Pizza and beer in 2.5 hours ( Read more... )

I just have to say that this fortnight's ShaBot was obviously carefully planned around our trip (which was not only all about the Gaza Strip but, especially in the last week or so, all about the Israeli Hotness; pics to come after ablock, kalessin, and jweiss get home tonight).


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Hey, I keep forgetting to mention! From http://www.seanaltman.com --
*Fri. Sept. 30 @ Ryles, Cambridge, MA. Sean solo w/Five O'Clock Shadow
Sean Altman *and* FOCS! w00t!

Tiger Boy and family got home safely on Friday night, despite a 2-hour delay (of which I was duly notified, thank you, muchabstractedIt ( Read more... )

Oh, so tired. And I still have not done dishes. Or rewritten my very extensive (half-crossed-off, then augmented) to-do list.

My little brother turned 31 today. Happy birthday, Rick.

Last weekend I finally fixed the blinds in my bedroom -- or rather, took a pair of pliers to the broken knob, and TURNED it so that the blinds actually darken at ( Read more... )

Fun Brandeis fact of the day: President Jehuda Reinharz has not only an "LJ" (jehuda), but also a "fan club"!
[channeling the future Rabbi Breindel:] "Je-HUDA Reinharz!"
"Yeh-who-da WHAAT?"
"Je-HUDA Reinharz!"

Free (or dirt-cheap) 2 weeks in Israel! Katya Myer, program director at MIT Hillel, wrote me yesterday to let me know that MIT Hillel is hoping ( Read more... )