Elijah's mother is a Gentile - hence Elijah is not Jewish whether or not he is circumcized. If LW's parents were truly concerned about his Jewishness and thousands of years of history why did they support the marriage in the first place? By supporting the marriage, they necessarily had to accept that their grandchildren, male or female, circumcized or not would NEVER be Jewish. So in poor Elijah's case - it was just a stupid tradition that has no religous significance whatsoever. Let's hope his potential future brothers aren't submitted to the same pointless procedure in the name of family harmony.

As we like to say here in Silicon Valley...if you want loyalty buy a dog.

Don't make the mistake of assuming your work relationships are real. Corporations do not have hearts and feelings - they focus on the bottom line - as should you. Your boss may be a great guy - but he is a lousy business person if he can't figure out how to make a saleable product. Emotional intelligence does not equal business smarts. The fact that this flailing business is so dependable on you is also a sign of his poor business acumen. A VC once told me that given a choice between investing in a company with great technology and mediocre managers or a company with mediocre technology and great managers, they would always pick the great managers. You have neither. Run while you can.

Here is a woman who a dream and a clear one until she fell in love. Now, her biggest priority and focus is the relationship.

Guess what, grad shool is hard and everyone feels insecure. That's not the point. The point is you are now planning on having your life revolve around a guy. Yes the originally rush of love is extraordinary and should be treasured. However, once that mellows out to a long-term relationship you are going to wake up and realize that you have made this guy 100% responsible for your fulfillment and happiness. That is a hell of a thing to dump on someone. At some point, you may even start blaming him from diverting from this long time dream.

Suck it up, stop acting like a helpless female and focus on yourself as a priority and your relationship second. Have faith that your original dream meant something and be grateful you have a guy that is willing to move and support you.

So maybe he is depressed? Wouldn't you be if you were trapped in a place where your values and morals were misunderstood and unappreciated? I personally subscribe to the belief that there is something really wrong in the culture as it is. We are being told to value things which don't bring intrinsic joy - rather financial obligations. Here is a man who is getting glimmer that there is something wrong the the world as it being marketed to us. Think George Orwell's 1984. Yes, put the LW on Prozac or Paxil or soma (Huxley) and he will submit to the insanity that is so universally accepted. LW, go to your public library and start reading the classics like Brave New World and 1984 and you will find something to write about.

GlaxoSmithKline doesn't need your money, they have plenty already.

I have experienced both what the LW talks about and in another situation acted exactly as her friend. One way of handling the loss of someone close to you is to shut yourself off from those you care about the most. Your friend just lost her pet which as you said, was like a child. The pain of that is something so awful that she is afraid to ever let herself feel that again. In those cases, it is understandable that she withdraw from the people that she is closest. She doesn't want to have to face losing you too. I am sure she is not aware of what she is doing, or how much it is hurting you. As Cary said, give her time. If she didn't care so much, she wouldn't have withdrawn so far.

If you had actually bothered to read the attached article you would realize that how "deviant" women are treated. They are referring to making a woman feel unwelcome in the workplace on the basis of sex. It is NOT about being treated better than the guys.

Let's see if the people in the 60's hadn't been a little obnoxious we would still have Jim Crow. The guy is a journalism student asking tough questions. The police completely overreacted. The fact that four of them couldn't handle one unarmed guy is pathetic. And I am not surprised that Florida students didn't react. Remember the 2000 elections? Floridians aren't a real vocal bunch are they? Let's hear it for Andrew Meyer for taking a stand!

I have already contacted the University of Florida president. Here is the contact info and the info for the head of the university police. Make a difference, make contact.

President J. Bernard Machen

His email is president@ufl.edu

Telephone number is (352)392-1311

THe head of the University police is Linda J Stump lstump@admin.ufl.edu

Tel (352) 392-5445