tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222607212024-03-06T21:40:28.510-08:00Shpilkes(Shpill-Kiss) - <i>noun</i> - Yiddish for nervous energy
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Humor, rants, and kvetches from a nice Jewish girl.Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.comBlogger220125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-56426696639877023602009-12-11T12:58:00.001-08:002009-12-11T12:59:18.821-08:00Oy to the World!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SyKyjPlGR9I/AAAAAAAAAXg/Fj1_2P8soeA/s1600-h/.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SyKyjPlGR9I/AAAAAAAAAXg/Fj1_2P8soeA/s400/.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414086020600055762" /></a>Happy Hanukkah!<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-5637084501088637612009-10-02T16:35:00.000-07:002009-10-02T16:35:59.680-07:00Candy is Dandy but Kosher is...Kosher<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/Sru4HlhhcHI/AAAAAAAAAXA/9wCFMiFAgIc/s1600-h/51NA5DRARCL._SS400_.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/Sru4HlhhcHI/AAAAAAAAAXA/9wCFMiFAgIc/s400/51NA5DRARCL._SS400_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385100219922870386" /></a>Remember playing CandyLand as a kid? Now there's KosherLand.<br /><br />Matzo and borscht or gumdrops and caramels?<br /><br />Tough choice.<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-31488245894493003882009-09-17T19:44:00.000-07:002009-09-17T20:00:18.874-07:00L'Shana Tova!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SrL1qRX5jnI/AAAAAAAAAW4/GK_OX3DMdUM/s1600-h/%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%94+%D7%98%D7%95%D7%91%D7%94.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SrL1qRX5jnI/AAAAAAAAAW4/GK_OX3DMdUM/s400/%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%94+%D7%98%D7%95%D7%91%D7%94.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382634611228118642" /></a>Tomorrow begins the 10 Days of Awe, the period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur when I reflect on the past year and consider ways to make improvements. <br /><br />Maybe a little less kvetching and a little more stretching.<br /><br />Wishing everyone a sweet and happy New Year!<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-78240148106034142652009-08-27T21:34:00.000-07:002009-08-27T21:45:52.549-07:00The Ties That Bind (or Not)I had to have a medical procedure done recently that required going from one place to another within the facility while wearing a what amounted to a <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=schmata">schmata</a> held together with dental floss.<br /><br />What was particularly annoying for me was the byzantine way you're supposed to tie the thing to keep from exposing yourself. The gown was a wrap around robe that opened in the front. And you needed a Boy Scout badge in knot-tying to figure how to keep it closed.<br /><br />There were two tiny strings inside the gown at hip level and two more on the outside.<br /><br />My options:<br /><br /><ul><br /><li>Tie the two inner strings together, except I'd need to have a 15 inch waist.</li><br /><li>Tie the two outer strings together, except I'd need to have a 17 inch waist.</li><br /><li>Tie one outer string to one inner string, except I'd expose most of my ass.</li><br /></ul><br /><br />I ended up holding it closed and hoping for good coverage. I think they told me I was fine just to get me dressed.<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-10172434865268741332009-07-30T06:08:00.000-07:002009-07-30T16:21:44.411-07:00Sodom and Gemmorah With Fried FoodThis kills me. Evangelical website <a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=621908">OneNewsNow</a> states that "Home Depot is helping to introduce children to the homosexual lifestyle" because the home improvement company contributed $5,000 to Nashville Pride. <br /><br />Apparently, Home Depot set up an arts and crafts booth for kids at the Nashville Pride festival, and we all know what arts and crafts can lead to - compulsive paste eating.<br /><br />What all these right wingnuts don't seem to understand is that most gay pride festivals are pretty tame. At San Diego's festival, alcohol is served only behind fences. You'll find way more tacky rainbow gear for sale than anything remotely sexual, and there's absolutely nothing gay about the food - greasy county fair fare is the norm.<br /><br />And pride events occur just once a year.<br /><br />But exposing kids to ubiquitous movies and video games with excessive violence - now that's good, clean family fun.<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-55769832696304833592009-06-28T21:29:00.000-07:002009-06-28T21:43:52.712-07:00Semetic SemanticsOkay, I just have to get this off my chest:<br /><br /><b>Jewish:</b> Of or relating to the Jews or their culture or religion.<br /><br /><b>Yiddish:</b> The language historically of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jews">Ashkenazic</a> Jews of Central and Eastern Europe, resulting from a fusion of elements derived principally from medieval German dialects and secondarily from Hebrew and Aramaic, various Slavic languages, and Old French and Old Italian.