NadsFam
I have a wonderful yet small family, and eventually I will have cute little
profiles of my Mother, Father, sister, brother, and dog (of course), along
with pictures and email addresses. So far, I have a link to my
brother Avi's slightly out of date webpage and the beginning of one profile. More to come.
Mom
I'll start with my Mother Dearest, since it's almost Mother's Day, and her
birthday was April 25th (No
I'm not going to say how old she is--what kind of son do you think I am?).
My mom is a wonderful, sweet woman
who is kind-hearted and self-sacrificing enough to bring her spoiled
third child his favorite home-cooked meals all the way from Spokane
(admittedly, she was already coming for parents' weekend anyway, but she's
still incredible).
She's lived most of her life in the Northwest (Seattle, Coeur
d'Alene, and Spokane) with occasional forays to places like Colombia, Peru, and
Israel where she met my Dad and where she lived for two years in a Kibbutz in
the Golan Heights. It's partly because of her and her exploits that I have
developed a passion for traveling around the world and really getting to know
the cultures of each place I visit, rather than just being a tourist. She is
fluent in both Spanish and Hebrew (two languages which I am struggling to
master), and plays a vicious game of ping-pong. She also teaches English as a
second language and is an attractive,
single, Jewish woman who can be reached at
tanners@cet.com
Daddums
What to say about my Dad? Well, to start with, he was born in New Jersey and
raised in Rhode Island, and vestiges of this background still show up when he
tries to say words like "Oregon," "forehead," and "orange" (not to mention
whenever he drives). He can, at times, be the kind of serious guy who won't
back down or take any shit from nobody, but at the same time, he's also
the kind of guy who installs a telephone in his bathroom and will interrupt a
normal conversation to ask you to pull his finger. He has a sharp wit and has
never been one to pass up an opportunity to make a fool of himself
in public, no matter who he may embarrass in the process. He's always done a
great job of keeping me in line, from encouraging me to "go and excel"
throughout my formative years giving me shit about majoring in something as
impractical as Religion (he, by the way, majored in English and American Lit
and is now a CPA). He is a devious, treacherous, and completely immoral
opponent in racquetball, which he plays just about every day despite the fact
that he's in his late fifties (see, I'm not such a good son after all).
He also
recently retired from his accounting job for the City of Spokane, and now fills
his time (and bank account) giving tax advice--aiding the needy and thwarting
the evil agents of the IRS. But you can read all about that at his grossly
commercialized web page.
As far as I know, he
gives excellent advice, and he's even been known to guide clients through
audits and other such nastiness without a scratch on them. So check out his
web page and give him money so he can spend it all on me. He can also be
reached at shalom@eznet.com, but he has a
girlfriend, so don't go asking him on a date or Cinda will kill me.