Jul. 6th, 2007
Friday Morning Rambly Bits
Jul. 6th, 2007 09:30 am-- ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
mabfan and I went to hear the reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. As he mentioned in his writeup of the day, the Declaration reading seemed more crowded this year than it has in years past. The weather was lovely, which may have been a factor, but part of me wonders if other factors may be involved.
-- We're off to Readercon this weekend. I hope to see some of you there!
-- For the main dish for our meal at Readercon tonight, I made this tortellini salad. If folks are interested, I'll report back on it. I'll be serving it with roasted vegetables and cucumber salad (I was looking for things that travel well, since everything has to be brought in coolers, and we have no guarantee of an on-site fridge).
-- On a related note -- foodie posts, yes/no? I've been blathering here about menus for the past couple of weeks (and thanks to everyone who participates in the food discussions), and it finally occurred to me that this foodieness kind of came out of nowhere.
-- My brain has been too fried (with the heat, with the assorted goings-on in my universe, etc.) to write recently. This distresses me. My plan is to pick up the writing again after this weekend.
-- For the first time since the 2004 postseason, last night I spent a significant amount of time watching the Red Sox game on TV (I've seen a number of pieces of games, but no long chunks the way I did last night). I was cooking and then packing, but during breaks or times I had to do other stuff to prepare for the weekend, I was watching the game. And I picked a good night to do so -- the Sox beat the Devil Rays 15-4, with six of those runs coming in the first inning.
-- Note to self: YouTube eats time. Please remember this.
mabfan and I went to hear the reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. As he mentioned in his writeup of the day, the Declaration reading seemed more crowded this year than it has in years past. The weather was lovely, which may have been a factor, but part of me wonders if other factors may be involved.-- We're off to Readercon this weekend. I hope to see some of you there!
-- For the main dish for our meal at Readercon tonight, I made this tortellini salad. If folks are interested, I'll report back on it. I'll be serving it with roasted vegetables and cucumber salad (I was looking for things that travel well, since everything has to be brought in coolers, and we have no guarantee of an on-site fridge).
-- On a related note -- foodie posts, yes/no? I've been blathering here about menus for the past couple of weeks (and thanks to everyone who participates in the food discussions), and it finally occurred to me that this foodieness kind of came out of nowhere.
-- My brain has been too fried (with the heat, with the assorted goings-on in my universe, etc.) to write recently. This distresses me. My plan is to pick up the writing again after this weekend.
-- For the first time since the 2004 postseason, last night I spent a significant amount of time watching the Red Sox game on TV (I've seen a number of pieces of games, but no long chunks the way I did last night). I was cooking and then packing, but during breaks or times I had to do other stuff to prepare for the weekend, I was watching the game. And I picked a good night to do so -- the Sox beat the Devil Rays 15-4, with six of those runs coming in the first inning.
-- Note to self: YouTube eats time. Please remember this.
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Erev Shabbat Jewish Blogging...
Jul. 6th, 2007 11:26 am...but, again, only kinda-sorta (I do hope to get back to real ESJB posts eventually).
On July 4th,mabfan and I were talking to friends (::waves to said friends::) about... something. I can't even remember what. But somehow we came around to the topic of whether or not to ask a rabbi a shaila (again, I have no clue how or what). And that's when I figured it out -- some communities seem to have a "Don't ask, don't posken" policy.
Have a good Shabbat, all. I promise (bli neder) I'll put more of my brain to ESJB topics for the future. If anyone has a suggestion of a Jewish-related topic I should tackle/discuss/whatever, please do leave it here.
On July 4th,
mabfan and I were talking to friends (::waves to said friends::) about... something. I can't even remember what. But somehow we came around to the topic of whether or not to ask a rabbi a shaila (again, I have no clue how or what). And that's when I figured it out -- some communities seem to have a "Don't ask, don't posken" policy.Have a good Shabbat, all. I promise (bli neder) I'll put more of my brain to ESJB topics for the future. If anyone has a suggestion of a Jewish-related topic I should tackle/discuss/whatever, please do leave it here.
