There were a number of excellent posts in the J-blogosphere today, even as Holy Hyrax waged war against Jameel, tried to sabotage my blog, and otherwise celebrated his birthday on a (snicker) Mac. [Sorry, see the posts below for details and some really amazing graphic design work.] Most of them are fairly short...
Pictures:
Funny:
- Me-Ander has a couple beautiful pics of winter mornings in Israel.
- A Simple Jew is ready for Shabbos Shira.
Learning:
- Jake's line on Bush yesterday was really good.
- Ayelet's son is hilariously pragmatic.
- DaBoys expound on cereal (and milk). If you're not reading this blog yet... this is the best blog you're not reading yet.
Advanced Learning:
- Steg's little friends know why we can't see God.
- FrumWithQ's discusses in short the problems with parents being in denial. Serach sees this all the time in her job - it's time we tried to grow up and accept that people aren't perfect. If not for us, for our children!
- Shifra is saddened that kids of today can't play as we did in the past. This post is right on the mark, and Shifra is another blog you should definitely be reading.
Important & Sad:
- LabRab has a very well-written post explaining why he will not be attending the video on the Rav this weekend - he's got Rav burnout.
- DaBoys explain why football is the greatest sport (as if we didn't know), and drop a nice group of links on us.
That's all for this morning/night. Have a great one!
- Kefirot notes just how anti-Israel Chirac is.
- Sephardi Lady has an amazing yet sad post on waste. Please read it!
I wouldn't have known this Holiday existed if it weren't for the really fun movie 'Groundhogs Day'
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link, Ezzie.
ReplyDeletethanks for the link
ReplyDeleteShabbat Shalom!
um...so what does one do to celebrate groundhog day?
ReplyDeletePrag - Really?!
ReplyDeleteASJ, Batya - My pleasure!
Sarah - !! You mean you didn't follow American tradition!? :)
Honestly, we wait for a groundhog to come out of the ground. We wait to see if it sees its shadow. According to Wikipedia: In traditional weather lore, if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and fails to see its shadow because the weather is cloudy, winter will soon end. If the groundhog sees its shadow because the weather is bright and clear, it will be frightened and run back into its hole, and the winter will continue for six more weeks.
Do groundhogs know about Tu B'Shvat?
ReplyDeleteEzzie, can you fix the Frum with Questions link?
ReplyDeleteGood Shabbos and good luck to your bro/SIL!
Bob - Of course they do! Buksar sounds just like Puntxscaweny or whatever it is.
ReplyDeleteRM - See the top post! :) And thanks - sorry!
There are separate groundhogs for the US and Canada.
ReplyDeleteCanada uses "Wiarton Willie".
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groundhogday/
"Bob - Of course they do!"
ReplyDeleteSo maybe the groundhogs' shadow thing is really about the upcoming growing season in Israel!
As always, thanks for both the link and the kind words.
ReplyDeleteAvrom - Canadians are odd. ;)
ReplyDeleteBob - Well, did he see it or not?!
LT - You're very welcome.
thanks for the link! and the other ones, too :)
ReplyDelete2007 Groundhog Results (in verse, even)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.groundhog.org/prediction/
Thanks Bob :)
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Steg!