[Lynn]

I was in Israel in 1978-79, when the border to Egypt opened up. A personal crisis prevented me from visiting at the time, which I do regret.

I recently came across the profile of someone I knew in grade school and middle school. She was a first class bully to me, and knew how to make my life miserable for several years. Now I see that she is a teacher of some type of spiritual faith. That's interesting.

I am very easily distractable and suspect I might have adult ADD. I will never take medications for this, but it might be helpful to explore some coping and survival strategies.

I'm a pretty smart person and I can enter into just about any intellectual dialogue. But, I have no patience for pretentiousness and the way people can use ideas and words to confound or cause hurt. There is a point when my brain asks for a rest and I'd rather watch TV. There are some really well-written shows on TV these days. Who knew?

Every time my daughter comes up with a trivial fact from her considerable knowledge base, she tells me that she learned it from watching "The Simpsons." Oy.