Farshtunkeneh Whales

Two whales lost their way in the bay, near Sacramento, and are having trouble finding their way home.

This is national news?

Every day of the year, in San Francisco and just about everywhere else in the world, homeless people down to their last pennies, their last hope, mentally ill people who have fallen through the cracks, can't afford their medication, etc., lose their way and can't find their way home. And people walk past them in the street as if they don't exist, and no one gives them cute names and devotes a week of national news coverage to them by following them in their first weeks on the street. No one seems to want to offer a way to help these poor souls find their way home.

But two farshtunkeneh whales? Delta and Dawn? This is national news?

Sorry, folks, no joke here, just a political statement. And I'm pleased to announce that when I delivered this in similar fashion on stage the other night I was met with a very satisfying round of applause.

Shabbat shalom!