Survived the week-long conference in Nevada. Actually had fun and got the drunkest I've ever been in my life. So much so that friends had to physically lead me (tied in a boss's backwards jacket like a straight jacket) a back way through the casino to my hotel room so I wouldn't do something stupid like kiss a particular friend in front of half ( Read more... )

Wow, I haven't posted in a while ( Read more... )

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Things I adore today (in no particular order ( Read more... )

"Victory should be naked!"

A quote so good it bears repeating a couple years later.

(Reloving season 1 of Doctor Who, when I really REALLY should be sleeping)

And so I'm off to Alaska for a two week visit!

Do girls get spank banks ( Read more... )

Triple digit temperatures during the day? Check.
Severe storms at night? Check.

I think monsoon season may be here-- is it about that time of year again?

On one of the days I (the reporter) was there, in early February, I was the only white Jew in the shul, and an old guy in front of me kept turning around and showing me the right page. There's a nudnik like him in every shul I've ever been to. I forgave him, though, during the Torah service, when a young man faltered over the blessings and looked ( Read more... )

Happy note: I just watched the movie "Arranged"-- it's a gem. Loved it! You should all watch it. Movie about friendship between a Muslim woman and an Orthodox Jewish woman while they both go through the arranging of a marriage. Very sweet.

Beyond sad note: tomorrow (Monday) night is Yom HaShoah. How can we be an honor to their memory?