With thanks to dr_whom for the idea.

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I looked at a group of beautiful written works by a great man who lived in the middle ages, on the other side of the world. I was hoping to find out whether he used the same writing plan in lots of different works of writing. I found out that sometimes he did

He would often put words like "Oh!" at the very ( Read more... )

I'm trying to learn about Ancient World History in the next few weeks, in order to teach a class about it in the fall. I'm hoping to supplement the textbook with lots of exciting and interesting stuff, and to read broadly enough in the subject that I feel confident that I know a whole lot more than my 6th graders do ( Read more... )

I've got 4 eggs in my refrigerator right now. Upon conclusion of today's tea party, I expect to have 1/2 an egg + 2 egg whites left over.
I wonder what on earth you're supposed to do with half an egg and 2 egg-whites.

There's quite a lot of Karoke of broadway songs on youtube. Just type in the name of your song, and "karaoke".

My life has just been changed for the better.

 Looking for interesting ideas for food to eat during Passover, now that that the matzoball soup and charoset are gone? Alternatively, looking for an excuse for a theme party over the weekend (with the bonus that your observant-ish Jewish friends will actually eat the food)?

Head over to the Matzah Dip blog, make the submissions listed there, and ( Read more... )

Passover's coming right up. It's not that I'm incapable of coming up with a bunch of dip/spread submissions on my own, but I feel certain that the collective ingenuity of the body politic has not yet been exhausted.

So if you have any ideas for a dip or spread, which satisfies the passover kashrut requirements and would make matzah taste delicious ( Read more... )

In the last week or so, I've noticed that the upcoming Passover has gotten close enough to start planning for. I like to take Passover as a culinary challenge, an opportunity to get out of the comfort zone of foods I make all the time and get creative. In that spirit, I'd like to proclaim a contest ( Read more... )

Lightning Strikes the Tree ( Read more... )

I've been starting to keep a journal of things I'm reading, with reviews for each one. This turns out to be really fun, partly because I enjoy writing the reviews and partly because it's satisfying to see the books accumulate (and I have been reading more in the last semester or so that I had been for years before that, I think, which is really ( Read more... )

I've found no shortage of ways to fill my free hours since moving to DC, including but not limited to: cooking, chamber music, Gilbert & Sullivan, Princess Tutu, bridge, Kill Dr. Lucky LARP, Aaron Sorkin shows, HBO's Rome, and, of course, underlying all of the above, awesome friends. But my current obsession is a tabletop RPG campaign I'm hoping to ( Read more... )