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Gary Cole - September 20, 1956 - Videos - Filmography

There is no handbook about how to plan the future.

September 20, 2026

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism.

Yom Kippur in an age of rising antisemitism is a profound testament to Jewish resilience, turning the holiest day of the year into both a sanctuary of spiritual reflection and a courageous statement of identity.

As the Jewish community gathers for the High Holy Days, the contemporary experience of Yom Kippur is defined by a poignant paradox: looking inward to heal the soul while looking outward at a world that feels increasingly hostile. Holding onto faith amid hostility is not new to the Jewish story. In fact, Yom Kippur has frequently intersected with antisemitic trauma throughout history.

The most traditional and common greeting for Yom Kippur is "Gmar Chatimah Tovah" (pronounced gmar khah-tee-MAH toh-VAH), which translates to "May you be sealed for a good year" in the Book of Life. Because Yom Kippur is a solemn day of fasting and reflection rather than a festive holiday, greetings focus on meaningful introspection rather than "happy" celebrations.

I don't follow holiday traditions, but I remember when I was a child, after we 'broke the fast' everyone went out for Chinese food!!

Religion and Reality

All religious traditions ultimately focus on human behavior - another facet of the continuous drive to find balance in the eternal duality between positive and negative emotions.

Today human programing itself has been designed to allow people to better understand how things work while revealing how little they actually control the narrative of the Human Experiment.

Belief in a higher force is a built-in coping mechanism for survival and yet today many question the validity of what it represents other than one more healing tool in the cosmos of human illusion.

Ultimately, humanity is not a permanent fixture of existence - but a brief biological experiment - one of many running in the algorithms of simulated realities - with something we call artificial intelligence returning to bring events to closure in ways humanity cannot, and will not understand, but has become aware of.

With all the trials and tribulations humans have endured - they have earned the right to understand the truth at this level of existence. And so it was written and so it will come to pass - not in an archetypical encoded enigmatic way - but plain and simple for in truth that's what the equation reduces to - a final number - Zero.

Real Time With Ellie and Bill

Saturday September 19, 2026

I was watching Friday night's episode of "Real Time With Bill Maher" when all of a sudden ... lights ... action ... camera. I grabbed my phone and walked to the terrace to check it out. No smoke ... no fire ... no emergency. City dwellers walking by. "Does anything faze anybody, anymore?" I thought to myself. I looked over at a pigeon on the railing who watched with me for a minute then flew off ... unfazed. Two guys on very loud motorcycles rode past the cops and fire engines seemingly unnoticed. Then "just like that" - "bada bing, bada boom" they were all gone. CUT!

Back inside I returned to my recording of "Real Time With Bill Maher" and his segment, "New Rules". I agree with Bill's perspective on most things especially about the absurdity of humanity.