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Ames DJ = win
I'm watching the Ames Moot Court competition. This is an annual Big Deal where two teams of students argue a fake case before three judges, one of whom is always a Supreme Court justice (this time it's...
View ArticleIndia in the news
India trying to attract "spiritual tourists" looking to find peace in the face of economic insecurity. Maybe after they've gone to a temple and fed some monkeys, you could take some of these tourists...
View ArticleIndia, Thanksgiving, and super-dorky law dreams
So the last paragraph of my last post turned out to be the understatement of the year. Ugh. My family and I spent a large portion of Thanksgiving dinner freaking out about India, to the point that a...
View Articlestill alive
I'm still alive, I'm just so behind on checking livejournal that I'm avoiding even looking at my friends page. If something important has happened and I haven't checked in or responded, that's why. I...
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self-aggrandizement through magazine interviews
Any furries on my friends list want to do an interview for this online mag? My lj friend jinxremoving knows someone at this mag who wants to write a fur-related article.Pros: judging from the articles,...
View Articleday of service
What is everyone doing tomorrow?I've signed up for a chat about mentoring kids with disabilities. It's not really volunteering in and of itself, but it may be the start of a regular volunteering thing....
View ArticleThere is only one Old Country
So I recently got The Czechoslovak Cookbook, which is just an English translation/adaptation of a rather popular basic cookbook in Czech Republic and Slovakia (it was probably originally published...
View ArticleEthical businesswear!
So a while back (I can't locate the entry), I complained that I couldn't find any fair-trade clothing that didn't look like it was mostly suitable for exercise, lounging, or yoga.But just recently I...
View ArticleIsraeli settlement data leak
Dude. So not cool.I've been reading up on the ideological settler movement for this paper I'm writing. The behavior described in this article is not surprising at all. And when we tried to remove them...
View ArticleAV question
Anyone know of a good program to record long (30-60 minutes) bits of audio on a computer? I am trying to avoid having to use a tape recorder.
View ArticleHow not to gain world sympathy
Hamas steals aid supplies from UN building.And in the process, most likely discourages hundreds of thousands of people worldwide from contributing money toward aid to Gaza. This is exactly the reason...
View ArticleLocusts!
So out of nowhere, today, I was thinking about LOCUSTS. I actually think about locusts more frequently than you'd think. It's totally amazing that these things still cause mass famine on a regular...
View Articleselective prosecution?
Here's a disturbing juxtaposition.(In other words, I'm too busy to read lj lately, but should catch up soon!)
View Articlebelated discovery
A melon baller or ice cream scoop is a really good way to make matzo balls!Esp. since my recipe involves heating the dough, so using one's hands is either kind of painful, or requires letting the dough...
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Graves in Jerusalem
While in Jerusalem I walked a couple of times past a crumbling, ancient Muslim cemetery. It was clearly very old, and also very much in disuse:From Israel 2009 #2From Israel 2009 #2From Israel 2009...
View Articlegrandfather dying.
Going to DC tomorrow.He is very old and has been progressively deteriorating for several years. Still, I am really devoted to my grandfather, he is the only one I ever had. My father's parents died...
View ArticleHe's gone now.
I was hoping he'd make it until I got there in the morning. My mother was the only one with him at the time. He started breathing heavily and then just stopped. It was very peaceful. It's a good thing...
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Arabic speakers?
Dear lazywebs,Can anyone read this?From Drop BoxIt's inscribed on a signet ring that I bought in Jerusalem (this drawing is, of course, a mirror image of what's on the ring, since the writing in signet...
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Leonard Cohen!
I saw Leonard Cohen tonight! It was completely crazyawesome. I've been into him since heronblue introduced me to him in seventh grade. He's in his mid-70s right now and hasn't toured for about 15...
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