love!

There is a box here with my name on it. I suspect it might be from a buiffista. I am about to open it.

I'm such a clever detective. I haven't opened it yet but I can see (from the return address) that it is from Erin!

It's full of things! Ooh and it smells really good... like roses and tea.

Thing the first: chai spice tea from Stash. I love their licorice so I bet this is nummy

Ooh there's more tea and coffee! Air roasted from The Roasterie. Hey I found a card! Best wishes of Hookers & Blow! awwwwww that's so wonderfully buffistally sweet.

I have located the source of the roses & it is a bar of soap that looks like it came from the Fireflyverse, pink flower print and Chinese characters & omg the scent. I may have to never use it, just keep it near my pillow... wait no, it's going in my delicates drawer, oh yes it is!

Oooooh sparkly handmade ornaments!

Oh dear me this BBQ sauce looks fantastic. Kansas City Cowtown Night of the Living BarBQ Sauce. I am really looking forward to trying this.

A jar of brown sugar & cinnamon body scrub! It smells so good I want to eat it. I sense a bath in my near future.

omfg this is my favorite T-shirt ever. I just... I can't even. I'm too scummy to model it right now, must find image online.

Hee, Laga, I keep them in my closet and drawers, too! Glad you like it!

(I took a chance with the shirt -- they run a little small, but I figured if it's too big, you can wear it on weekends or to bed or something! I hope it's up your geeky alley.

The scrub is made with brown sugar, cocoa, olive oil, sweet almond oil, and cinnamon. I didn't know about any skin sensitivities, but you can always pedi with it! It's homemade by me, and should be good for about three-four months, maybe more if you keep it tightly sealed. And You can reuse the mason jar for drinking, vases, windproof outdoor pillar candle holders, storage...

YAY! I'm glad you got it! I was worried it would take a couple of weeks or something! -four

We've got some work to do now.

I think it's just the right size.

The last thing I found was a tiny red button that says "I am loved". I'm wearing it right now.

Thinking of buying this: [link]

Much better than a plague of locusts!

The last thing I found was a tiny red button that says "I am loved". I'm wearing it right now.

That Erin, she just pushes people's buttons. snirk. Also, anyone else think that Natalie Morales of The Middleman could play that version of Velma?

(and seriously -- whoever got that story placed has some reach. I haven't seen the Maxwell House Haggadah get that much press in, well, evar.)

I vaguely recall some news stories about the Maxwell House Haggadah maybe two or three years ago, but I can't remember what it was about.

Incidentally, the guy who did the new translation is a friend of my father's from college. He hasn't talked to this guy in probably 40 years, but he recognized the name in the articles and checked and it is the same person.

The language in the new Maxwell House Haggaddah, aside from the really awkward parts, is actually really traditional. The gender-neutral language for G-d is standard in most Reform and Conservative synagogues now, and has been for years. Most of the other changes were removing the "thee" and "thou" stuff, which I always thought sounded silly anyway. Why were we trying to sound like the King James Bible, when that's a Christian book? There's nothing that makes "thou goest" more traditionally Jewish than "you go."

Does the Maxwell House Haggaddah have "Go Down, Moses"? A lot of American ones add that into the song section.

Oh! I forgot to say Thank-you! Thank-you! Thank-you! I love my box of prezzies and I'm just waiting to take my turn in the gaming thread so I can go have a bath.

You are most welcome, sweetie. SO glad you like!

I have to admit, I bought myself that t-shirt at the same time -- I went as that Velma for Halloween this year.