Off to Houston y'all. Wish me luck!

paperdol, for what it's worth, I know of observant practicing Jews, even strict ones, who attended conferences and the like during this period of holidays, including Yom Kippur, and it was just fine.

Make sure that none of them has to give any lecture or host any panel or something like that on the day of Yom Kippur (starting from the evening before, of course, as you already mentioned) and there's no reason it won't work. It may even turn out to be an interesting experience - a different synagogue than the one they're used to, for example, is always interesting, and it's just for the one single day, too.

A meal before, a meal after, a place that holds prayers in a walking distance (and it may be a place that has a "minyan" only for the holidays, not a "regular" synagogue, too. Maybe you could contact a local "Chabad" representative for more exact details? I know that my friend B, who is now in Palo Alto, found a "minyan" for Rosh Hashana in Stanford, organized by Chabad, specifically for the holidays) - it should totally work.

Good luck, Daisy Jane!

[Edit: um, this "Yom Kippur" post was not meant for you guys to make me blush so much. I know that you realize this, and it's not that I'm not happy that, um, how can I phrase it, I seemed to not have stepped on many toes this past year, but - oh, I don't even know but-what. Never mind. Just thanks.]

Hooray for Buffista psychology!

Kind of a fluff piece by psych standards, but still interesting.

Happy birthday, lori!

Happy anniversary to Ple and P.!

Emmett's been sick all week and I have to go collect him and his barking cough.

I was reading this article.

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How many of you get flu shots? I never have, partly because I haven't had the flu since 1998, when I caught from a coworker I shared an office with.

Nilly, you have not offended me. Each year of knowing you is a pleasure.

Feedback from my editor:

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I haven't done a full read of it yet, but initial thoughts (aside from the fact that it's wonderful):

• The long quotes - I like these - let's keep them all in, if that's OK with you.
  

• Citations/endnotes: yes, I prefer the idea of having an endnotes section - could you get working on that?
  

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Of course, he's supposed to say it's wonderful, but it's nice to hear anyway.

aside from the fact that it's wonderful

Yay! And congrats on meeting the deadline, too.

msbelle, did you receive my e-mail?

Yay for wonderful!!

I am craving a grilled cheese and/or hot wings.

I will have the big salad I brought and I'm sure it will be delicious but...still grilled cheese.

I usually get a flu shot. Mostly because my old company provided them.

yes Nilly, I did. glad it got there. is that one of the roommates I met? If so say hello.

Well, I met something like my fourth extended deadline. But I did meet it.

Thanks, all! It's starting to feel like it really is done. We're going to turn the edits around this week so it'll be pretty quick.