It’s the last night of Chanukah, and I’m already singing Christmas carols.  We had a heck of a Chanukah at the Schwartz-Goldberg residence.  We invited friends to open presents the first and seventh nights. The kids played with them for approximately 12 minutes before they had to leave and head to bed.  Not before singing “dreidel, [...]

Hellos can be awkward.  As a woman of marginal social skills and limited commitment to personal hygiene, I appreciate the quandary of that second moment in the presence of another person.

Hello. (That went well.)

Oh, hi! (What now?).

My favorite old George Carlin shtick involves one of the most bizarre icebreaking follow-ups produced to date: “are they keeping [...]