At this rate, according to Sun Tzu, I'd have lost every battle I'd fight in. Indecision is my middle name.

But I have no second thoughts about naming the little girl that I once was.

As Sun Tzu says: In battle, the worst decision is indecision.

Applies to handicapping too.

Pearl:

Not what I saw in your editing work. Thanks so much for your permission.

Lance:

And I'll bet you have to make some very fast decisions.

Thanks, Robert. Okay, so 99.9% of the time I'm very indecisive -- just ask Mr. TorontoPearl. Indecision is very crippling not only in battle, but in life.

Mr. TP constantly tries to teach me, too, about "Zrizut"/ Hebrew for "haste." As in, you snooze, you lose. Not a bad lesson...

Robert,

Yes sometimes the decisions need to be made quickly, especially if the race is close to going off.

But, more in the area of having the courage to wager on some of the horses I do.

The #1 Reason to Let Robert Identify Your Photo

(9 more to come, but I have to get to a Super Bowl Party)

1) It's either that or your dental records, and frankly your dental records are more embarrassing

Sorry not to be participating. I don't have any childhood pictures, unfortunately--they're all somewhere in Europe. So I can just pretend I was really cute and did not have buck teeth.

Uberimma:

You can still participate in the contest even if you have not submitted a photo. Please know that we here at Seraphic Secret find buck teeth to be uber-cute.

ACK! who is talking about buck teeth??!!?? You found that pic of me at 10 didnt you....waaaaaaaa

PS When will we get the results of the contest?

I mean the Personal Blog contest

Suz:

Seraphic Secret Agents are everywhere –– with phones in the heels of their shoes. And yes, we have located those photos of you and we are waiting for that check from you or we will release those photos on the front page of The Enquirer.

I am told by Karl Rove AKA Lance, AKA Karlance that the results will be announced on Feb 9.

By the way, age is an illusion I firmly believe. Or should I have written ''aging'' is an illusion, I wrinkly believe?

I like that..."aging is an illusion, I wrinkly believe." I'm all for wrinkles. They express the wisdom and experience a person gains through their lifetime...I think that's a good thing.

Why is Randi called Randi here and Cruisin-mom elsewhere? Same for Pearl/TorontoPearl?

Robert, I've just discovered your blog via PT, and I love it. I read a short blurb about you recently, wish I knew where, and thought, oh, that's interesting, a Real Jew in Hollywood. Then I read your beautiful love story, and realized you must be a bigshot, a famous guy, then I dug a little deeper and decided you must be the guy I didn't pay much attention to because it seemed boring at the time.

Wow, I'm linked in the second degree from a famous Hollywood guy. Wow.

Oh, and if I'd discovered you a week earlier, I woulda voted for you.

Kiwi:
You can call me Pearly
You can call me Pearl
You can call me TP
Or even TorontoPearl

I answer to almost anything
I've been given nicknames galore
And no doubt there's a new one for me out there
That I have yet to explore!

Hi Kiwi the Geek: My blog name is "Cruisin-Mom", my name is Randi. I blog anonymously (no last name). I won't tell you other things I've been called in my life...but if you want to learn more...come by my blog (one thing you will learn is that I am not afraid of shameless plugs)

Kiwi:

I am boring.

Oh Robert, sorry I'm late with the coffee...you're always so self-deprecating before your morning mocha.

Completed list below:

Top 10 Reasons to Let Robert Identify Your Photo

10) What do you have to be ashamed of? Remember, at that age your parents were still buying all your clothes.

9) Nobody's believing your threat to torch the Danish embassy if he identifies your picture.

8) Lance is the Karl Rove of this operation... so Bob Novak is going to publish the info anyway.

7) Don't worry, Robert is a devotee of Sun Tzu not the Marquis de Sade!

6) No one will make fun of you... we'll just feel sorry for you.

5) If you don't, the NSA will start spying on your account at Photomat. (NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT)

4) You can trust Robert; he had the decency not to publish those pictures of my bris!

3) We will all understand; you were young, you needed the money, etc.

2) Anyone who's still shy is getting their pictures sent to the "Extreme Makeover" people!

1) It's either that or your dental records, and frankly your dental records are more embarrassing

Randi:

That's okay, I'm grading submissions. Busy, busy, busy. Karen filled in for you.

Jake:

Number 2, keep your eye on that one for my intro to The Seraphic Reveal.

Jake you are prophetic.

Robert, of all the things you may be, you are not the least boring. I loved both of the series I read so far: the prison one and the love story. You need a topic list.

Kiwi:

My writing may be compelling, but in person, I'm just an average, boring, middle class man. However, I am glad that my series--prison story, and loving Karen--have captured your interest.

Topic list, do you mean for what I've written, or for the future?

Because there is a list of Seraphic Topics in the Sidebar.