Welcome,<\/strong><\/span> New York Times<\/em> readers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I know you’re busy.\u00a0You have other things to do.\u00a0 Like working out\u00a0 . . .<\/p>\n Guys, give me a New York minute!<\/p>\n Please enter<\/strong><\/span> your email in the space on the LEFT and click “submit.”\u00a0 (TMI: Scroll down on the LEFT to a pink button that says \u201cYiddishe Cup Home.\u201d You\u2019ll see\u00a0 \u201cjoin the mailing list\u201d there.)\u00a0 You’ll get one email a week, every Wednesday morning.\u00a0 Just one email a week.\u00a0 And I won’t sell your email address to anybody.<\/p>\n I’ve written a lot about real estate.\u00a0 Check out the stories here<\/a>.<\/p>\n I’ve written a lot about music too.<\/p>\n Byliner<\/strong><\/span> chose one of my essays as a top non-fiction magazine article of 2012.<\/p>\n I’ve been in the Times<\/em> op-ed section four times lately.\u00a0 Who else can say that?\u00a0 (Friedman, Brooks, Dowd.\u00a0 They don’t count! They’re not freelancers.)<\/p>\n Subscribe to this blog.<\/p>\n At minimum, buy this album<\/a> from my son the musician!\u00a0 (I’m a stage dad, today only.)\u00a0 My son has 100,000-plus hits on some of his YouTube videos. His pic <\/a>was recently in Rolling Stone.<\/em><\/p>\n My op-ed<\/strong><\/span> today is a lot about family, so you might be interested — you still reading this? — to learn more:<\/p>\n My son Jack’s band, Vulfpeck<\/a>, will be in New York\u00a0 on October 4.<\/p>\n My son the lawyer, Ted, is a two-time Jeopardy!<\/em> champion<\/a>. The Times <\/em>left that out!\u00a0 Ted is a top-notch lawyer.\u00a0 Ted, sue somebody for me.<\/p>\n Yes, I’m<\/strong><\/span> a proud dad.<\/p>\n My daughter<\/a>, Lucy, and her husband,Tim, didn’t make the op-ed. (Lucy said, “Thank goodness.”) Here’s an equal opportunity addendum: Tim is a first-grade teacher, and Lucy is a corporate event planner in Chicago. Check out Lucy’s\u00a0 event <\/a>at the White House.<\/p>\n Shabbat shalom ( for those who celebrate).<\/p>\n See you<\/strong><\/span> here every Wednesday, or else!<\/p>\n P.S. I bought the paper — the Times<\/em>.\u00a0 The whole freaking Times<\/em>.\u00a0 That’s why I’m in it so much.\u00a0 Bezos and me, we’re partying right now.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/benching-Sunday-NYT.jpg\" "\\"benching")
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