Comments on: Public Apology: Dear G-d http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d Seriously, this could not be more beta Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:46:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: etsryan http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-26339 etsryan Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:24:28 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-26339 guilty as charged. i think. therefore...? so am i humbly admitting my fault of imperfect understanding or arrogantly proclaiming my intellectual prowess? Both? d'oh! Feeling stupid? (where's the comment thread about that again?) would some scotch help? or French champagne? (someone (a chef with a new restaurant around here in the hinterlands) gave me a bottle for returning his (girlfriend's?) missing purse that was laying in the road the other night) thankyouverymuchyoulookmaaavelous! cheers (ev ree body nose ur name) Risen Lord Jesus' Peace! e.t./sue > *:D (: + guilty as charged. i think. therefore…?

so am i humbly admitting my fault of imperfect understanding

or arrogantly proclaiming my intellectual prowess?
Both?
d'oh!
Feeling stupid? (where's the comment thread about that again?)
would some scotch help?
or French champagne? (someone (a chef with a new restaurant around here in the hinterlands) gave me a bottle for returning his (girlfriend's?) missing purse that was laying in the road the other night) thankyouverymuchyoulookmaaavelous!
cheers (ev ree body nose ur name)

Risen Lord Jesus' Peace!
e.t./sue > *:D (: +

]]> By: etsryan http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-26338 etsryan Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:15:05 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-26338 tee hee lol touche nice zinger 'sweet' Risen Lord Jesus' Peace! e.t./sue > *:D (: + tee hee lol
touche

nice zinger
'sweet'

Risen Lord Jesus' Peace!
e.t./sue > *:D (: +

]]> By: theDRA http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25949 theDRA Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:58:51 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25949 badass badass

]]> By: roberta http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25772 roberta Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:18:49 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25772 Brilliant Dave. Love your column. Brilliant Dave. Love your column.

]]> By: numbersix http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25593 numbersix Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:53:34 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25593 It's both, but Bry's answer was better. It's both, but Bry's answer was better.

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25544 Abe Sauer Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:07:25 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25544 Not that I don't like it Dave! You know... there's the one big joke... or a bunch of smaller ones.... Not that I don't like it Dave! You know… there's the one big joke… or a bunch of smaller ones….

]]> By: Dave Bry http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25516 Dave Bry Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:30:28 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25516 "Sim simmah/Who got the keys to my bimah?" "Sim simmah/Who got the keys to my bimah?"

]]> By: raging http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25512 raging Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:12:24 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25512 I thought "beemer" was the proper spelling. It always made sense to stand on your BMW at your bar mitzvah. I thought "beemer" was the proper spelling. It always made sense to stand on your BMW at your bar mitzvah.

]]> By: TerseNursePornstein http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25448 TerseNursePornstein Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:42:40 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25448 (voice of HAL) "Is your conclusion trimmed, Dave?" (voice of HAL) "Is your conclusion trimmed, Dave?"

]]> By: hman http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25418 hman Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:09:00 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25418 I thought "brei" was the proper spelling. Still, I enjoyed this. I thought "brei" was the proper spelling. Still, I enjoyed this.

]]> By: Dave Bry http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25406 Dave Bry Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:54:48 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25406 That is a good question, Mathnet. And I'm not really a good person to answer it. (I learned today was Yom Kipur... yesterday.) But I would say either or both. And I'd guess that there is a long argument about it in the Talmud. Which, to my understanding, is like a long form version of the Awl's comments section. That is a good question, Mathnet. And I'm not really a good person to answer it. (I learned today was Yom Kipur… yesterday.) But I would say either or both. And I'd guess that there is a long argument about it in the Talmud. Which, to my understanding, is like a long form version of the Awl's comments section.

]]> By: Dave Bry http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25400 Dave Bry Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:49:13 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25400 Yes. That would have been good. Would have made for a funny edit if Choire had thought of it, though: "Trimmed the conclusion a bit..." Yes. That would have been good. Would have made for a funny edit if Choire had thought of it, though: "Trimmed the conclusion a bit…"

]]> By: HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25398 HiredGoons Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:46:06 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25398 <-concurs. <-concurs.

