1. Holidays: The Jewish holidays have come and (mostly) gone, consisting of five family dinners and a TON of leftovers (and one day of fasting). One consequence of all this is that I haven't had to bake bread in a week. Wow ( Read more... )

1. Promotion!: Today I finally signed the paperwork that gives me a spiffy new title ("Executive Assistant") and a 20% pay raise. It also entitles me to 5% matching on my RRSP... so I really should get around to getting an RRSP sometime soon, huh?

2. New Year!: Today is Rosh Hashana! May your year be happy and sweet, and may you be written in the ( Read more... )

Unlike years past, I did not have a true break for the holidays this year. Instead, I've got two 4.5-day weekends, the first of which just ended. Despite that, it was quite pleasant, consisting of many of my favorite holiday traditions. One of these is the Christmas Eve drive with my dad, brother, and boyfriend, in which we drive around looking at ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I've been so happy to have pie. This is a direct consequence of the fact that this is the first year in a long time where I actually tried to stick with the rules of Passover ( Read more... )

1. How to make a bug out bag -- if a natural disaster hit your city and you had to "bug out" for a few days or a few weeks, do you have what you'd need? This article about how to put together your kit is interesting, even if I find it way overblown.

2. Like and dislike stamps -- for those of you who don't get enough of Facebook when you're online ( Read more... )

1. Hi-Fidelity Star Trek Quartet (3-minute video) -- a barbershop quartet spoofing Star Trek! Too funny! (And if you like this one, check out part 2.)

2. The proliferation of a virtual species (you'll like this alot) -- for those Internet grammar mavens who get frustrated by people spelling "alot" instead of "a lot," this is your site. You'll like ( Read more... )

1. How to history (videos) -- for the SCAdians among my friends' list, a collection of videos on how to do historic crafts. Looks nifty, though I haven't explored in-depth yet.

2. Senatory Bernie Sanders speech (13-minute video) -- a really well-presented argument that the big war in the U.S. isn't between the right and left, or the democrats and ( Read more... )

Merry festival of light! May it be celebrated with light and with lots of greasy food!

Now... where did I put those candles?

"This whole thing reminds me of Jesus' parable of the mustard seed and the prisoner of Azkaban, passed down to us as St. Paul's letter to the editor. In it, Jesus and his apostles Kramer and Newman must collect bottles and drive to Michigan in a mail truck to take advantage of the higher deposit fee. Then Moses raises his hands and separates the ( Read more... )

Those friends of mine who have been reading this LJ for a while know that I used to write a blog called Daily Breadcrumbs, in which I systematically read through the Bible and blogged about my reflections. I got as far as 2 Samuel before giving up the endeavor in late 2008, but in the past few months I've picked it up again. No, there aren't any ( Read more... )