nothing exciting, With plenty of Excitement and banter. Due to  her early morning commitments, She had to cut the night short, but not before I dropped a Bombshell on her. She never gave me her name, I had her stored in my phone " Jdate girl that never gave me her name", She was shocked, but not surprised and finally Asked  "If things had not gone well tonight, Would you have asked me my name" ? Ambiguously I replied " I'll Answer that, next time", Heading home in opposite directions, we both knew what that answer really meant......