Squibs & Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK New Jersey—(Weekly Hubris)—3/28/11—Good Lord, what a horrible event! An earthquake and then a true nightmare-come-to-life tsunami. I sit stunned as I watch it steadily rolling and…

Squibs & Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK NJ—(Weekly Hubris)—3/14/11—I recently read an article in The New York Times about a doctor who discovered he had cancer. From the first moments of his new…

New York, New York (Again, Again) Squibs & Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK, NJ—(Weekly Hubris)—2/28/11—Here we go again. I love New York. I’ve written before about how wonderful it is to be in…

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 me. When I started training…

Squibs & Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK, NJ—(Weekly Hubris) —1/31/11 Adages, old saws, aphorisms, words of wisdom, haiku, proverbs, axioms: startlingly concise groups of words that may sneak up on you and conk…

Squibs & Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman “One’s body is a miniature universe” —Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido TEANECK, NJ—(Weekly Hubris)—1/17/10—While driving down a street very near my home, I passed a small construction…

Squibs & Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK, NJ—(Weekly Hubris)—12/20/10—“Ask and you shall receive” evolved into “The Power of Positive Thinking” and, even more recently, morphed into “The Secret.” These are all manifestations of…

Squibs & Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman Editor’s Note: About a year ago, I asked Sensei Jerry Zimmerman if he would consider writing a column for my fledgling online –zine, WeeklyHubris and, so, so…

Squibs & Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK, NJ—(Weekly Hubris)—11/22/10—Admittedly, this is biased, but I’m pretty sure I have the two best brothers in the world. When I was younger, I assumed everyone had…

Squibs & Blurbs by Jerry Zimmerman TEANECK, NJ—(Weekly Hubris)—11/8/10—Getting older. Losing my sweet wife to cancer. Having all my children move away. Finding new aches and pains every day. Having a grandchild. Discovering…