It has been recently brought to my attention that this is the only forum some people have to keep track of my life and I never post anything about my life ( Read more... )

This was sent around by Samaphore, among others ( Read more... )

In my previous post, I mentioned my new job, working at a private Jewish day school. I also said the following: "While I am a strong proponent of public education, this particular school meets all of my requirements for an acceptable private school (non-discriminatory and purposeful.)" I figured I should explain what the hell I meant ( Read more... )

I just realized that, while I frequently respond to other people's journals, I have not posted in my own journal in over six months. Oddly, most of the interesting developments over that time have happened in the past month. I figured it was about time to let you all in on some of them ( Read more... )

Earlier today, a friend of mine made a post that was at least tangentially related to Hannukah. As part of my reply I included some information on the origins and traditions surrounding Hannukah. As some of you know, my Jewish heritage is very important to me, and I like sharing my experiences with my friends ( Read more... )

Most of you either know that I don't post very often or have forgotten that I even have a livejournal. This post isn't meant to be a political rant, which Wissago astutely identifies as being often divisive. Still, I felt that I had to reply to some of the comments of my friends regarding our recent election. This is going to be very long and I' ( Read more... )

Here's a meme, ganked from my inscrutible roommate.

Shuffle your playlist, pick the first twenty songs on the list, and write down your favorite line of the song. Then see who can guess the songs.Have fun guessing. Answers will come in a second post. Oh, and good luck on number 10 ( Read more... )

Some of you may be wondering what I'm doing awake at quarter of five in the morning. You also might wonder why I just finished watching a movie which, clearly, I started after everyone normal was already asleep ( Read more... )

So, I finished the third of three papers due this week ( Read more... )

Two separate people have pointed out to me this week how odd it is that you can meet people online and, over time, they can become your genuine friends, even if you've never met them in real life. It seems strange to me that, by reading people's livejournal posts, I have an almost day-by-day update on people I've never seen. I find myself ( Read more... )