I am soo not into Harry Potter and obviously beyond bored with all the antics surrounding it ( Read more... )

Reuben is away driving upstate for my nephews' camp visiting days (two nephews, two camps).  I am up way too early on a Sunday trying to figure out how to get from JFK to Medford, OR on my parents American or United miles. Not figuring out how to get there involves flying for six hours to San Francisco followed by a six hour drive there and ditto ( Read more... )

I really do try to be accepting of other religions and understand that pediphiliac priests, terrorist/female beating  Muslims, Mormans abusing their wives, and pediphiliac hare krishnas are an exception to generally good groups of people.  I sort of mind loud preaching on the streets and trains, but not more than I appreciate freedom of assembly ( Read more... )

I had read about how Los Angeles and Brooklyn rabbis had been trying to stop the overly elaborate weddings people go into debt paying for despite the dozen or so other children they have to marry off. Each one continues to fuel the competition. Anyway my mom found an article about it here Read more... )