June 14, 2007
June 5, 2007
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The ever popular Kosher Community Survey is back in Baltimore for 2007. Fill it out today.
June 1, 2007
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In the Internet Age, these two titans of Faith go at the old fashioned way - in book form.
May 9, 2007
May 4, 2007
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Web-based Yahoo Instant Messenger.
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This book looks interesting...for anyone who's interested in why the web is different.
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Great page of movie sound clips from Star Wars, Terminator, Jurassic Park, Heat, etc.
April 18, 2007
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Great photo, terribly sad, yet poignant.
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One of many tragedies. Holocaust survivors deserve to die at home in their beds. What a crazy world.
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New restaurant. Looks AWESOME.
April 17, 2007
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Pursuant to a discussion with my son, "There are NO English words that end in 'Q' or 'J.'"
April 16, 2007
April 12, 2007
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A continually updating page. Some references are through personal conversations only.
April 6, 2007
March 23, 2007
March 17, 2007
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This accounts for pretty much everything, except David Lynch.
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I'll take one of everything, please.
March 9, 2007
March 8, 2007
February 28, 2007
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Apparently, Dr. Pepper never forgave us for that whole Revolutionary War thing.
February 24, 2007
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A new(ish) blog on Jews and Food (one of my favorite topics). Lots of different authors.
February 1, 2007
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An interesting re-reading of Star Wars IV based on events from Episode III. I don't think it works out, but it makes for good reading
January 31, 2007
January 23, 2007
December 5, 2006
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Aishel's got the skinny on the new Redbox DVD vending machine at Shoppers in Greenspring, including a link to a site with free rental codes!
November 20, 2006
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The quality is not so good, but the humor translates. The fight with Ahzamat (1/2 way through the second part) is THE funniest thing I have seen, EVER.
November 12, 2006
Jewish Las Vegas Links
I'll be in Las Vegas this week at a conference. In preparation, I've cobbled together some links to restaurants and shuls. If anyone has any comments on any of these places (either in terms of quality, convenience, appropriateness for business meetings, fastest shacharis, etc.), please let me know.
Restaurants:
Chabad of Las Vegas - Kosher Dining
Sababa Grille
Panini Cafe
Haifa Restaurant
Cleopatra's
Shalom Hunan
More at Shamash.org
November 8, 2006
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New site with searchable database of kosher restaurants in NY. Haven't used it yet, but looks useful.
November 1, 2006
October 19, 2006
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There are so many priceless quotes in this article. I think it's time for a road trip
October 12, 2006
October 9, 2006
October 5, 2006
October 4, 2006
September 19, 2006
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Critically Kosher interviews somebody (not sure who) from the Star-K. Good information.
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Great podcast on Harry Potter, compares to other literature, good speculation
September 13, 2006
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I bought my first pair of these a few weeks ago. Ordering online (eith shipping) is more expensive than buying in Pern's.
September 12, 2006
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Somehow I missed this; as it is already in the NY Times, I'm assuming it's old news.
September 5, 2006
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I'm still holding out for Chunky Sirloin Burger. Now that is SOUP!
August 30, 2006
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Now that's what I call catharsis. And, by the way, that's some REAL traffic. You know what I'm talking about.
August 28, 2006
August 22, 2006
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Jack Davidov has a very insightful take on the metaphor behind the movie "National Treasure."
August 19, 2006
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Gee, I wish I'd thought of this...oh wait, I did.
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The Protocols of Kosher Coffee; now we need to extend this to Thrasher's French Fries
August 8, 2006
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DMZ's started a new blog with his kosher restaurants reviews. Focus on the DC/Baltimore areas.
August 4, 2006
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It begins.
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Tov. Ra. Meraglim. A good exegesis, wanders off somewhere else by the end though.
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Social Networking for cars.
August 2, 2006
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I just drove through Georgetown, DE last week on the way to Rehoboth; it's pretty much Judenrein. I'm all for taking on the Man, and I hope they win, but sometimes its better to just move to a Jewish neihgborhood.
August 1, 2006
July 29, 2006
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Israel Citizen Journalism. Good coverage of what's going on in Israel by real people.
