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Best Sinfest in recent history!

Gakked from omnivorously.

#1 Do you have the guts to answer these questions and re-post as The Controversial Survey?
There is evidence that suggests this, yes.

( A Smart Aleck? Me? Nah... )

#18 Are you afraid others will judge you from reading some of your answers?
Well, dear readers?
Do you approve? Agree? Disagree? Would vote for moi? Would see me a pariah of decent society?
I'm sure not everyone agrees, people after all, don't really share brains and even in your own brain you disagree with yourself on many things.
Am I right, or am I right?

Well... heh... just watch the video (as if you haven't already seen it elsewhere and five hundred times before).



Sometimes it's just hard to believe that The Daily Show isn't regarded as a real News magazine when the entire Fox News channel doesn't even need to be parodied.

Messrs Stewart and Colbert just need to sit back and let those Right-Wing pundits talk and dig and dig and dig...

I think the most amazing thing is, as a friend remarked yesterday, that XKCD managed to be geekier than the Discovery Channel - despite the fact that Stephen Hawking is in the video.
Now that is some geek power.
Though I think my friends and managed to break the record by singing the XKCD version to the tune of the Discovery channel song.

You sing it too!

Boom De-Yada!

XKCD #442

Wish was being so cute lying on my notes and articles, I had to stop working (though obviously I'd stopped beforehand because I didn't stop him from spreading his mighty girth on all my papers!)

I had to share with you all.

I think we're cute together! ( Cat and Grrl )

Of course then he got annoyed: ( May not be work safe do to private cat parts being on unabashed display )

Three tests down, four to go.
Though technically two, seeing as I'm retaking two tests in the second semester, but who cares right?! I just want to get it over with.
I now have a chance to catch up on all the reading I didn't do for Uni during the semster, that is the novels and essays which are probably crucial for the second semester, which I, in a bout of uncontrollable procrastination... procrastinated upon.

Not a good idea.

On the other hand, I spent most of yesterday watching various Eddie Izzard sketches and Achmed the Dead Terrorist, who is much, funnier than Walter by the way. He also inspired me to create an icon, which shall be used at times I find things to be very, very silly (or stupid, or just plain infuriating) indeed.
To much Izzard I must say, he's rubbing of on me.

So Pesach, yeah.
End of Hebrew Slavery, freedom, eating constipation inducing food.
Lovely time of year, innit?

We'll be doing the Seder at my sister's in-laws this year, seeing as both parental units will be away. Wine and veggie kneydlach soup.
There will also be the reading of stories, singing, interpretations of said stories and song, hopefully Robbie and I can hijack the singing and get it over with as quickly as possible and that we can skip over all the songs that talk about how GD is great. I'd rather hear about how with shrewd planning and cunning three siblings managed to create such a panic on the Nile that Pharaoh thought to himself - Dude, these Jews are just not worth the effort.
'Course who else are going to be the Plebs in Egypt if not those crazy Hebrew Fuckers (who until Moses came along, were actually Henotheists) who believe in this One True GD nonsense, I mean really.

One of the things found on the Seder table is a plate on which is placed food items symbolic of the Holiday like a chicken leg or neck which symbolises the sacrifice at the Temple (of which remains only the Western Wall and a bunch of silly religious edicts which mark a Cohen as different from the rest of the Jewish people) and bitter herbs for, you know, the bitterness of our existence and all the bitching.

I'm being glib, but all these are fascinating symbols and they can all mean different things to different families, not just the Tribal meaning.
What I like about Pesach is how it's a Holiday that it's meaning is also very modern. I mean I can't think of other Holidays which is basically says "Oppression is Bad, Freedom is Good and it must be Universal".

Pretty neat.

One of the things that have yet to trickle into Israel from the Diaspora (or if it has it's hasn't even registered on the mainstream) is the presence of new Traditions, like Miriam's cup or the adding of an orange and/or olive to the Seder plate.
I'm thinking of suggesting it, maybe update Pesach a bit, make it a bit more actual.
Tradition is meant to symbolise the meanings of Holidays and if Holidays lack meaning, what are they good for then - eating and drinking into a stupor?

If you've seen Juno you'll be amused.
If you've seen Juno AND you're Jewish/are well versed in Jewish culture, you might not want to drink anything while watching this.
If you haven't seen Juno this may contain spoilers to the very general plot of the movie

Enjoy!



Hat tip to qilora who linked to it.

#1 A flower pot clock. Cute and eco-friendly, but no good if you're one of those people that throw their alarm clocks on the floor in the morning.
Via morin.

#2 An American-centric blog which is devoted to stuff white people like, being a white person myself, I find it quite hilarious. Check it out, even if you are beige.

Though really it's just a response to the whole "God billboard" thing that you can find (mainly) in the US. We also have those, though they're not as, um, how you say? I dunno, theses billboards make it seem as though God were an actual person, and not a spiritual entity.

Though, I guess the whole Jesus thing kinda makes it easier to pretend God was/is/whatever a person.



This video was created by Mario DiGorgio of whom I'd never heard before. I first saw it here and morin brought it my attention, so kudos to her!.