Comments on: How I Came to be Known as the Handiest Jew in New York http://writesaroni.com/on-the-job/how-i-came-to-be-known-as-the-handiest-jew-in-new-york/ CONTENT PROFESSIONAL FOR WEB, PRINT AND DESKTOP PUBLISHING Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:06:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: bobbyzen http://writesaroni.com/on-the-job/how-i-came-to-be-known-as-the-handiest-jew-in-new-york/#comment-28 bobbyzen Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:06:24 +0000 http://writesaroni.com/war_wp-main/?p=130#comment-28 There are all sorts of things Jews can do that we don't get credit for. For example, some of the best ballplayers in the publishing league in Central Park in the 80's were Jews. One day I smacked a line-drive single up the middle that almost took the head off pitcher Pepper Martin, an AP employee noted for her penchant for dating while committed. There are all sorts of things Jews can do that we don’t get credit for. For example, some of the best ballplayers in the publishing league in Central Park in the 80’s were Jews. One day I smacked a line-drive single up the middle that almost took the head off pitcher Pepper Martin, an AP employee noted for her penchant for dating while committed.

]]> By: menschmedia http://writesaroni.com/on-the-job/how-i-came-to-be-known-as-the-handiest-jew-in-new-york/#comment-21 menschmedia Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:46:18 +0000 http://writesaroni.com/war_wp-main/?p=130#comment-21 This whole thing is why I studied "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" as a youngster, and spent a decade as a piano tuner. It shocked me that I could learn how to tune, fix, and even rebuild pianos - although I was never great at it. But the effort and the Zen of it was what attracted me - and the idea that a Jew from the Bronx, with no apparent skill with his hands, could learn how to connect hand and head. That was cool. all best, s This whole thing is why I studied “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” as a youngster, and spent a decade as a piano tuner. It shocked me that I could learn how to tune, fix, and even rebuild pianos – although I was never great at it. But the effort and the Zen of it was what attracted me – and the idea that a Jew from the Bronx, with no apparent skill with his hands, could learn how to connect hand and head. That was cool.

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