I’ve failed repeatedly to remember today’s (and therefore yesterday’s) date; I need to try harder, because someday my kids are going to have to memorize one of them for history class. October 26, 2004. The Knesset, amid epithets and protests, voted to withdraw Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip.
Dear gentle reader: this blog has been operating continuously since I was a teenager. The writing below is at least a decade old. In that time every molecule of my body has been replaced, along with many foolish ideas and flighty beliefs. I want to keep some of those things public out of an honesty and humility I owe the world. I trust you to carry that context with you.