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In which a New Type of Dragon is revealed
The Book-dragon does not hoard gold, but rather books ( Read more... ) -
writhing shedmaggots
Went to put in a half-hour excavating the squirrel-shit fuggable mountain of horror that lives in our shed ( Read more... ) -
ok someone give me a hebrew school please
OK I kind of want to do an education series on the evolution of writing ( Read more... ) -
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Dog escaped AGAIN. A new route to Next Door North. She's not usually this escapey; I wonder if she's looking for UD ( Read more... ) -
a cautionary tale of leaves and drains
We moved into our very own house this summer, as you may know ( Read more... ) -
fr and eng
Oh! I forgot to say. I was at the bank the other day and one of the service windows was closed, so it had a notice, "Guichet suivant svp." And the translation was "Next wicket please ( Read more... ) -
Texts from a pothead kabbalist
Recanati, on Exodus 13:9
וטעם הנחת תפילין של יד קודם של ראש, ארמוז לך בו סוד גדול במשנה תורה בגזירת האל, כי העולה עולה מלמטה למעלה והיורד יורד מלמעלה למטה, על כןתפלה של יד ראוייה להיות קודמת בהנחה ומתאחרת בשעה שחולצן.
I've got a big secret for you man
really
secret of the UNIVERSE
you're stoned again aren't youthe one who ascends, right ( Read more... ) -
Term paper time :)
Some people expressed an interest in reading this paper. Here it is:
The Variegated Career of Exodus 13:16, being a summary of the antics real and perceived of a biblical verse from antiquity until the rabbinic period
Bear in mind that it’s a term paper, not a polished publication or anything, ok? But some of the content is pretty interesting, ( Read more... ) -
For anyone who's ever tried to use Soncino's Talmud translation
"The Hellenistic Jewish sermons On Jonah, another fragment bearing the same name, and On Samson would be a downright sensation, had the Greek originals survived. Now they are only preserved in a 6th cent. Armenian translation which groups them among the works of Philo. This translation is so slavishly literal that it cannot be understood by readers ( Read more... ) -
snooo
Well. You know how plastic christmas trees, wreaths, cakes, etc, often have white spray-paint (or sugar, in the case of cakes) sneezed over them, to make it look like a dusting of snow?
It actually looks like that for reals here today. #winterincanada. It's very beautiful, and surprisingly difficult to photograph.
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