Thanks, Dooce!inclusive nose pickingNow if that just don't make yer day!Happy Holidays!

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } the line to just get IN the building..., originally uploaded by shellipsm. The 125th street Metro North Train station - the line curved and snaked around to 127th and Park.Truth be told, however, I … Continue reading the line to just get IN the building…

*OK, So I WILL of course, support my union brothers and sisters, and I would never NOT support their striking actions. I'm just pissed off that they are striking, and I'm pissed that they make more money than I do, and have better benefits than I do, and the whole "stranded uptown" thing will get … Continue reading strike? *Update

So Narda and I are entering into a VERY busy and stressful time at work.I have auditions, Narda is off to Seattle to work on August Wilson's Radio GolfWe jokingly said to Nicole that "of course, we'll get the call at the WORST possible time for us - which would be mid-January."So guess who I … Continue reading we SAID it would happen this way…

I will get to the topics listed below, I promise - I just have a LOT to do at home today:1) Sort through the PILES of papers that have accumulated on my desk, so that I can find the lovely note from the IRS saying that my accountant F'd up, and I owe them 90 … Continue reading SO much to share, so much to do at home…

I *HEART* snow! And it was REALLY pretty this morning, for about an hour. Then it turned to shlushy ugliness. YUCK.So to remember the beauty and purity of the original snowflake...You can make your OWN snowflake here: Make a FlakeHere's what mine looked like:And MUCH thanks to Lorem Ipsum for the original link!

I was "that" kid on the bus - you know, the one who said to the sweet, little old lady that complimented my 'new dolly from Santa,' "There IS no Santa Claus, we're Jewish, I got this dolly for Chanukah, which is 8 days, so I get a present a day!" (to the which, she … Continue reading Chappy Challadays

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } my new baby - the Elna 2110!, originally uploaded by shellipsm. if you get something cute, homemade, and obviously from a sewing machine this holiday season, you'll know who it's from!

Many of you have asked (as many have asked throughout the ages...)WHY OH WHY are there so many *@#!&*^%$ ways to spell CHANUKAH!Here, my internet friends, is THE final, and definitve answer.You see, hebrew is written in a separate language, with a different alphabet; and therefore, the "transliteration" (English pronounciation of Hebrew) that many read … Continue reading by request

So I asked Narda for a sewing machine for Chanukah.I'm really excited, as I used to have an "old school" Singer, black, one stitch, etc. I gave that up to "Materials for the Arts" ages ago, and I miss sewing. Plus, I REALLY want to learn to quilt. So I decided on a sewing machine … Continue reading Sewing machine