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Before we begin: Are the ads on this blog getting in the way?  I had to ask. Anything I shop for on Amazon automatically is advertised here! And what about this Dynamic Views Blogger format? Yes? No? Who cares?  It's been awhile since we had any snapshots. (1) The Cold and Saving Lives Chicago Cross-country skiing The wise among us, I am told, will not leave home today. That's how cold it is.Nobody's flying to Florida; the planes are grounded. Subzero temps cut a wide swath and it is dangerous, moving about out there. I was at a birthday dinner last night for a couple of really small but well-padded toddlers, and it was all anyone could talk about, think about, worry about, surviving the deep freeze on its way. I can't help but text my daughter (I am a Jewish mother, after all): Please tell me you aren't driving downtown tomorrow to work . She quips back: No, gonna WFH. The salt is getting annoying This makes me happy. Then again, only a day or two ago, at three de...

Or: How Failing to Establish Boundaries, thus Needing to Cut Someone Off, an Exaggerated and Extreme but Sometimes Necessary Measure, Can Be Avoided  (1) Extremes and Exaggerations There was a Jewish sage, the Rambam, I think, Maimonides, who lived in the twelfth century. A doctor, (they didn't specialize then) he recommended that if you want to change something about yourself, your life, then err on side of extreme. If you are shy, exaggerate working the room. Act social.   Make yourself talk until people are bored listening to you. (All this my interpretation of a distant memory, probably wrong.) If you are angry, become the Dalai Lama. If you are late, strive to make every appointment really, really early. Pushed too far it is ridiculous. If you are old, work at being young. If you are sick, make yourself well. Exaggerating doesn't work for everything, and surely the Rambam knew that. The chachma (Soft "ch" not like the "ch" in "chuck", but soun...