Man, Jews have been counting years a long-ass time. How come we don’t have faster-than-light spaceships or food replicators or anything like that yet? It’s the 5780s, man! Jeez. Just think about that: according to the Jewish calendar, we’re right in the middle of the 5700’s Radwood era! Anyway, to all fellow Members of the Tribe, happy new year, שנה טובה and all that. For everyone else, I hope your year continues to be fantastic, too. You’re here, reading this, so I think that counts as my tribe as well. Now let’s watch the Big Matzoh Ball drop! Is that a thing? I always think of this generation (the “Fox Bird”??) as being the T-bird of the entire ’80s, and then remember there was the warmed over ’70s version for the first couple of years. I’m kinda like when Hollywood does a retro movie, takes the most recognizable feature of a given decade, and then exaggerates it to the point where people not around then might think that’s how it was all the time. Like, the ’80s actually did have colors that weren’t neon or pastel. A lot of brown, actually! “I got a new job Uncle Joseph.” “So wonderful! Finally! I told Aunt Sophie that whole car magazine thing was just a phase, and you’d grow out of it. She said that a married man with children should have grown out of it years ago, but finally! Is it in a bank? A stock broker’s maybe? Medicine was too much to ask maybe, but a real job!” “Actually, my friend and I started our own business.” Well… uh… that’s great! I know that the big companies are hiring in these terrible times. At least you’re not a writer anymore. Aunt Sophie always said that writers are just painters who can’t paint. So at least in your own company you have a job title I can brag about to my friends at the golf course?” “Well, I’m a Senior Editor at a website. It’s really popular, Uncle Joseph.” What, still with the writing? Okay, okay. But thank goodness that you finally broadened out and got out of the car business. Who needs a magazine to tell them to buy a Lexus? So Senior Editor! That sounds great. Freddy with his lawyer nephew can shut up now his big cases in front of Federal Judges. Tell me What does a Senior Editor do so I can tell Aunt Sophie to practice before I shut up bragging Freddie? ” “Well, I am in charge of the tail light department, but I also wrote a story about cars with handles on their noses yesterday.” And right now I’m in charge of the whole website while David is in Australia. Oh, and I guess you could say that means Mercedes works for me, kind of.” “Tail light editor? Nose handles? Mercedes? German? “Mercedes, well, she isn’t German, Uncle Joseph….” “What, still with the writing?” https://c.tenor.com/07DOzC3DBKEAAAAC/perfection-perfect.gif
