I mean, isn't it better to strive for "Out of great good comes greater good?"

I totally ::heart:: Erin for that comment.

Also, a real question as to whether Israel coming into existence was a good at all. It has the right to exist now, but whether it had the right to come into existence at the time is another question. And Shir and I have pursued this is the past, I won't make an extended argument. But it needs to be understood that there are real non-trivial arguments to be made the world is a worse rather than better place because Israel came into existence. Again that is not the same as questioning its current right to exist. A child may be conceived as the result of an atrocity, but once it is born that does not bring into question its right to exist.

Also, a real question as to whether Israel coming into existence was a good at all.

Yes, I thought of that, but I have no foundation upon which to debate that question with any real knowledge.

I'm reading the synagogue bulletin. It mentions that, since Yom Kippur falls on the same day as a home football game, parking will be a problem, so they suggest taking the bus.

The hell? I'm watching Andy Griffith. Opie's friend Trey is sleeping over. (They're about eight years old or so in this episode.) Opie and Trey are supposed to be going to sleep, but they're playing army men instead. So Andy tells them that they'll probably sleep better if they're sleeping in different rooms, and Andy brings Trey over to his room to sleep in his bed, with him. I cannot imagine this scene playing out this way in a show nowadays.

The what now? Oy.

OMG I am so tired I want to punch someone in the face and I now have a rehearsal dinner and family time to look forward to!

Lots of opportunites for punching, then.

Dear baker, that does *not* look like rockets:

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I am mentioning in a separate post, that other post may be NSFW, depending on the eye of the beholder....

Now I am trying to find wording for a wedding announcement that doesn't sound incredibly twee.

"We're married, bitches!"

sj, ask the seamstress about making it a corset back. Then you can add all the additional fabric you need, plus I think it would work well with the style of the dress.

Maria, thanks! I’ll keep that in mind.

vw, stop checking your work e-mail. Deal with the boss on Monday.

Dear baker, that does *not* look like rockets:

They do look like they could go off at any time.