Celebrity Death Watch: Bill Rice was a country music singer and songwriter. Robert Brustein was a theatre critic. Ado Ibrahim was the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, which is some sort of Nigerian traditional ruler. Frank “Hondo” Howard played outfield and first base for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Senators (who became the Texas Rangers ( Read more... )

It’s been a busy couple of weeks. So what else is new ( Read more... )

I’ve been in rather a blur of social activity since I got back. But let’s do first things first.

Celebrity Death Watch: Robert Clary was an actor, best known for playing Corporal LeBeau on Hogan’s Heroes, though he got his start in the musical revue “New Faces of 1952.” Carol Leigh was an activist who focused on sex workers. Fred Brooks wrote ( Read more... )

Here is a quick final catch-up before I leave on vacation. American Airlines has already pissed me off, by the way, but that’s hardly news. Since I saved a ton of money by burning up some Advantage miles, I will kvetch only in an undertone.

Election: I was relatively satisfied with the election results. My district was no surprise at all. As I ( Read more... )

Yesterday completely got away from me and I forgot to post this.

Here is a holiday story, which is completely true - and mostly factual - to make up for it.

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I have a number of things to write about (so what else is new) but let’s start with festive food.

On those occasions when I spend Thanksgiving at home, it’s an excuse to cook a rare multi-course meal. This year I started with a green salad with lemon basill vinaigrette dressing.

For the main course, I roasted a turkey breast. This is easy - you ( Read more... )

Our gaming group had a little Festivus celebration this evening. We started out with my offering of this completely reprehensible video from Sunday Comes Afterwards:

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We followed that with some clips of the Seinfeld episode about Festivus. Kyle displayed a picture of meatloaf on a lettuce leaf and he and Mike showed off their aluminum poles. Then ( Read more... )

This post is a mixture of a few things, but the common bond is synagogues.

Yom Kippur: For Yom Kippur, I “attended” services put on my Shirat HaNefesh. Their cantor is a friend of a friend and it turns out that I had me their rabbi a couple of times, though she was conducting services elsewhere. Their zoom set-up worked reasonably well, with ( Read more... )

Celebrity Death Watch: Philip Bosco was an actor, who won a Tony for his performance in Lend Me a Tenor. Jael Strauss was a fashion model. Les Kinsolving was the first White House correspondent to ask questions about the HIV/AIDS epidemic (during the Reagan administration). Julia Vinograd, known as the Bubble Lady, was a street poet in Berkeley ( Read more... )

I posted a song on facebook for each night of Chanukah. Here’s the full collection for you to listen to during the last few hours of the eighth day. I was aiming for a wide variety and had fun selecting which ones to use.

Enjoy!

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