quickies

In an unrelated thread, lemonmerchant offered a response to my newspaper problem. I just have to share this:

Thanks, Lemon!

Oh my -- appealing and terrifying at the same time (link from xiphias, who goes on to ask: Could you, in effect, use cake batter AS a heat sink?). Pity it appears to be a hoax; I wanted to know more about "Caffeinated Meatloaf".

It's been raining today. A lot. The good news is that it's not raining in my house. The bad news is that we have lake-top property. Not too bad yet (streams, not inches-deep puddles), but there's definitely a basement-cleaning job ahead of us when it's over. (I'd like to hire someone. Recommendations from the locals welcome.) The last time this happened it was supposed to be a decadely phenomenon (on average). We haven't been here a decade; I feel cheated. :-) And last time was on erev Shabbat too, when dealing with it is more of a challenge. Whee.

Edit: No, we don't live on low ground. But there's a lot of ground-water seepage right now, so high ground doesn't matter.

If Coronation is cancelled tomorrow, would someone do us a favor and call? I'm going to services first, so we'll be leaving later than most.