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Ma'am, what is your good name?
I am really sick of people asking me for my “good” name. Next time someone asks that, I’m going to tell them I only have a bad name to give them.
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TMI.
Oh, another TMI moment for today. Did you know that if you eat too much ghee (clarified butter), your pee comes out smelling like popcorn?
Also, if you eat too many beets, your poop turns an alarming shade of red. Don’t worry, you’re not about to die of internal bleeding. You’re just eating too many beets.
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Beaver Tails
Did you know that beavers will sometimes cut (bite?) off their own testicles and throw them before a predator to spare their own lives?
I'm not a male, but ouch.
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mooooooo
Today I got to pet a baby water buffalo.
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Spreading Light
I’ve been learning in my free time in the evenings about Chanukah and have come across some interesting thoughts that I thought I would share now that Chanukah is upon us. Chanukah has always been an important holiday to me. It was one of the two - the more important, in my family - of the two Jewish holidays we celebrated and it was the one I ( Read more... ) -
Random
The internet cafe where I am smelled deliciously of fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies..... mmmm.... until about 30 seconds ago when the woman sitting next to me lit up a cigarette. DISGUSTING. Yuck.
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Happy Friday! Happy Weekend!
Today is Friday, which is the Muslim day of rest. Saturday is the Jewish day of rest. Sunday is the Christian day of rest. Here in Jordan the busses don’t run on Friday. In Israel the busses don’t run on Saturday. And in both Jordan and Israel the weekend is Friday and Saturday, with Sunday a regular workday. In the US, Saturday ( Read more... ) -
Ayin Baemtza
My husband forwarded me this weekly email he gets from back in Australia... this week's was very good and I thought I'd share.
Question of the Week:
My life has fallen apart. My husband left me, I have been kicked out of my home and my career is over. And now I am losing my faith too. I used to believe so strongly, but now my thinking has changed ( Read more... ) -
Ooooohhhhh
Would it be wrong of me to want to have a little girl JUST so I can buy her these flip flops? OMG TOO CUTE. Havaianas FTW. -
Notes on Marriage Part 10
Notes from Chapter 10 of Rabbi Pliskin's book, "Marriage":- If you find yourself in a negative state, keep your focus on the state that you do want, not the one you don't want.
- Seven tips for accessing the state/mood you wish:
- Change your present physiology or posture to the way it is when you are in the desired state. Try as an exercise looking in a ( Read more... )