]]> By: Baboleen http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25386 Baboleen Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:39:31 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25386 Monsters of Folk's Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.) is ringing in my ears.. Monsters of Folk's Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.) is ringing in my ears..

]]> By: MisterHippity http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25347 MisterHippity Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:54:35 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25347 Now that song is running through my head. Now that song is running through my head.

]]> By: MisterHippity http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25337 MisterHippity Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:46:09 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25337 Did You make disease and the diamond blue? Did You make mankind, after we made you? (XTC) Did You make disease and the diamond blue?
Did You make mankind, after we made you?
(XTC)

]]> By: TableNine http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25336 TableNine Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:44:16 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25336 +1 +1

]]> By: Baboleen http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25313 Baboleen Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:11:28 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25313 God- "Here is another one of those humans too smart to get it." God- "Here is another one of those humans too smart to get it."

]]> By: mathnet http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25312 mathnet Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:09:05 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25312 Dave Bry was born a Jew! Yom Kippur question from a shiksa: When you (people) atone, does it mean that you confess/apologize to the people you've wronged during the year, or does it mean that you confess/apologize to God? Dave Bry was born a Jew! Yom Kippur question from a shiksa:

When you (people) atone, does it mean that you confess/apologize to the people you've wronged during the year, or does it mean that you confess/apologize to God?

]]> By: TerseNursePornstein http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25305 TerseNursePornstein Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:55:00 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25305 The guilt, the self-deprecating humor, the perseveration, the lightweight drinking, your taste in music... it all makes sense to me now! The guilt, the self-deprecating humor, the perseveration, the lightweight drinking, your taste in music… it all makes sense to me now!

]]> By: jfruh http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25304 jfruh Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:53:24 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25304 Question for those of you who are better Jews than me: when you take Hebrew school for the purpose of being Mitzvah'd, do you (or are you supposed to, unlike Mr. Bry) actually learn to <i>read</i> Hebrew, in the sense that you know what the individual words actually mean and have some rudiments of how the grammar work? Or are you just learning how to <i>pronounce</i> Hebrew, so that you can look at the letters on the page and speak the sacred words aloud, even if you only know what they mean because someone's provided you with a translation? Also, in Israel, where everyone already knows how to read and speak Hebrew, are Ba(r/t) Mitzvahs extremely not big deals? Question for those of you who are better Jews than me: when you take Hebrew school for the purpose of being Mitzvah'd, do you (or are you supposed to, unlike Mr. Bry) actually learn to read Hebrew, in the sense that you know what the individual words actually mean and have some rudiments of how the grammar work? Or are you just learning how to pronounce Hebrew, so that you can look at the letters on the page and speak the sacred words aloud, even if you only know what they mean because someone's provided you with a translation?

Also, in Israel, where everyone already knows how to read and speak Hebrew, are Ba(r/t) Mitzvahs extremely not big deals?

]]> By: abbyjaye http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25300 abbyjaye Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:50:40 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25300 Check plus, Mr. Bry. I am fasting today so I can tell my parents I did, to avoid further breaking the ninth commandment. Check plus, Mr. Bry.

I am fasting today so I can tell my parents I did, to avoid further breaking the ninth commandment.

]]> By: HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25297 HiredGoons Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:49:11 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25297 Here's to washing away your sins with booze. *clink Here's to washing away your sins with booze.

*clink

]]> By: lululemming http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25288 lululemming Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:34:54 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25288 I’ll never forget a bit of graffiti I saw shortly after 9/11:.......... I’ll never forget a bit of graffiti I saw shortly after 9/11:……….

]]> By: toadvine http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/public-apology-dear-g-d#comment-25280 toadvine Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:21:45 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13843#comment-25280 I enjoy these "Public Apology" columns so much. Thank you. I enjoy these "Public Apology" columns so much. Thank you.

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