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Not Running Over Grandma: A New Way of Driving and Thinking
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…
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Don’t Worry: It’s Not You; It’s Always Me
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…
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Little League is Big League to Me
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…
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Breathing the Air in a Postcard
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…
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Honor, Loyalty, Samurai & The War on Cancer
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…
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Thank God for Fear at a Funeral
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;…
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The Truth of My Life (&Yours)
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…
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Sensei Attends a Martial Arts School Marketing Seminar (but Passes on Drinking the Kool-Aid)
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…
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Timing Is Everything (or, The Times of My Life)
Squibs & Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman “Time is on my side.” —The Rolling Stones TEANECK New Jersey—(Weekly Hubris)—5/2/11—I just read an article in The New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/25/110425fa_fact_bilger) about a young scientist by the…
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After Jupiter: A Bittersweet Birthday
Squibs & Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK, NJ—(Weekly Hubris)—4/11/11—A third birthday. Not for a three-year-old. And not a real birthday celebration. Rather, a remembrance, a marker in time, a strange moment of sadness…