Been at Pat's since late Saturday, and the days go by both quickly and slowly. Like it's not long after 7 and we're already past a movie (demolition man) and dinner (I am intensely proud of myself to have riffed off a Green Chef recipe for shepherd's pie* I did at BadM's a while back (my oven's top element's been kaput since '05; it's a bit weird ( Read more... )

At adas Israel they keep the ark open for most of concluding services, and anybody who wishes is invited to come and stand before it with a particular prayer we could use if we wish. I did that a couple years ago and was overwhelmed with . . . Something... And felt almost I need to flee ( Read more... )

Stuff1: The Ovarian Cancer Walk I was fundraising for back in September. Team Dancers Stomping Out Cancer raised nearly $4700, and my fundraising total was over $1000. Ellen was 2nd ranked individual fundraiser for the walk, and the team #5, if I recall. I'm on the one hand elated that with only a couple weeks hard fundraising we were able to ( Read more... )

Toplevel summary: photoshopped video, ferguson, UVA, NASA, Florida, Parents.

In any case, the thing that is most recently bowling me over is this music video with a photoshoplike editing software markedly changing a woman's appearance as she sings. I've known better than to trust photos anymore, but I mostly do tend to trust video, and it's a ( Read more... )