Comments | stufsocker: FIREWALLED!

stufsocker

FIREWALLED!

Mar 30, 2009 13:06

Johndammit. I can no longer visit LJ communities from the office because every time I try, I get the security violation page saying that the content is "Illegal Drugs." What the flipping flip? First it was just the cooking comms, but now it seems to be all of them. GAH!!! I'm mentally hitting things with other things and bashing bricks ( Read more... )

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apathyzeal March 30 2009, 17:39:40 UTC

Johndammit.
there's a term I havent heard in YEARS

stufsocker March 30 2009, 17:43:50 UTC

Yea, I thought I'd pull it out of the closet and see how it fits.

How you doing?

apathyzeal March 31 2009, 02:06:37 UTC

Actually, I have been rather well, mostly. How are you?

stufsocker March 31 2009, 12:34:55 UTC

Eh, I'm alright. Been better, been worse. Still looking for a real job, which really kinda blows goats. Tell Cali I miss it.

thharwood March 30 2009, 18:15:39 UTC

Wow, I didn't even realise Pesach was so close. When's the Seder?

stufsocker March 30 2009, 18:21:12 UTC

Yea, it's... a week from Wednesday. First Seder is the night of the 8th.
So sayeth HebCal: 14th of Nisan, 5769

Do you usually go by the Gregorian calendar?

The guy on the right side of your icon looks EXACTLY like this guy I used to be friendly with in the late 90s/early naughties. I actually did a double-take when I saw it. Weird, yo. Unless that IS him and he's been busy the last few years.

thharwood March 30 2009, 18:26:28 UTC

Yeah, we go by the Gregorian calendar. That's why holidays always creep up on me.

That gorgeous boy is my boyfriend Carl Barat. I love him. I really really do.

stufsocker March 30 2009, 18:41:58 UTC

Ah! That's good to know. I know a lot of frummies who go by the Hebcal for everything and I have trouble keeping track. Most of the holidays sneak up on me too. We're only somewhat on top of this one because my MIL scheduled our shopping trip and reminded me to ask the nice lady who cleans really well to come and give me the cleaning help I desperately need. It's a little sad. ;j

Okay, so he doesn't look like the guy I knew in THIS icon, but I stand by there being a shocking similarity in the other.

left_coast_cat March 31 2009, 02:18:00 UTC

How does that even work? Stupid technology, getting in the way of fun.

keeping kosher is surprisingly expensive! how is the cheese treated differently?

stufsocker March 31 2009, 12:46:04 UTC

I don't know~! But it's really makign me sad to have all of my communities blocked. I want to contribute and I just can't do it. Aw ( ... )

left_coast_cat March 31 2009, 17:14:07 UTC

Huh! I have heard of rennet, but I didn't realize the extent of it!

And the eggs? That's actually pretty interesting. How are blood spots bad? Doesn't kosher eating OK meat?

stufsocker March 31 2009, 18:28:02 UTC

Yea, rennet comes from stomach linings.

Meat is kosher, but part of the process that makes it kosher is that all blood is completely removed. All the meat is salted for a while before being rewashed and packaged, and certain parts of certain animals are completely off limits because of the way certain veins run through the area. That's like the Hebrew National commercial: No Ifs, Ands, or Butts. The back end of cows is off limits because of certain veins and nerves. No filet mignon for the Jews. So meat is good, blood is bad. Blood is totally not kosher, which is what makes the whole blood libel thing so bizarre. Extra bizarre.