HeyJaredKlugertown: Boom-bastic
Confessions of a baby boomer, seeking relevance. Pissing Off People since 1953.
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I do Yom Kippur at home every year; it’s still holy (opens the original)
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No Pay. (opens the original)
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I recently posted about my years at MTV, with everything leading up to the best job in the world.Everyone has a story. What’s shaped me is what came after.After an amazing career at MTV, and a follow-up to Prodigy Internet, where I was fortunate to be one of those who bought the company from IBM and Sears and took it public. I did OK.We obnoxiously moved to the Scottsdale home that Prodigy built.Hope’s dream was to start a law firm with her baby sister, who moved to AZ
Faith Is Not a Professional Credential (opens the original)
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There is nothing wrong with faith in the workplace. For many people, faith is a source of strength, a call to serve others, and a guide for how to treat clients, patients, employees, and neighbors. A lawyer, doctor, accountant, or business owner may sincerely believe that faith makes them more compassionate and more mindful of their responsibilities.But faith should not be presented as a professional credential—or as proof that someone is more honest than a person of another faith, or no faith a
Gladys Kravitz is Back and Boy is She Pissed. (opens the original)
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I didn’t think this could be a Substack column, but it appears the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood of social media, NextDoor, has become home for every Oscar the Grouch, not only here in Arizona but around the world. But I live here, so this is for my fellow Grand Canyon Staters.Look at the facts: more than 110 million verified neighbors worldwide are on Nextdoor as of June 2026. Its active weekly audience is about 21 million users in late 2025.That means a lot of complainers, whiners, grumblers, gr
Maybe I’ll Be Seeing You in All the Old Familiar Places (opens the original)
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As we grow older, we gradually face a quiet truth: some people who once mattered greatly in our daily lives—close friends as well as familiar companions—will likely become people we never see again.It is rarely because of a falling-out or a wish to let the relationship go. Life simply narrows and reshapes our priorities. Distance feels greater, travel becomes less easy, and the effort required to arrange a visit can outweigh even genuine affection.We may still catch up by phone or text,
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