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I don’t think this ban on plastic shopping bags has been working out the way anyone thought it would.

On second thought, I probably shouldn’t have told anybody I was going to Vegas.

Everyone in my life now thinks that I had some massive adventure that I just don’t want to talk about, because it’s Vegas.  But I really didn’t.

If there’s one thing we can all agree on in these tumultuous times, it’s that more and more, it seems that people are acting like animals.  And what is this world coming to?

If you’re a homeowner, chances are that at some point your sink will back up, and your spouse will ask you to take a look at it.  Because you’re not calling a plumber every time there’s a backup, or he’ll be living in your house.  Especially given some of the things your children shove down the sink. 

Every year, around President’s Day, I write an article on one of our presidents in which I list off some fun facts about their lives, or at least the ones that are appropriate for a humor article.  Like with some presidents, it’s like,

Every year when you clean for Pesach, the same question occurs to you: “Should I start cleaning even earlier next year?”

This is the only Yom Tov that people want to go beyond the 30-day thing.  No one says, “Maybe we should start building the sukkah over the summer,” or “Why can’t I start being marbin b’simcha on the 11^th of Teves?” or “I need to start doing teshuva on Shushan Purim.  30 days is nowhere near enough for me,” or “I think I have to start eating way more than 30 days before a fast!”  Generally, 30 days is more than enough.  The only other Yom Tov that we really lean into prep time is Simchas Torah.