"Ha ha ha they just don't care."

Culture Wars: White House War on Hanukkah.

I recently came across this incredibly inspired nerdcore rap battle chat and then saw the Weird Al version (Pentiums?  puh-lease!) and it inspired me to do my own:

The best part: it updates automatically.

Also:

We now have the first photograph of a planet from another solar system:

Between that and snow on Mars, it's been an exciting year for astronomy.

J<

The first two galleries from Aaron & Julia's wedding are now online!

No, they're not.  Sorry.  By request, I've taken the pictures down until the bride & groom have a chance to review and approve.  Once they approve, the pictures will be back up.  Please be patient.

I recently got to see a couple do a professional Argentine tango routine.  I took photos and here's the best from the set:

And the only prescription is more cowbell.

Here's another case of life imitating art, awesomely:

. . . but I couldn't stop laughing when I saw this last night.  Turns out Dominoes has an online ordering system now:

How much fun can you have with this?  A lot.  Funniest thing I've seen in a while (the rest of his site is pretty good too).

J<

Fun anecdote from last October:

Yelena and I are sitting in a restaurant at the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport. Thanks to American Airlines, we have a two hour layover. In Texas.

Anyway, the restaurant. Yelena wants the mac & cheese from the kids' menu. I told her that they probably won't let her order that because it says 12 and under, and we don't have one of those yet. She pats her belly and says, "In this state, he's already alive."

Good point.

"All the world before us is a very narrow bridge, and the main thing is not to fear at all."

--Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav

Found this in the Kol Nidre prayer book and it jumped out at me.  If you like it took, here are a few desktop backgrounds so you can take it with you, along with my other Jewish photos (one for Rosh Hashanah and a few for Hanukah).
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The backgrounds are only one size and they're meant for a widescreen monitor because that's what I have.  If you want something else, just ask.

And Happy Jewish New Year.

J<