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I'm losing my quasi-cantorial job, except in emergencies or perhaps the dead of winter. They went and actually hired a cantor. Disppointing, but I certainly don't begrudge them a professional. Still, I'm going to really miss that. At least it's coming at a time when I have increased opportunities to chant Torah at my own congregation; that's something I've been wanting to do, and gets me into more of a leadership role there.
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chaiya: go to Google, type in the query "weapons of mass destruction", and hit "I feel lucky". Don't be too quick to dismiss the results; actually read some. :-)
Interesting article on group dynamics by Clay Shirky (link fromralphmelton).
Update: Man fakes own death to get off Harvard's mailing list, courtesy ofbrowngirl.
Last night Dani and I attmpted to see A Mighty Wind, but we were done in by an out-of-date theatre listing on the web. Pity. Looks like it's gone now, so we'll have to wait for the DVD release. But at least we had a nice dinner withlefkowitzga and tangerinpenguin first. We came home and watched the last episode of West Wing available on DVD; now we wait (supposedly not too long) for the next batch.
Tuesday night's D&D game was much fun. I've been updating the game journal some lately, though it doesn't yet reflect Tuesday's session.
I've been getting spam lately from what purports to be a couple watchdogs of the state government, but are actually just partisan publishers in disguise. I seem to be getting spam from both the Dems and the Republicans. If my cease-and-desist requests aren't honored soon, I think I'll report 'em both to the state spam tracker. Serves 'em right if I do.
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preachermanfeed a month or two ago, but thank you. I probably never would have poked my head in at "Real Live Preacher" otherwise, and he writes interestingly and articulately. He writes about his religion with no apologies and no pulled punches but in a way that does not alienate or demean those who do not share his beliefs. That's hard to do, and he's doing it well.
I first got this from
chaiya: go to Google, type in the query "weapons of mass destruction", and hit "I feel lucky". Don't be too quick to dismiss the results; actually read some. :-)Interesting article on group dynamics by Clay Shirky (link from
ralphmelton).Update: Man fakes own death to get off Harvard's mailing list, courtesy of
browngirl.Last night Dani and I attmpted to see A Mighty Wind, but we were done in by an out-of-date theatre listing on the web. Pity. Looks like it's gone now, so we'll have to wait for the DVD release. But at least we had a nice dinner with
lefkowitzga and tangerinpenguin first. We came home and watched the last episode of West Wing available on DVD; now we wait (supposedly not too long) for the next batch.Tuesday night's D&D game was much fun. I've been updating the game journal some lately, though it doesn't yet reflect Tuesday's session.
I've been getting spam lately from what purports to be a couple watchdogs of the state government, but are actually just partisan publishers in disguise. I seem to be getting spam from both the Dems and the Republicans. If my cease-and-desist requests aren't honored soon, I think I'll report 'em both to the state spam tracker. Serves 'em right if I do.
I forget who it was on my friends list who recommended
preachermanfeed a month or two ago, but thank you. I probably never would have poked my head in at "Real Live Preacher" otherwise, and he writes interestingly and articulately. He writes about his religion with no apologies and no pulled punches but in a way that does not alienate or demean those who do not share his beliefs. That's hard to do, and he's doing it well.
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Yeah. I guess that shuls that don't figure that they're more welcoming to newcomers if the time is consistant. My shul recently switched to 6:30 services in the summer, and 5:30 in the winter. It's a bit better, but there are still people who show up an hour early (or late), and when Shabbat starts at 8:06, I sometimes feel like I need that extra hour and a half.
One thing that I used to do when I lived 1.25 miles from shul (and had a car) was to drive to services before shabbat started, and then leave the car until Saturday night or Sunday. This only worked for me when services were a lot before Shabbat started...