Servant Song

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Many thumbs up for Bruno!

For a couple of days next week we are going to be at the Serenity Motel in nowhere, Vermont. Towards the middle of nowhere, actually. And I think that could be a really good thing. They place sounds either nice or like we are going to be horribly murdered and a cheesy horror movie made about it. But I am betting on the ‘nice’ option. There are maple products all around!

Meret is going away for a week with her bioDad. This is sad, but it does give Stef and me the chance to get outta town for a bit. We could go to Provincetown, maybe, but does anyone know anything about the lake area in New Hampshire? Castle in the Clouds? Anywhere that it hasn’t been raining for the the past 5 weeks? That would be good too.

I wish I could be in a band this cool.

Today is our second wedding anniversary. To both paraphrase and contradict Amanda Palmer, I am very happy to live on the other side of her ampersand.

In other news, rain and fibromyalgia have put the kibosh on Stefanie’s and Lucy’s morning bike ride, so my plan to show up at the end of their route with flowers and a guitar and serenade her have to be reconsidered. Time to put plan B into action. Somehow it involves writing ‘I heart U’ on my chest in marker, because I already did that.

We dropped Meret off for her first day of camp this morning. As the kids went in, the counsellors asked each kid whether they would rather be able to fly or be invisible, and tallied their answers. I think I approve of this place.

...but this means a lot more to me.


R.I.P. SKY SAXON 1946-2009

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Well, we didn’t win, but Stefanie wrote an entry for a father’s day contest with the theme of “Why my husband/father/significant other is a cool Jew.” It made me all warm inside to read it, so I thought I would share.


My husband Jonathan is a cool Jew. To start, he buys me funky head coverings and takes me to Matisyahu concerts. He is truly one in a million. This spring, he did ALL the Pesach cleaning. He gave me an Eishet Hiyal t-shirt for Mother's Day. And when he says Amidah, he adds Bilhah and Zilpah to the list of matriarchs.
We met on j-date, initially drawn to each other's profiles by having a Hillel reference in common. At our wedding, two years ago, he put together the entire CD; our first dance was to "Little Wing" and the soundtrack included everything from Johnny Cash to the Ramones.
When he married me, he took on a wife with a chronic illness and a 7-year old daughter. A typical day in his life includes many acts of caring, compassion and love. He juggles two separately difficult tasks: working on a Ph.D. dissertation about Isaiah 53, and the often thankless job of (step)fathering.
Jonathan grew up in a non-observant family, but has focused his adult life studying Judaism from every perspective: history, texts, prayers and tradition. Now, he inspires our daughter to learn, and he teaches her how cool being Jewish can be. She says, "you can ask him almost any question about the Torah or anything, and he knows the answers," "he can help me with my Hebrew School homework really well" and, "when he celebrates the holidays, he always makes it fun."
For all these things, I love him so very much, and feel blessed to have found such a wonderful father for my little girl. And, I am grateful because at our conservative suburban shul, I am no longer the only one with piercings and Doc Martins.

Girl with 56 stars tattooed on face admits she asked for them - Telegraph

Big surprise here. Next time, make up a believable story, perhaps involving alien abduction.

10 worst subjects for a pop song

I think that I can come up with songs that I like for each category, except maybe for ‘how great your mother is’ and ‘football.’ How about you guys?

I guess that one of the good things about the internet is that when someone is a complete jerk to you in emails, you can publicize it across the globe, as is the case in this exchange.

At secret twitter based Amanda Palmer show in a very small space

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Ahmadinejad to Mousavi in his speech: “You are part of a rebel alliance and a traitor!” Orders him to be taken away. #iranelection
Twitter Misinformation Project - Iranian Elections

Why don’t I have a Brian Jones icon?
If it isn’t all about him, it probably should be.

I maintain that Shep Smith is the most sane person at Fox.

Legalize Gay Pot!

No American understands, has understood, or will ever understand the rules to the game of cricket.

Even though they have some trouble with giving accurate locations for their nature reserves, kudos to New Hampshire for legalizing marriage equality. Only Rhode Island keeps us from a New England sweep. Live Free or Die!