Rambly Bits for a Wednesday (now with horrid bilingual puns!)

-- The Boston Globe this morning, in an article about the new travel regs starting 23 January, mentioned that only 25% of US citizens have a passport. I find this number surprisingly low. It may just be that more of my friends, on average, have passports than the average group of Americans.

-- This morning, I felt quite righteous for not kicking a Jews for Jesus cultist member for trying to thrust a flyer at me as I headed for my train at Harvard Square. I found out later from a commuting buddy that they were handing out flyers at Alewife, as well. For future reference, here is a PDF of a flyer by Jews for Judaism on methods of responding to J4Jers. Thanks to mabfan for the link.

-- Proof that coffee is necessary for Chanukah: "Nescafe hayah sham"

-- Proof that cell phones were going to be popular in Israel, no matter what: "SIM card l'artzecha"

-- Is Chanukah too early to decide that I'm never going to finish the box of matzah crackers I have in my cube (left over from Pesach)?

A Holiday Sing-Along...

...Pogo style!

(it's one of two "Christmas carols" that I will sing with gusto and not feel odd about. The other is "No L.")

Language Poll of Randomness

Just because I'm curious... And, yes, I've asked about one of these in the past.

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