I have been on a documentary kick, of late. It began with me revisiting an old favorite, Brother's Keeper. I've since gone through Capturing the Friedmans, A Certain Kind of Death, and Bukowski: Born into This. All of these are worth the watch, if you want my opinion.

The other day (Wednesday, actually,) I watched a very well-done documentary ( Read more... )

My Rosh Hashannah shindig is tomorrow evening (because I'm the only Jew in attendance, and having the party on Monday would be just damned inconvenient for my guests and G-d said it was okay), and I've just finished pureeing haddock in the food processor.
Indeed.

Please don't feel bad if I didn't invite you; it has nothing to do with you and ( Read more... )

High Holidays tickets don't cost anything anymore.

I'm serious. You can donate if you want, but you're not required to shell out.

Hot damn!

Reasons to love John Griffiths:

He comes into the exam room yesterday, late and wearing a scrub top.
Me: Somebody's been in surgery...
John: Man, I just took a 10 pound spleen outta this dog... *hold up hands* THIS big. --You've seen normal spleens, right? Yeah. That SUCKED.

So Galina girl had a mammary tumor. John's evening was looking light, so we ( Read more... )

Know what's embarrassing ( Read more... )