<br /><br />You see, there's a difference. <br /><br />So, when someone asks me to "say something in Jewish," I always answer, "bring a little sweater."<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-45513516557507464002009-06-05T16:59:00.000-07:002009-06-09T05:22:05.003-07:00Thinking Inside the Box(es)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SimxrKOG1vI/AAAAAAAAAWY/gmUKrcx809Q/s1600-h/0605091657.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SimxrKOG1vI/AAAAAAAAAWY/gmUKrcx809Q/s400/0605091657.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343997787887818482" /></a> I'm moving in a few days, and everything I own is in one of these boxes.<br /><br />Wondering how many of my things will disappear into the Moving Box Vortex never to be seen again.<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-76613026615665752752009-04-25T05:52:00.000-07:002009-04-25T07:42:36.897-07:00Let My People Throw<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SfMgfiK7b7I/AAAAAAAAAVg/c-KXPhVpA4E/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 91px; height: 137px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SfMgfiK7b7I/AAAAAAAAAVg/c-KXPhVpA4E/s400/images.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328638510230106034" /></a><br />As an avid Red Sox fan, I was thrilled to discover <a href="http://jewsonfirst.mlblogs.com/">Jews on First</a>, a blog about Jewish professional baseball players.<br /><br />And I thought the only connection we had to baseball was Sandy Koufax and Hebrew National hotdogs. <br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-22195733923205290202009-04-22T14:40:00.000-07:002009-04-23T12:07:18.821-07:00Tweetie Pie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/Se83cFOJKdI/AAAAAAAAAVY/osGrlBdY2ws/s1600-h/images-1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 135px; height: 119px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/Se83cFOJKdI/AAAAAAAAAVY/osGrlBdY2ws/s400/images-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327537839779949010" /></a> Creative writing student and cooking enthusiast Maureen Evans uses Twitter <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/dining/22twit.html?8dpc">to promote her recipes</a>. <br /><br />From what I can tell, 140 characters never tasted so good.<br /><br />I love <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/twitter/index.html?inline=nyt-org">Twitter</a>, and I find it handy that my tweets feed right into my Facebook status update. It's like filling two birds with one tweet, or something like that.<br /><br />And Twitter's enforced brevity is like having my high school English teacher watch every keystroke. But there's no extra credit for using really big words.<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-12125179436273608082009-04-07T22:22:00.000-07:002009-04-07T22:24:13.794-07:00The Other Four Questions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/Sdwvjl1RX8I/AAAAAAAAAVA/OIGe1GWDGZA/s1600-h/matzo.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/Sdwvjl1RX8I/AAAAAAAAAVA/OIGe1GWDGZA/s400/matzo.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322181148142559170" /></a><br /><br />Why on this night do we have to listen to a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesach">really long story</a> before we eat?<br /><br />Why does <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gefilte">gefilte fish</a> look so unappetizing?<br /><br />Why does my brother find the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afikomen">afikoman</a> year after year?<br /><br />Why do we do it all over again the very next night?<br /><br />Next year in Jerusalem.<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-36408390119842581152009-03-26T08:53:00.000-07:002009-03-27T08:32:08.383-07:00Patience, Grasshopper<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SculEL3SOUI/AAAAAAAAAUs/kRxUybPCzqw/s1600-h/long_light.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SculEL3SOUI/AAAAAAAAAUs/kRxUybPCzqw/s400/long_light.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317525276363733314" /></a><br /><br />I'm involved in a real estate short sale. This is what it feels like.<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://xkcd.com">xkcd</a><br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-69104123811835340362009-03-05T19:25:00.000-08:002009-03-05T19:26:31.521-08:00Variety is the Spice of Life<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SbCNtqjVYDI/AAAAAAAAAUk/kwnXj4_iY3s/s1600-h/kosher_salt_large.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SbCNtqjVYDI/AAAAAAAAAUk/kwnXj4_iY3s/s400/kosher_salt_large.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309899776325935154" /></a><br />I guess we Heebs should be satisfied with controlling the media, the entertainment industry, and the world's (dwindling) finances. <br /><br />So, if we have a little competition in the salt mines, so to speak, we shouldn't be concerned.<br /><br />Retired barber Joe Godlewski, got tired of seeing TV cooking shows touting kosher salt and came up with a new product, <a href="http://www.14wfie.com/global/story.asp?s=9921827&ClientType=Printable">Christian salt</a>. <br /><br />And that makes me wonder, what would Jesus choose?