short takes

[cellio]

More subject lines from the spam folder:
"airborne pontiff"
"inalienable abdomen"
"rabbi bacon"
"Reply to your post..." (ok, where'd that come from? Not LJ!)

Did the misguided lawmakers responsible for the "can spam" law notice the two opposing (in this case) meanings of the word "can"? That is, "can it, i.e. contain it" versus "enable". The former is what they tried to sell; the latter is what we're getting.

grifyn posted some links to ThinkGeek. Not only do they have a product category for "caffeine - drinks" where you can find Buzz Water (100 mg per bottle), but you can also get regular automatic deliveries. Some of the offerings under "caffeine - accessories" are intriguing, but I am disappointed to learn that the energy gel does not in fact seem to convey caffeine topically the way you'd think from its placement in their catalogue. I don't need to be "energized" on Yom Kippur; I need caffeine to offset the headache. :-) (Yeah, I know there would be other halachic issues to investigate.)

While I'm talking about grifyn, this saga of the job hunt made me laugh.

Scholar-in-residence weekend this Shabbat, with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner. This should be quite nifty, and as a side effect, I don't have to cook for this Shabbat at all. Congregational meals can be quite convenient. :-) (Speaking of food, the day after the Purim gathering I realized why the balance of food on the table looked wrong, when I discovered the pasta salad I had deliberately made to use up chametz and then forgot to put out. Oops! I wonder how long pasta salad keeps; it's been refrigerated and there's no mayo involved, FWIW.)

It has been way too long since the last time I watched "Blake's 7". Yay for the new DVDs. I've only watched the first two episodes so far, but this is even better than I remembered. Cool.

Comments

[kayre]

"Airborne pontiff" leaves "flying nun" in the dust, huh?

[arib.livejournal.com]

On Yom Kippur, aside from the food prohibition, you're not allowed to "annoint" yourself with oils, creams or perfumes. caffeine gel might fall under that category.

It's amazing the things that enter my head late at night.

[jeannegrrl.livejournal.com]

Scholar-in-residence weekend this Shabbat, with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner

Wow! Can't wait to read all about it. :-)