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December 2006
Hiatus, going fishing, taking a break.
Friday, 29 December 2006 11:49 A GMT-06
What's the deal? Hiatus? Fishing? Break?
I've been writing here, pretty much daily, for just over three years. According to Blog-City that's 1,748 posts averaged 1.55 a day. I'm not going to count words, but it is a lot
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Best. Comic. Ever.
Thursday, 28 December 2006 11:52 P GMT-06
I love these comics, xkcd. The guy is brilliant and this is one of his best... um... since the last one.
Work, work, work.
Thursday, 28 December 2006 8:27 P GMT-06
I stayed a couple hours late tonight and became on of THOSE people. I know have a blackberry, so apparently hell froze over. Be prepared to see pigs flying and peace in the Middle East.
It actually got delivered to my desk last week, b
JVibe and The Ohisos
Wednesday, 27 December 2006 4:37 P GMT-06
A while back, JVibe wrote a lovely article about the Ohisos. The Ohisos are blogger friends of mine in New York, although Akira is about to retire his second blog for something more exciting. Anywho, JVibe had a contest and I was a winner
Mazelim Tovim (or is it Mazelot Tovot?)
Wednesday, 27 December 2006 9:38 A GMT-06
Mazel Tov to Shai in Tel Aviv. He sent me an IM this morning to tell me that he got engaged to Ifat. Shai and I worked together in London three years ago and met up when I was in Israel last march. I consider him to be my Israeli co
Retail Therapy
Tuesday, 26 December 2006 12:02 P GMT-06
Give it up for getting Boxing Day off work. I had the morning to laze around, drink coffee and write my first article for PresenTense. It was a day late and a quote short, so if you have something smart to say about the Jewish Internet th
Egypt says "not anymore" to Bahais
Tuesday, 26 December 2006 12:19 A GMT-06
I read about it on Dry Bones today and followed the link to Al Bawaba. The Egyptian courts ruled that Bahais can not legally state their religion on their national identity papers--they are now considered apostates to Islam by the government.&n
Rambam's tomb and other thoughts.
Monday, 25 December 2006 10:38 P GMT-06
First of all, what do you folks know about Rambam's tomb in Tiberias? Specifically, are there any traditions or superstitions connected to visiting and giving tzedakka there? I gave a friend a dollar for tzedakka (charity) to take on his
The Christmas Challah is rising
Saturday, 23 December 2006 1:34 P GMT-06
I'm in my sister's basement, tapping away at her fully functional laptop keyboard. Somehow she has managed to keep every single key on her laptop with a nearly two-year old son and three cats and I am missing four keys with only one cat.
Er.... Santa Jones needs a bigger suitcase.
Thursday, 21 December 2006 11:35 P GMT-06
Apparently I thought that the presents I bought for my family would shrink to fit into my luggage. Try as I might, the train set is still the same size. The appliance is still the same size. The puzzles and other random gifts are no
Trapped with Santa.
Wednesday, 20 December 2006 9:11 P GMT-06
Every year, without fail, I get trapped with Santa Claus. Fine, fine, it is just this year and last year. And it isn't so much trapped as I manage to catch the Santa Express--the holiday train for the CTA. Why even say holiday train
Another Dancing Boy!
Tuesday, 19 December 2006 4:31 P GMT-06
You know how I love that Matt from Where the Hell is Matt?, right? Well now there is Where in Israel is Jacob. Jacob is celebrating his third anniversary of making Aliyah. Hat tips.. well, to almost every Jewish blogger out there.&n
Night Four and Night Five
Tuesday, 19 December 2006 9:14 A GMT-06
I'll update this later, once I know who Amy's five bloggers are, but I didn't have a chance to tell you about her four bloggers last night. I'm loving this Hanukah tour of hers, very very fun.
The four candles last night were: Tamara E
Menorahs, sparks, flames.
Monday, 18 December 2006 6:54 P GMT-06
Take a deep breath, watch the candles burn out. Another mitzvah done for the day and I wish I had more candles, because I'm not ready for this part to be over. It is the fourth night of Hanukah and I lit my candles shortly after coming ho
The Third Night.
Sunday, 17 December 2006 9:28 P GMT-06
Even though the LeeVees are playing a totally rockin' show less than a mile away from me, I'm sitting in my living room, watching my menorah, reading Lost In A Good Book. I have a 9AM meeting and after a week without a decent sleep schedule, I
Latke dreams.
Sunday, 17 December 2006 3:45 P GMT-06
Do latkes affect dreams? I'm starting to think they do.
I had bizarre and vivid dreams last night and a belly full of latkes, so the correlation is obviously there. In the dream, a friend predicted that a former employer wanted
Night Two of the Guth Hanukah Tour.
Saturday, 16 December 2006 2:41 P GMT-06
Yeah, I love this game. All of my favorite Jewish bloggers are playing along with the Chanukah Blog Tour. Tonight the second two lights are Jessica at Suburban Kvetch and Avi at Tikkun Ger.
Back on track.
Saturday, 16 December 2006 10:44 A GMT-06
It seems that all I had to do was strike the O word from my vocabulary. By saying, "I will feel better," I managed to welcome a whole lot of feeling better into my life. It started with a wonderful business trip early this week.
1 Guth, 8 Nights, 36 Bloggers
Friday, 15 December 2006 10:27 A GMT-06
As a general rule, I'm not into memes. But also as a general rule, I'm into supporting my friends. So when Amy came to me and said, "I want to be more active in the Jewish Blogosphere," I started making introductions. A fe
You'll be jealous
Thursday, 14 December 2006 3:59 P GMT-06
This was one of the best presentations EVER. The founder of the World RPS Society, Doug Walker, facilitated a 300 person Street Rock Paper Scissors Slam... or something. Here is the championship and an Edelman Co-worker won.
Shebrew Hanuka Article Up
Thursday, 14 December 2006 11:27 A GMT-06
Newest article is up on Shebrew.
Thanks to Dahlia, Hannah and Tamara for answering my questions for this.
Come on Google.
Wednesday, 13 December 2006 10:42 P GMT-06
My Gmail is down. While you think that would be one less distraction while I start a long night of work, it isn't. It is annoying and I keep checking and checking and checking.
So I'll share this video and then I'll do my projec
Quick note.
Wednesday, 13 December 2006 4:09 P GMT-06
My laptop is at 20% and I'm too shy to go looking for a plug. I'm in the Delta Executive Club at Reagan National. All I can tell you is that my life has been a fantastic hollywood movie for the last 24 hours. Hollywood. Better
Sneaking out, sneaking back.
Tuesday, 12 December 2006 11:02 A GMT-06
I had a great evening last night hanging out with folks from our DC Interactive Team and Paul Young. (Links later). I've just snuck out of the Reagan center briefly to check email, warm my toes and wash my hands with hot water. It i
Kudos from Jewlicious
Monday, 11 December 2006 4:58 P GMT-06
I had a very nice exchange with Laya from Jewlicious today about Itza Mitzvah. Itza Mitzvah was born out of some beating up of the Reform movement in the comments at Jewlicious. CK challenged me, "Where do Reform Jews learn about the
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