<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-63288918050197827632009-03-01T20:15:00.000-08:002009-03-02T18:27:37.411-08:00Five Towns BarbieBarbie, Mattel's almost anatomically correct doll <a href="http://barbiestyle.barbie.com/history.html">who just turned 50</a>, is apparently Jewish.<br /><br />Who knew?<br /><br />Six years ago, the Saudi Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, aka their morality police, banned Barbie because they considered her to be a Jewish toy wearing revealing clothes.<br /><br />So, rail-thin, leggy blonds look like Jewish women to the Saudis. Maybe they should attend a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadassah">Hadassah</a> meeting with my mother.<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-84079722759762003072009-02-05T18:02:00.000-08:002009-02-05T18:03:36.728-08:00A Spoon With a View<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SYriy0GIu7I/AAAAAAAAATE/2hUhoytKkeY/s1600-h/3232.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SYriy0GIu7I/AAAAAAAAATE/2hUhoytKkeY/s400/3232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299297274160528306" border="0" /></a><br />I'm really proud of myself when I garnish my cereal with a few raspberries, but <a href="http://annathered.wordpress.com/">AnnaTheRed</a> turns bentos into full-blown pastoral scenes.<br /><br />With what's currently in my refrigerator, I could probably create something that resembles a New Jersey landfill.<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-15014274663250360112009-01-13T18:40:00.000-08:002009-01-13T18:41:51.852-08:00Exasperated by Abuse of the Aspirated H<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SWvxFV9E4rI/AAAAAAAAASg/X1qTeblPBvk/s1600-h/0112091657.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SWvxFV9E4rI/AAAAAAAAASg/X1qTeblPBvk/s400/0112091657.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290587261371736754" /></a>This sign threw me into a Strunk and White funk. I just hate the use of "an" before an aspirated "h". <br /><br />(Yeah, I know it's common on the other side of the pond, but those crazy Brits also drive on the wrong side of the road.)<br /><br />When the "h" is aspirated, or breathed out as you pronounce the word, I think it should be treated as a consonant.<br /><br />A historic event happened here.<br /><br />When the "h" is silent, and the word begins with a vowel sound, then the use of "an" makes sense.<br /><br />Meet me in an hour. After I've calmed down.<br /><br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-17331333882650309212009-01-01T11:37:00.000-08:002009-01-01T11:57:12.487-08:00New Year's Mikveh<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SV0cD7ZNk5I/AAAAAAAAASA/JAkbzqyzsQM/s1600-h/PICT0008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SV0cD7ZNk5I/AAAAAAAAASA/JAkbzqyzsQM/s400/PICT0008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286412391411454866" /></a>There were actually eight of us who plunged into the 55-degree water today. This group is the original four from last year.<br /><br />It was chilly, invigorating, and completely insane. And the perfect way to begin the new year.<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-41402578478514650402008-12-25T09:38:00.000-08:002008-12-25T09:59:56.330-08:00Chanukah Humpday<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lwYQBV66rbM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lwYQBV66rbM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br><br />It just so happens that the humpday, or 5th night, of Chanukah falls on Christmas Day.<br /><br />So to celebrate the 25th of December, I'd like to share one of my favorite Chanukah songs, Adam Sandler's "The Chanukah Song." <br /><br />Whatever and wherever you're celebrating today, have a joyous occasion.<br /><br />And if you're stranded at O'Hare, the cleanest bathrooms are in Terminal K.<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-49182236305092274392008-12-14T12:11:00.000-08:002008-12-14T17:11:10.350-08:00Deck the Halls With Boughs of Challah<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SURrmrx9HCI/AAAAAAAAARs/fhYau8EUXs0/s1600-h/51QSN9RX4FL._SL500_AA280_.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SURrmrx9HCI/AAAAAAAAARs/fhYau8EUXs0/s400/51QSN9RX4FL._SL500_AA280_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279462975516515362" /></a>Like many Jews, my family had two sets of dishes. <br /><br />Unlike many Jews, our second set was the Spode Christmas Tree collection. <br /><br />Apparently, we couldn't see the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haaretz">Haaretz</a> for the trees.<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-39337980980784389122008-12-11T17:25:00.000-08:002008-12-11T17:33:34.906-08:00Oy, Caramba!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SUExF8I8nqI/AAAAAAAAARk/pSXlmF6ER38/s1600-h/519MTGBQJTL._SL500_AA240_.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SUExF8I8nqI/AAAAAAAAARk/pSXlmF6ER38/s400/519MTGBQJTL._SL500_AA240_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278554216367693474" /></a> In case you're wondering what I want for Chanukah, add this to your list: the 1958 Irving Fields Trio album, <i> Bagels and Bongos</i>. <br /><br />So, who's Irving Fields? Well, he's a 93-year-old pianist and lounge singer and the guy who wrote the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxkuYeERt1c">YouTube theme song</a>. <br /><br />I mean, who wouldn't want an album of Jewish-inflected Latin jazz?