BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

By Yanki Tauber short/ cir/cuit (elect.): an abnormal, usually unintentional, condition of relatively low resistance between two points of different potential in a circuit, usually resulting in a flow of excess current. - Random House Dictionary of the English Language Do we love too much? Apparently we do. Many marriages fail for a dearth of love; an equal number are suffocated by an overabundance of the same. So desirous are we for connection, so hungry for communion with another human being, that we forget that for love to endure it must be complemented with an equal measure of restraint. So eager are we to give of ourselves to the one we love -- be it a spouse, a child, or a friend -- that we often give without consideration of the needs and desires of the recipient of our love. When passion is mitigated with a degree of inhibition, when intimacy is tempered with a modicum of reserve, love flourishes. But when all limits are betrayed, love burns out. A love relationshi...

MY CELLPHONE RANT Cells phones are wonderful inventions. They make sure my children's schools or sitters can reach me almost anywhere if I am needed. If I have an emergency I can reach their father. I can do business just about anywhere now too. Every one of my doctors is programmed in along with family and my kids' school nurses. But as with all conveniences, there are those who abuse them. If you live or work in NYC you will know this scene well. You are on the subway, LIRR or PATH going through the tunnels to Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island or New Jersey. All's quiet while you are under the great city of Manhattan, or the East or Hudson Rivers. You hear the clacking of the wheels and squealing of metal to metal and then there's light. You are out of the tunnel. And not a full second goes past when either multiple cell phones start ringing or people pull out their cellphone and start dialing or texting. Do we really need to be THAT in touch? Is it that importan...