sh'liach k'hilah

For the past couple days I've been expecting to receive the self-addressed stamped postcard I included with my application packet. Tomorrow's the application deadline, and I mailed it with the expectation of having the card back before the deadline (just to confirm that everything's ok, y'know, 'cause I'm a little paranoid that way), so I was growing slightly concerned.

The next step after the application, according to the literature, is a phone screen.

I came home to a phone message that I've been accepted. Woo hoo! Apparently my application was strong enough (the rabbi who called used the word "fantastic") that they're skipping the phone screen. :-)

I am so looking forward to this! They'll be mailing me a packet with all the details.

interviewed by ichur72

1. What do you like best about the city where you live now? What do you like least? ( Read more... )

2. What is your impression of Orthodox Judaism "from the outside", as it were? ( Read more... )

3. How did you choose the synagogue you go to?( Read more... )

4. How did you get into RPG and what's your favorite game? ( Read more... )

5. If you could have any job in the world, what would it be? ( Read more... )

short takes

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.