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Editor’s Note: Sensei Jerry Zimmerman is on leave from his writing desk, so we thought we’d dust off one of his earlier submissions for your reading pleasure. Squibs & Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK, NJ—(Weekly Hubris)—2/14/11—For the first eight years of training with my Japanese Aikido teacher, Yamada Sensei, he never said a word to [...]

Squibs and Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman “In Heaven, it is always Autumn.”—John Donne TEANECK New Jersey—(Weekly Hubris)—11/14/11—I looked up from my book, sensing that a new presence had entered my house. I glanced around my darkened living room and all seemed normal. I continued to search from my perch on the couch, looking through my [...]

Squibs and Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK New Jersey—(Weekly Hubris)—10/24/11—When I was around six or seven years old, I saw a memorable cartoon on TV. It was a Disney animation starring Goofy, that loveable and dizzy anthropomorphic, long-eared dog, usually found hanging out with Mickey Mouse and his friends. Two things were immediately odd about [...]

Squibs and Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman “I yam what I yam.”—Popeye the Sailor TEANECK New Jersey—(Weekly Hubris)—10/10/11—Many years ago, my late wife Rhona was working at a furniture store with a whole group of crazy characters optimistically dubbed “furniture salespeople.” This particular sub-set of workers is worth a MacArthur Grant of specialized study, but I [...]

Squibs and Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK New Jersey—(Weekly Hubris)—9/19/11—Granted, I am a known crybaby, particularly when it comes to kids, but here I am, sitting on my couch with tears slowly running down my face as the last out is made in the 2011 Little League World Series. I can’t stand to watch Major [...]

Squibs and Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK New Jersey—(Weekly Hubris)—8/29/11—I often glance at a framed picture on a wall in Sally’s house, a cool blue and soft gray photo of a deserted bench on the boardwalk of a Jersey Shore town. The scene looks a bit like a souvenir postcard, though admittedly more moody and [...]

Squibs and Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK New Jersey—(Weekly Hubris)—8/8/11—I’m watching 13 samurai attack and slice up almost 200 warriors of the Shogun’s brother and, eventually, the Shogun’s brother, himself. This is quite amazing for two reasons. One, even with their extraordinary fighting skills and martial ingenuity, these assassins (yes, the samurai are the assassins [...]

Squibs & Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK New Jersey—(Weekly Hubris)—7/25//11—I am at a small funeral service for a friend and I am afraid. I am not afraid of the death of a friend; I am not afraid of my sadness. I am afraid of talking to someone. Actually, I am afraid of making a mistake [...]

Squibs & Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK New Jersey—(Weekly Hubris)—6/27/11—When the word “truth” comes up in casual conversation, more often than not, a wit in the crowd will pipe up, “You can’t handle the truth!” As every red-blooded American knows, this comes from the movie “A Few Good Men,” with Jack Nicholson delivering the memorable [...]

Squibs and Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK New Jersey—(Weekly Hubris)—5/30/11—An overly excited, tall, skinny, bald-headed man in a suit stood at the front of the room, yelling loudly and doing frantic exercises, all the while smiling maniacally, his eyes beaming so brightly that they might possibly explode, desperately urging us all to do the same [...]