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Tomorrow night is Purim, which at my synagogue is usually on the, err, juvenile side. (It must be possible to be accessible to kids while not talking down to adults, but we haven't mastered it yet.) However, I learned last week that, probably at the instigation of our newest rabbi, we are also going to have an adults-only gathering after the megillah reading and spiel -- text study with food and "adult beverages". I offered to contribute a little home-brew mead and he said to bring it along. Should be fun. (But not good old "HS 98", which recently got a surprisingly-good review from a friend who found some in her basement. I only have a few bottles left and I'm saving them for special occasions. :-) )
I'm considering going somewhere else for the megillah reading and then going to my congregation for the adult study/festivities. This is hindered by the Chronicle, for the first time I've ever noticed, omitting the calendar of congregational services this week. Gee, thanks. So I'll have to look them up individually.
Purim seems a fine time for the roll-out of this contest in Peeps art. I must give this some thought. Check out the prizes -- $100 gift card, blah blah, dental hygeine products. Um, yeah. And should I enter and win, I think it highly unlikely that I would use the Peeps lip balm, though I would look with curiosity through "Peeps: Recipes and Crafts". (Understand that I can't actually eat Peeps because they're not kosher, but there's no rule against using them in art projects.) Can any of my readers suggest a punny title around the exodus from Egypt? I figure a seasonal tie-in would help, but it sounds like a pun is especially important and I'm terrible at that. ("Let my peeps go?" Needs work, I think.) If I use your suggestion, you can have dibs on the lip balm. :-)
Speaking of contests, from Snopes: in 1984 a newspaper announced a Daylight Saving Time contest to see who could save the most daylight. Fun stuff. (I think this would be better designated Daylight Shifting Time, as there is no saving involved.)
HS 98
Date: 2009-03-09 01:55 am (UTC)Re: HS 98
Date: 2009-03-09 02:10 am (UTC)I've never actually made filling from scratch, though I don't think I would have thought of mead even if I had done so. Sounds yummy.
Looking forward to hearing what the geeks say about it this time...
Re: HS 98
Date: 2009-03-09 02:23 am (UTC)You want recipes? ;>
Re: HS 98
Date: 2009-03-09 02:45 am (UTC)If it's not inconvenient, that'd be great!
Re: HS 98
Date: 2009-03-09 03:01 am (UTC)