Hal Stern's thoughts on sports, work, technology, food, and life in New Jersey
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I have often wondered why it’s impossible to find a good bagel west of Pittsburgh. Some argue it’s the water, and that only the Eastern seaboard has appropriate quantities of bacteria and minerals in the water to make a good, pluchy bagel (If you need a definition of pluchy, imagine a really chubby baby’s [...]
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I am a creature of habit, and a good breakfast is one of those habits. Particularly when travelling, starting the day off with a solid helping of protein, fruit, something sweet and at times a kick of spiciness is your best bet for good attention, energy and focus. Sometimes it’s one bookend of [...]
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I was thrown out of Weight Watchers. Seriously – it’s not something they talk about, but occasionally they have to ask people to leave for being disruptive, obviously non-compliant, or otherwise predestined to #fail.
Sometime in 1988, my wonderful, svelte wife and I decided to join Weight Watchers to undo some of the good food, [...]
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Ever have those days when you need comfort food? I’m not talking about a handful of M&Ms because your boss yelled at you, or maybe a spoonful of ice cream in between dinner and Grey’s Anatomy because it’s only Tuesday and you’ve already worked half a normal wage earner’s week. I’m talking about [...]
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[Note: Another edited for time and context repost from my work ramblings, this one originally appearing April 11, 2008].
We hosted two Israeli teenagers as part of the Diller Teen Fellow program between our North Jersey federation and our sister program in Rish L’Zion, Israel. They were articulate, funny, techno-savvy and they didn’t [...]
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[Note: this entry originally appeared, slightly edited, over at my Sun blog. But thanks to a liberal new author cross-license policy, anything that's not Sun-IP related has been released into the wild. So two years after first thinking in public about the joys of black and white cookies, I'm revisiting the topic.]
Long before [...]
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