Love and Knishes

Take one part vodka, two parts Jewish soul food. Add a large dollop of love and affection. Mix thoroughly on the dance floor and give a generous portion to all. This was the recipe for the delicious evening at Sammy's Roumanian on the Ides of March. Even without the booze and schmaltz the result would have been the same - an evening that started on a high and kept climbing.

What a paradox! After the reunion, many felt that we would drift back into the woodwork of our daily lives, our needs met and desires satiated. Sure, we'd have the website, but even that was relegated to occasional glances, skimming to see if something had changed. That is, until a devoted few re-lit the flame under our collective behinds, and motivated a migration back to the Forum. Preliminary plans for a potential repeat reunion in '08 received rave reviews.

The tantalizingly short tenure of our time together just intensified the impetus, the spark that started the chain reaction. We continued to crave our company, knowing that we are within easy reach, so close and yet so far. Scattered to the four corners of the country, our thoughts turn to Omega in those moments when we need a place in our hearts to escape the mundane.

Some of us even beamed up to the the original coordinates of the mother ship, but that enterprise didn't complete the mission. All that remains is the exoskeleton, and no sticks or stones can mend those bones.

Only when we stand again on common ground is the force truly with us, and it grows stronger with each transcendent event. Perpetual emotion and our magnetic attraction to Omega and each other will always overcome any inertia and compel us to increase the frequency.

And may it live long and prosper.