<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-23021372887527437672008-12-09T06:14:00.000-08:002008-12-09T07:47:51.228-08:00A Day Without Naked Lesbians<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/ST5-AZwknXI/AAAAAAAAARc/9X8X29sjtOg/s1600-h/twowomen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 199px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/ST5-AZwknXI/AAAAAAAAARc/9X8X29sjtOg/s400/twowomen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277794358704512370" /></a> So this is the photo the San Diego NBC affiliate chose to use on its website as a teaser for the <a href="http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Calling-in-Gay.html">"A Day Without a Gay" story</a>.<br /><br />According to KNSD, the <b>real</b> story is "A Day Without Post-Coital Naked Lesbians." <br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-35424951309803947132008-12-04T06:10:00.000-08:002008-12-04T08:41:38.336-08:00From the Dept. of "What If..."If the California school system added Intro to Gay Marriage into its required curriculum, this is how a quiz might look:<br /><br />1. Your lesbian aunt and her partner of 25 years are getting married. An appropriate gift would be:<br /><br />A. A gift certificate to L.L. Bean<br /><br />B. Baccarat stemware<br /><br />C. A Hitachi Magic Wand<br /><br />D. A Subaru<br /><br /><br />2. Two bears (you should know what bears are by now) are planning their wedding. Choose the most likely main course for the rehearsal dinner:<br /><br />A. Vegan casserole<br /><br />B. Wild salmon, Swiss chard<br /><br />C. Something with foam<br /><br />D. Double cheeseburgers, fries, and milkshakes from In 'n' Out Burger<br /><br /><br />3. You arrive at a lesbian wedding and are unsure of where to sit - the bride's side or the other bride's side. To make your decision you:<br /><br />A. Ask one of the ushers which bride is the top<br /><br />B. Consider the side with the fewest exes of either bride<br /><br />C. Avoid the drumming circle<br /><br />D. Flip a coin<br /><br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-56015771918729445412008-12-01T05:46:00.000-08:002008-12-01T07:27:05.855-08:00Got Milk?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/STPq0YDke-I/AAAAAAAAARU/GJoSr7jATSc/s1600-h/main_milk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 376px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/STPq0YDke-I/AAAAAAAAARU/GJoSr7jATSc/s400/main_milk.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274817774112504802" /></a> Saw <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/movies/26milk.html">"Milk"</a> yesterday. Took me back to my baby dyke days when we all wore flannel and had the same haircut. <br /><br />I'd just moved to San Diego in 1978, and I vividly remember the No on 6 campaign and Milk's assassination. The parallels to what's going on now with Prop 8 are uncanny.<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-46138749184406611442008-11-26T16:02:00.000-08:002008-11-26T16:03:16.855-08:00No Carb Left Behind<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SS3jgaSYB2I/AAAAAAAAARM/EE7XLlxM9bc/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 116px; height: 116px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SS3jgaSYB2I/AAAAAAAAARM/EE7XLlxM9bc/s400/images.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273120884672431970" /></a><br />This year at Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my health, my families, both bio and chosen, and for all the opportunities I've been given.<br /><br />I'm also thankful that I won't be anywhere near an airport, shopping mall, grocery store or amusement park between now and Monday.<br /><br />And, finally, I'm thankful that for the next few days "carb" is not a four-letter word.<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-2420997071392226382008-11-17T06:30:00.000-08:002008-11-17T07:25:52.737-08:00Shake 'n BakeIt's not enough that we're in the midst of yet another fire-breathing Santa Ana. Now we get to <a href="http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Quake-Shakes-San-Diego.html">feel the earth move</a>, too.<br /><br />What's next? Frogs? Locusts? Boils?<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260721.post-14511233718432233642008-11-17T06:07:00.000-08:002008-11-17T06:12:28.891-08:00Saturday's March - The Money Shot<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SSF6-o7SJWI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/cpkvAtfiJPs/s1600-h/main.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_watj-ohMPwk/SSF6-o7SJWI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/cpkvAtfiJPs/s400/main.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269628255556740450" /></a> Source: San Diego Union Tribune<br /><br />San Diego had the most participants of any march in California and across the U.S.<br /><br>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085505273580117262noreply@blogger.com0