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Snowy Jerusalem

January 31, 2008

Our friend Jeff’s video of snowy Jerusalem.

Industrialization and geologic history (thanks to )

January 28, 2008

Humans Force Earth into New Geologic Epoch

electronic contact lenses

January 25, 2008

Is the day not far off when wearers willing to watch ads will get electronic contact lenses for free?

fun and cute (thanks to )

January 25, 2008

http://lolinator.com/ Enter your homepage or other favorite URL and see what it would look like if silly cats ruled the WWW.

January 24, 2008

An Evening of Israeli Erotic Poetry David Cooper will read from his recently published translation of Israeli poet Rachel Eshed’s book “Little Promises” and Pesya Altman will read Ms. Eshed’s Poems in Hebrew (discussion and book signing after the reading) In its Hebrew original, this collection of intense erotic poetry won the 1992 ACUM prize […]

yet another presidential race quiz

January 23, 2008

Who You Should Vote For Dennis Kucinich: 94% John Edwards: 75% Mike Gravel: 75% Barack Obama: 56% Hillary Clinton: 56% Ron Paul: 31% John McCain: 25% Rudy Giuliani: 25% Mike Huckabee: 13% Mitt Romney: 13% Who you agree with on the war in Iraq: John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, and Ron Paul Who you […]

meme (thanks to )

January 23, 2008

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? My maternal grandfather.. 2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? I cry several times/day; I’m sensitive. 3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? It’s getting more and more illegible. 4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? I eat neither meat nor high sodium foods. 5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? […]

‘s truly terrific davar torah on the Song of the Sea

January 20, 2008

…in which she compares and contrasts traditional religious and contemporary scholarly approaches to biblical interpretation, and ties these together with a discussion of MLK’s oratory: Camels, Biblical Scholarship, the Song at the Sea and Martin Luther King.

5 things meme (thanks to )

January 17, 2008

1. Leave me a casual comment of no particular significance, like a lyric to your favorite song. 2. I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better. 3. Update your lj with the answers to these questions. 4. Include this explanation and offer to ask others in […]