The night before last I stayed late at work for no good reason except that things kept needing to be done. Finally I got a ride home with my boss and manager but we had to make some stop in Sheepshead Bay first. Why is a neighborhood called Sheepshead? I was so tired when I got home that I just passed out and woke up promptly at 4AM. I watched ( Read more... )

I stayed up too late watching Earth Girls Are Easy. Julie Brown, who is most famous for doing a Material Girl Madonna satire on MTV that was played and replayed in the early 90s, has an album of the same name that I use to love. For some reason the song isn’t in the movie which I don’t understand because they do play “Cause I am a Blonde” and " ( Read more... )

I started to write "crappy shabbos" as the subject but then didn't feel right about it.  Of course that is what it was anyway.  My friend who lives a block away called and asked me what I was doing.  We made plans for me to pick up food and we ended meeting up early on Friday so I could watch Jeopardy over there before candle lighting.  (FYI: Ken ( Read more... )

     I brought Strawberry to watch the Pistons win tonight with a bunch of Laker haters.  Not having a television turns couch potatoing into an outing.  An engine genius I know who works as an auto mechanic, casually mentioned that most of the students in his certification classes are in a parole program that pays their way.  This may piss off the ( Read more... )

     I am so proud to have so many semi-famous chavarot!  Just last month an old friend who works in advertising wore a red shirt on Wheel of Fortune when it came to San Francisco even if she is a Marin transplant.  She did really well and solved a super hard puzzle with “A case of the giggles”.  She also clapped and cheered louder than anybody for ( Read more... )