Greetings

Happy birthday, cicirossi!

I hope it's filled with wonderful things!!

Erev Shabbat Rambly Bits

-- This time of year, Shabbat starts crazy-late. This leads to extreme laziness on the part of the gnomi. What I mean is, in the winter, when Shabbat comes in at 3:53 PM, I do all my cooking Wednesday night and Thursday night. This time of year, when Shabbat comes in after 8:00 PM, I get lazy and sometimes (such as this week) don't even start my cooking until Friday afternoon. Today? There will be much pre-Shabbat flail.

-- Today is the 103rd anniversary of the General Slocum disaster. mabfan has a post with more info.

-- This morning, I read the obituary of Guy de Rothschild, the great-great grandson of Mayer Rothschild and the grandson of the youngest of Mayer's children, James(AKA Jacob, I believe).

-- Overwhelmingly, people think I should get both types of penguin beads. Thanks to all who voted.

Shabbat-Prep Roundup

-- Chinese beef: done

-- Rice: done

-- Gefilte fish a la M.G. via lucretia_borgia: done

-- Dessert: delivered by one guest

-- Shabbat flowers: delivered by another guest

-- Brisket and its associated veggies: finishing up; needs to be sliced. ETA, 7:45 PM Sliced and put away, cutting board and knife washed and put away.

-- Floor: Swept

-- E-mail: Read

All in all, I'm in decent shape. Shabbat shalom, all!