It's that time of year again. Well, yes, it's Rosh Hashana, which means I repost the link to my X-Men Rosh Hashana story, Yamim Nora'im (Days of Awe)Obviously I've posted too late for the Orthodox on my flist to see it, but for those who are still reading, shana tova u'metuka. I hope that everyone has a sweet year ( Read more... )

Another successful birthday party, I'm happy to say. The usual family drama ::eyeroll:: but otherwise very nice. My mother arrived with a bug up her butt about something. Ask me if I care. Really, go ahead and ask. (I asked Naomi if she knew what was up and that was more or less her answer as well ( Read more... )

Last night, I said goodbye to 2009. Then I staked it through the heart, cut off its head, burned the whole body, and buried the ashes at a crossroads...just in case ( Read more... )

You may know that I'm against the death penalty, but every once in a while I encounter a case for which I'm willing to forgo my opposition. Such as the Delaware pediatrician who was violently abusing his patients. Fry him. Please. I'd be happy to help if you need a hand ( Read more... )

A belated thank you to pinkfinity and mscongeniality for my dreidels and, of course, pinkfinity for my lovely Santa Cthuluclaus gift :D

I've been busy on Yuletide (no longer at Defcon: Bears, thankyewverymuch) and the Suddenly Sprockets! website, which goes live on Tuesday, come hell or high water. I suspect that sweetgrinch has reached hell and high water isn't far behind ( Read more... )

Non DC-area folks can stop reading now and skip down past the line :D

Anyway, I win, because I heard a song on "Fresh" 94.7 from 1985! Yup, the other day they played "Voices Carry" by 'Til Tuesday, and I finally got around to looking up when that album was released. ::giggles:: Yup, very fresh folks. It's a song that is over two decades oldI ( Read more... )

Before I go to bed, I wanted to ask if any members of the hivemind my flist would be interested in being on a Purim shpiel filter and being betareaders for my shpiel narration. In theory the director's going to help, but I don't know that our styles work great together, so I'm looking for another head or two to tell me if my jokes are actually ( Read more... )

( The Holiday Wishlist Meme )

Went to the Sugarloaf Mountain craft fair yesterday at the county fairgrounds. We had a nice time and I bought two small pictures for Barak's room. They're from this great artist. They're from the "On a Wim" collection, although he doesn't have either of the ones I bought pictured. (You have to click on them individually to see the titles, which is ( Read more... )

(Quick explanation for the folks who are new to these parts: It's traditional just before Yom Kippur to ask forgiveness of those around us. You're not required to respond, it's just my responsibility to ask. I mean what I say here in all sincerity. As usual, this text is pretty much borrowed entirely from miss_porcupine's text of a few years ago.)

If, in the ( Read more... )