My mind, and the places it goes

There will be a flyover by the Blue Angels (Navy fighter planes) this afternoon sometime around 1:30-2 PM.

ETA: Flyover canceled due to fog and rain and other weather stuff.

So, the last of the fall Jewish holidays has come to an end. I was offline from Monday afternoon through about an hour ago. I'm not going to be able to catch up with my friends list, alas. So please tell me if there's anything important that I should see.

We had some lovely meals with some wonderful hosts, and we spent a lot of time in synagogue (especially today).

And while I enjoy the holidays, I'm looking very forward to having complete weeks again.

Tonight starts the holiday of Sukkot. I will be offline from tonight until Wednesday night.

For everyone who is celebrating, chag sameach!

For everyone else, have a great couple of days!

G'mar chatimah tovah -- may you be sealed for a good year.

I'll be offline until Friday morning (most likely). For everyone fasting tomorrow, have an easy fast.

...to whom it may concern. :-)

mabfan and I are leaving early-early tomorrow morning (OK, not *that* early-early; our cab comes at 6:15 AM) for NYC, and we're not taking our computers. I will be reachable on my cell phone (if you have the number) or via e-mail at gnomi [at] sff [dot] net (because I can get my e-mail on my phone, but it'll be sporadic) in case of wild penguin attack or other emergency.

I'll do birthdays when I get back; if your birthday is between 18 and 21 September, take this as an early "happy birthday," and the real greeting will be slightly belated.

Have a wonderful weekend all. Leave me a note here if there's anything you especially want me to see, as I will not be able to catch up after four days offline.

::hugs:: for everyone

Our connection seems to be down today.

Please send me e-mail if you need me.

saxikath is organizing a knitting and crocheting project to make hats for young cancer patients.

More information here in mabfan's journal.

As of yesterday/this morning, there is construction going on in Harvard Square that affects bus routes. The advisory only lists the 66 as being affected, but I saw the 86 also taking an alternate route this morning, and I cannot imagine that they are the only buses being rerouted.

The bus driver on my 66 this morning said that the rerouting would be in effect for the next 8 weeks. From what I experienced this morning, my main advice is to leave extra time if possible.

-- As some have noted, "Narf" is always an appropriate response to questions asked here.

-- I have a new rule: Never chat and knit. I was knitting a froggie hat while in a chat last night and kept losing track of my stitch count (or lost the opportunity to say something because the discussion went too fast for me to finish the stitch I was working on and then comment).

-- Our Sunday very quickly went from "We've got nothing scheudled" to "we're going to be running around like crazed monkeys." This is the way of Sundays.

-- Speaking of Sunday, for those of you in Massachusetts, tomorrow and Sunday are the Tax-Free Holiday in the state. No state sales tax for items under $2500. Details here.

-- My running iTunes in "Shuffle" mode last night resulted in a run of about 10 songs from the 80s in a row. I'm not sure what iTunes was trying to tell me.

-- The Reduced Shakespeare Company hath a podcast. It's consistently very funny.