Oh, goodie. Barely a month after I ordered one for delivery when I get back to the States in February. At least it'll be a 2016- maybe they'll be able to fix the issue pre-delivery and without a recall.

I’m going to Essen in a couple of weeks, and it’s going to be nuts. I may also wind up broke as a joke by the time all is said and done.

I met up with my old high school bio teacher for drinks a couple of times when I was back in my hometown for a visit, and I still refer to him as “Mr. XXX.” I am thirty-three. It’s just too ingrained now, so using his first name would just feel super weird.

When I was on, they were going through the spiel about how you need to keep play moving, try to get through all the questions, et cetera, and they said something like, “Make it fast and make it good,” and without even thinking about it, I piped up, “That’s what she said!” Fortunately, the green room people, at least,…

The thing is, there actually are legitimate reasons for eschewing pork and shellfish (or other non-kosher meats and fish, like eel or shark) but not adhering to all of the rules about separate dishes and the like. The ban on non-kosher meats is halacha d’oraisa- direct from God himself. All of the rules surrounding…

If only someone on the flight had spoken jive, all this might have been avoided.

Oh, God, Amy Poehler on Daily Show would have made me explode from its awesomeness. I wish I didn’t know that she had ever been in the running.

Holy shit- I didn’t even see them, and I was actively looking! I thought they were random white guys with shows I hadn’t heard of/don’t watch.

Yes! There was a ton of that, too. Both of the women in the case were pilloried, while little or nothing was said about the father. It was awful- I was a high schooler at the time, and it taught me some hard lessons about the double standard that exists when it comes to men and women and childcare. I remember my…

Vividly. I was in high school at the time (in Maine), and I remember thinking, “Welp, no fucking way am I ever going to be an au pair, that’s for damn sure!” I also remember the baby’s mother being somewhat vilified for daring to work (gasp!) and leave her baby with a caretaker (horrors!). The whole thing was a…

Well, I take back any and all complaining I may have done about spending three-plus hours in synagogue today. I’d rather fast for the entire two-day yom tov than spend it trying to explain income equality to the student body of Liberty University.

Honestly, the first thing I thought when I read that is that recruiting numbers must be down for the boys they’re voting in, so they’re going to open it up to everyone in the hopes of keeping things afloat a bit longer.

I’m a big fan of Leon Uris’ Trinity, if you’re into the Irish independence struggle, or there’s the Eagle Series by Simon Scarrow if you’d prefer something about ancient Rome. Oh, and pretty much any of James Michener’s books. My personal favorites are Centennial, Chesapeake and Texas.

IT’S A WHOLE PROCESS THAT GENERALLY INVOLVES RABBINICAL BLESSINGS.

Not to mention that the deal’s gone, and it’s now back up to $24.00. Meh.

Not to mention that the deal’s gone, and it’s now back up to $24.00. Meh.

I like that whoever made this decided to use Comic Sans, as if to add just a little bit more insult to the injury that was Halle Berry’s Storm.

God, I had the biggest crush on Luka Kovac back when I was in high school. Tuned in every week to watch the Croatian Sensation.

I lived in Japan for two years and visited onsen all the time, usually with friends. I don’t have any ink, but several of my friends did, and I never saw them asked to leave an onsen because of their tattoos. My impression was that by and large, foreigners got a free pass. Maybe if someone was being obnoxious, they’d…

I know! That’s what made me have to read it a second time!

Yeah, I’ve been poking around Yelp. Worst comes to worst, I go somewhere and they tell me they won’t cut my hair, I suppose, but I’d prefer to avoid wasting my time.