TL; DR: On April 19th, 2017 -- the 14th anniversary of this LJ -- I am deleting this journal ( Read more... )

Today we take a pause from my self-involved whinging and proclamations and ponderings to help out friends of mine ( Read more... )

OMG!!!!! WE WON!!!!!!!!

This would be me turning virtual cartwheels.

So my favorite jewelry maker in the world is having a massive sale.

It's in her journal over on LJ, and the discounts are flying fast and furious.

Elise's jewelry moves me, strengthens me, supports me, and makes me smile.

You should go check it out; you may find a shiny to call your very own (at deeply discounted prices, through the 22nd).

So I listen from time to time to a radio program called "Jewish Moments in the Morning", otherwise known as JM in the AM. They've introduced me to a Jewish a cappella group called The Maccabeats. Said group are very fond of, among other things, taking currently popular songs and -- essentially -- filking with them ( Read more... )

We interrupt my random musings to make a small request of my viewing audience:

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I've been going somewhat insane cataloging the "recent" acquisitions for Mama's Library (warning: the titles of materials in that link are of an adult nature; you may wish to avoid clicking on the link at your place of employment; just saying) and I found this paragraph printed in one of the magazines ( Read more... )

I think I've mostly successfully avoided the meme thing here on Dreamwidth. However, when I read a friend's answers to these ElseJournal, I found myself actually thinking about the answers. Which didn't come nearly as easily as I expected them to.

So... without further delay... a 100 questions meme or Everything you never wanted to know about me ( Read more... )

On New Year's Day I was at the Girlfriend's (formerly known as JDots; I've finally accepted the fact that yes, girlfriend is the term) hanging out with two friends who had come over the night before and the Girlfriend and GF's Mom. My phone rang; the number that came up was my former boss/mentor's number. I knew she was in no condition to be ( Read more... )

I'm at my father and stepmother's in Santa Fe. Dad is a poetry junkie so, instead of magazines in the bathrooms, he has books of poetry. One of my favorites is a volume of Rabindranath Tagore... very short poems with lots of meaning ( Read more... )