He'll Have the Decafe

Today was Yom Kippur and I fasted the whole day. No water, no food and a splitting headache. I know I go over this all the time, but I have a coffee/caffeine problem. The bigger problem is that I like the taste of coffee too much.

The hardest part of this fast was that I was fighting with my brain to keep it from jumping out the front of my skull. I know it's a little too late for Jew Years' Resolutions, but I think it's high time I try to cut down on the coffee here. Maybe for a week or two, until I no longer get headaches when I go for a day without it. Maybe I'll switch to decafe, or just pop instead, you know, enough to get rid of the headache. We'll see.

For those of you still fasting, may it be an easy rest of the day, and may you be sealed into the book of life for a great 5771.

Yom Kippur

Tonight is the start of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. For 25 hours I will not be eating or drinking to prove to myself that it is possible to overcome physical limitations, to prove that it is possible to break from natural desires. This demonstrates that we can change. For anyone that I have hurt or offended in the last year, I'm sorry. I hope you can forgive me.

We all get the chance to return to who we really are and to change things that we don't like about ourselves.

For anyone fasting and observing Yom Kippur, I hope you have an meaningful day and an easy fast.