About an hour ago, the sun set, not that anyone here in Seattle would have known the difference in today's unusually stereotypical weather. This marked the start of Yom Kippur, for which I will be fasting until sunset tomorrow ( Read more... )

Well, the fiery sunset this evening ushered in the Jewish New Year, 5771. There are a lot of customs associated with this, of which I've only ever kept a few.

( the ones I do at least some years )

I'm listening to Generation Terrorists, the Manic Street Preachers' debut album, which came out when I was 14 and into Warhammer 40K. I remember that detail because my one and only attempt at painting the miniature soldiers was a bit of a marathon, during which I listened to this album 4 times over, before admitting to myself that I just didn't ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

( Read more... )

( Read more... )

( Read more... )

Melinda and I are, in effect, just about to move. We're not actually moving till the end of August, but we'll be away for enough of the intervening time that this is our last weekend in the old place. Because of that I've been doing a lot of throwing out. Mostly it's been academic material, and that feels very, very weird ( Read more... )

( Read more... )