Ask Rabbi LJ -- Purim Edition

OK, so. Purim starts immediately after Shabbat ends. That means that I cannot carry my Megillat Esther (and/or gragger) to shul for mincha/ma'ariv because it would mean that I'm carrying in the eiruv something I don't need for Shabbat, right?

Hey, New York City Friends

I'm going to be in the city on 7 March and will be (potentially) looking for folks with whom to have dinner that evening. Anyone want to join me at some as-yet-to-be-determined kosher dining establishment at some as-yet-undetermined time?

My only constraint (other than the kosher thing) is that I'm catching an early-in-the-morning New Jersey Transit train the next morning (so I figure I'm going to have to head to the subway about 6:00 AM to get to Penn to get to NJ), so I'd rather an earlier dinner (meeting, say, before 7) than a later dinner.

(alternatively, I'll be arriving that day around 12:15 PM, so if folks wish to meet for lunch, that might be doable, though unless I go to Queens first I'll have my luggage with me.)

Posty McPostalot and Fulfilling a Promise

I don't know why I'm so posty today.

Anyway... I promised back in November that I'd post my hamantaschen recipe closer to Purim. What with Purim being this Saturday night/Sunday, here again is: ( my Ima's hamantaschen recipe )

And Yet Another Entry for "No, really. We talk like this."

Scene: mabfan is reading comic books. gnomi is writing.

mabfan: I can't believe they're ending this book in two more issues!

gnomi: mmm... [continues typing]

mabfan: [sighs] Did you hear? They've stopped making yarn!

gnomi: [looks up] Huh? What? I was paying attention! They're ending that book after two more issues!