Thank you for that link, shirt. I've been meaning to listen to the podcast all week.

Also, this could come across creepy, but that's not how it played out. My friend Julie, who used to post here a dog's age ago, but hasn't since, first lured me to b.org, by linking me to your work-rant posts. So thank you for always being shrift-y.

Hil R., did you get a new job? Yay, you! What denomination do you see yourself in?

Yep, new job! As for what denomination, I'm not sure. Most of the services that I went to in DC where I felt comfortable weren't affiliated with particular denominations. I'm uncomfortable being a member of an Orthodox congregation, but I like their services. A lot of the Conservative synagogues that I've been to recently feel so much like they're trying to make the service accessible to everyone that it just feels to me like it's dumbed down. I want a sermon that delves into the Talmud, not one that references Jersey Shore, and praying in English just feels weird to me. (Those unaffiliated services that I went to in DC were mostly attended by other people like me -- people who'd gone through all the Conservative education and summer camps, and now felt like the Conservative synagogues just didn't seem to care about us anymore until we got married and had kids, but weren't comfortable with a lot of the stuff about the status of women at the Orthodox synagogues, even though the Modern Orthodox synagogues were the ones that had the sort of learning-based services that we'd grown to expect from the Conservative education system.)

Cindy!!! How happy that today's happy news brought you here. So lovely!

My 7-year old niece is spending the weekend with us and oof I'm already exhausted, even though we spent all afternoon at my friend's house where my niece played with her 5 year old while I lounged in a hammock chair. Hope I survive the weekend!

My friend Julie, who used to post here a dog's age ago, but hasn't since, first lured me to b.org, by linking me to your work-rant posts.

I did not know that! It's definitely more sweet than creepy. It's also weirdly relevant, because I've spent the last couple of years in a customer service role after a reorg put me there. Customer service. What were they thinking? Nobody knows.

I'm transferring to the Bay Area this summer and taking a job where I get to pick up the hammer of justice again. So that's happening.

Oh, Cindy, it is so very good to see your lovely pixels!

I am whupped from a week of work and emotional whipsawing, pinned beneath a child, and only about 83% sober, and so I won't allow myself to babble about the Big Questions until I'm at least back to 90%, but then oh how I shall babble.

Lisah,I always describe the tenor of my parents' phone calls from the start of the nephs visit to the end thusly: 'omg, so much energy, gotta collapse ' to when they leave:'So quiet, at odd ends.'

Finally watched Obama's eulogy in full. THAT was the man I called my parents to watch @ the DNC. And then hung up.That was the guy I voted for and went to Inuaguration with Taylor and cried....Sigh.

Finally watched Obama's eulogy in full. THAT was the man I called my parents to watch @ the DNC. And then hung up.That was the guy I voted for and went to Inuaguration with Taylor and cried....Sigh.

I'm watching it now. I'm not crying. I'm not. If he's gonna sing my favorite hymn, though, I'm gonna cry.

Cindy, it's really good to see you! Thank you for making me feel like I was part of doing something good for you.

As to whether Scalia is demented, gonna borrow from Dorothy Parker and say "How could we tell?" I've blocked most of my bigot relatives.