short takes

A good discussion of rights by xiphias.

I'm cooking an SCA feast for Purim. I have recently learned that I can get goat, and I have this lovely-sounding recipe for a goat stew. Must investigate. (I have a draft menu that is now awaiting comment from some of my partners in food perpetration.) I'm looking forward to the event, especially the treatment of the book of Esther by I Genesii, the local commedia del'arte troupe.

For gamers and foodies, from ohiblather comes this link to cupcakes of Catan.

Someone published a parody of Second Life, called Get A First Life. The makers of Second Life, rather than sending a "cease and desist" letter, sent a proceed and persevere letter. Good for them!

Forwarded by osewalrus, Nigerian kitten spam.

Bo

This is roughly the d'var torah I gave yesterday morning. Warning: the tenth plague, the death of the first-born, isn't light stuff.

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