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Social Networking + Beer = Social Beerworking? Either way, mmmm, beer. I have a profile, search for greggersh.
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Social Networking for wine; note I searched for your typical kosher wines, none to be found. Not even Manischewitz!
July 26, 2006
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Aishel's back! And he's got pics and stuff from the Israel Rally in Baltimore (I was planning on going, but couldn't).
July 25, 2006
Pray for Israel
Torah.org is organizing a Pray for Israel campaign. Click the image below to sign up for their email newsletters:
July 19, 2006
July 17, 2006
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Looks good; if enough of you want to combine and order and save on shipping, I'm game.
July 15, 2006
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Some very unique street art that seems to be taking place in and around DC and Baltimore.
July 13, 2006
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Haven't gone through much, they have text on 4-5 masectos, and video for Bava Kama.
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Poe retelling the aggada from the Yerushalmi on how the daily sacrifice finally ceased.
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Seforim goes into detail on how Poe might have learned of the story. Very interesting.
July 12, 2006
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I've got the perfect shidduch for her...Jewish and a good person.
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A site that aggregates headlines from various different religion blogs (not just Jewish).
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Although the article is mostly bunk, the survey itself is interesting to me mainly because I would have been in the minority on most (all?) of the questions (although, seriously, geocentrisim? I seriously doubt it). It would be interesting to compare th
July 5, 2006
Podcasting in the Sun
The Baltimore Sun appears to have been doing podcasts for a while, but it's new to me. Check out their offerings, which includes podcasts from Cal Ripken on youth sports, Michael Sragow on movies (Sragow is one of my personal favorites) and Troy McCullough on blogs and blogging. Good production quality, I'm subscribed!
(If you don't know how to subscribe to podcasts, get with it man; your best bet is to download iTunes...it's not just for people who have iPods, although it's a pretty clunky app).
May 5, 2006
March 22, 2006
Those that can't blog, link
My muse seems to be on temporary hiatus.
In the mean time, Jewboy (whose blog is still named Musings, which, while taking the place for my muse temporarily, is till a horrible blog name) has an a good post about the rising costs of tuition, family size, and the effect it has on birth control considerations. Good discussion in the comments.
More when my muse returns.
July 11, 2005
Two good videos
Honda Diesel - Grr - surreal yet soothing. Finally, something from Garrison Keillor I can enjoy.
OK GO - A Million Ways To Be Cruel - I hadn't heard of OK GO, although I've heard the "Get Over It" song, anyway, this video is amazing. I've done any number of single-shot, intricately choreographed, 4-plus minute dance ensemble videos before, and believe me when I tell you, they're no piece of cake.
June 3, 2005
Out with the old...
In lieu of actually contributing something new, I went through my archives and found a whole bunch of unfinished posts that I never published, for some reason. Here's a list, in no particular order, for those of you who just can't get enough:
- Too Big a Lie (Dec. 24, 2004) - thoughts on historical truth and proofs for the divine origin of the Torah.
- "Yes, but I've been out to sea for a long time." (Dec 29, 2004) - after seeing The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
- J-Tech (Jan 3, 2005) - thoughts on the religious implications of technology, capitalism and the messianic age.
- I Speak for The Trees (Jan 31, 2005) - after attending my first Tu B'Shevat seder.
- This is not 'Nam. There are rules! (March 20, 2005) - on Amalek, and why we don't like them so much. Also, with the title, I somehow found a way to connect Parshas Zachor to The Big Lebowski. I'd like to think Ethan would be proud.
- Da'as Torah (Nov 2, 2005) - after voting in 2004, and the bliss of surrendering control.
Non-Halachic Man (Sep 27, 2004) - Me vs. The Rav.- inferior duplicate of this post.- The Meaning of the Trial of the Sotah (Mar 29, 2004) - an old, old post about something to do with Sotah and the fact that Adam and Adamah have most of their letters in common.
- Movies, Movies, Movies (Sep. 24, 2003) - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and the pursuit of the perfect artisitic expression.
I really need to just write it and publish it, and not edit so much.
January 28, 2005
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Technology not only has the potential to alleviate human suffering, it also enables Gene Kelly to do The Robot.