by Jeff Slater | Mar 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
While searching for a scissor in a sewing kit, I discovered my name.Jeffrey Slater Name Tags from 1961Actually, what I discovered were old name tags. As a child, my mother would sew my name tag into my summer camp clothing, since we all wore the same blue or white...
by Jeff Slater | Feb 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Like most people, I don’t like going to the dentist.People often say after some bad experience that it was terrible….like pulling teeth. You try and get your kids to do what you want them to do or to persuade your boss to follow a different path. Pulling teeth is...
by Jeff Slater | Feb 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Poppa George used to tell the joke (over and over) that his parents were in the iron and steel business. His mother ironed and his father would steal. I arrived at college in the fall of 1972 thirsty for...
by Jeff Slater | Feb 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
I have been wrestling with this story for a long time. When I was a ten years old, I remember going to a birthday party at The Newark Armory. We went to see a wrestling match featuring some of the legends of that time (1964). The star of the show was Bruno Sammartino...
by Jeff Slater | Feb 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
At some magical moment in my childhood, my best friend Jamie informed me that 32 was a funny number.The origin of this absurdity was nothing out of the ordinary for us as we lived to find the funny in everything. As Jamie recently reminded me, we arrived at the idea...
by Jeff Slater | Jan 29, 2011 | Personal Stories, Uncategorized
Today January 29th was my father’s birthday. He would be 92 years old had he lived. He made his transition almost ten years ago. As I remember him in my heart, I want to share the eulogy that I wrote and was graciously spoken for me by Rabbi Goldstein from...
