December 2011
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Notes from an 18-year-old tradition.
1) While Maria Kowroski and Charles Askegard will always be the best Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier, forever and ever, I do have to say that this year, Megan Fairchild and Joaquin de Luz certainly gave them a run for their money.
2) I mean, I know that no one dresses up for the theater anymore and I know that the Nutcracker is a family affair, but child, the New York City Ballet is one of the...
Vacay!
Going on vacation for a week! I won’t have reliable internet access until next Friday, and you can be sure as hell I’m not logging into Tumblr until AFTER I’ve been able to watch the Doctor Who and Downton Abbey Xmas Specials! See y’all later.
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I just called myself Sarah, as I was scolding myself.
Between my sister, my roommate and another really close friend being named Sarah, I’ve spent my whole life (minus the 4 1/2 years the sis wasn’t alive) being called Sarah by other people.
But…I just called myself by another name.
I…don’t know what to do with this information. I should probably go to bed.
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thecakesokay:
The Jews of Judea were living under the Seleucid Empire’s rule. For a while, under King Antiochus III the Great, the Jews had it okay. Antiochus III was all, “Meh, I guess if I don’t want a wide-scale revolt on my hands, I’d better appease these Jews.”
Then came along Antichus III’s dipshit son Antichus IV Epiphanes.
Antiochus IV, who...
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Yesterday my boss’s wife told my coworker and me that he’s a huge Madonna fan. Today this fact was confirmed with him. My coworker suggested performing Madonna songs in what she believes will be a staff performance at the students’ annual Hanukkah bash in the future (I refuse!!). She asked how he felt about wearing a Madonna costume. He is, in his words, “cool with...
Why should the Jews have a homeland?
bb-goose:
strastnayagirl:
good-gollymissmolly:
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good-gollymissmolly:
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good-gollymissmolly:
This is not meant to be anti-Semetic. I want to know why you believe the Jews have the right to a homeland.
It’s called history. read a book about the Jewish experience in christian europe and the islamic ME. you will understand.
No need to be a dick. I was...
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“When you do move abroad, you will see how pervasive american cutlure is. After a...”
– My cousin, on Facebook, in an argument with some stranger. Headdesk. All typos/misspellings/mispunctuations etc., etc. are his.
PS his “entire, post-education life” was about 5 years spent working for a boutique investment firm in London.
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This is very quickly becoming a blog of things I...
Today, all the RJC did was retweet Republican politicians saying “Happy Hanukkah” which basically just shows that Republicans are good at pandering to Jews without actually giving a flying fuck about what’s good for Jews and OH MY GOD DID YOU KNOW THERE IS A WAR ON CHRISTMAS? I CAN’T BELIEVE I HAVE TO TELL THESE DAMN HEATHENS HAPPY HANUKKAH JUST TO RAISE SOME MONES FOR MY...
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Atlanta Braves Concerned That Pixar's Brave Will... →
Dude you totally fell apart at the end of last season and you haven’t made it past the division series in 10 years, I think you have bigger things to worry about.
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bb-goose:
adayindreamland:
bb-goose:
WHAT
THAT IS LITERALLY THE WORST THING I CAN THINK OF
ARE ANY JEWS PRAYING FOR THIS BECAUSE I WILL NEED TO FORM A COUNTER PRAYER CIRCLE ASAP
may i join your counter prayer circle?
YES
WELCOME ABOARD
“Lo umorid hasheleg” instead “umorid hageshem” in the G’vurot, anyone? You cause the wind to shift and snow not to...
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Dear mister with no phone manners whatsoever,
It is seriously rude to to not even say hello when I answer the phone and just blurt out “What time is minyan tomorrow.”
Also, what part of, “I’m sorry we’re a college organization, students are going on break so there will be no services until the end of January” don’t you understand.
It is ruder still, when I am going out of my way to look up...
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I love books!
Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed…
Bold those books you’ve read in their entirety.
Italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish or read only an excerpt.
1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series - J K Rowling 5 To Kill...
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Meanwhile, there's an unapologetic Republican... →
inothernews:
Yaaaay for elevating discourse.
Oh hell no.
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Why I shouldn't listen to my Dad
A month ago, my tire pressure light came on, so I took the car to the dealer. I mean, it’s under warranty still so. But my dad yelled at me, told me to be a grown up and put air in the tires myself.
So today, my tire pressure light came on AGAIN. So, I was a grown and went to the gas station to put air in.
Well, whaddya know, but the valve on one of my tired was broken, so when I unscrewed...
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The 45 Worst Fox News Moments of 2011 | Buzzfeed →
via reallyfoxnews
In this video at #12, what’s upsetting to me most is not how much they’re ragging on Elmo, however stupid that may be, but that everyone keeps cutting off the woman. And that she lets them.
“Enthusiastic consent” is about asking and listening. And it’s a powerful...”
– From “How I Learned to Talk (In Bed): Why This Queer Woman Cares About Consent” via Autostraddle.
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“I highly respect the Jewish Week for their apology for the terrible article…I...”
– A comment from “Charles” on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 13:15.
Look, the article in question was poorly worded and over-the-top and offensive, yes, but let’s not start deluding ourselves that we have “never heard a Christian speak ill of Jewish people,” or that the only “people that persecuted the Jews were...
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It's just Thursday night...
Sara, calling me drowsily while I am still at work: Next time there's a Republican debate, can we watch it together and drink?
Me: YES.
Sara: And I set off my fire alarm twice trying to make a frozen pizza.
Me: What? How?
Sara: And I'm one quarter short for laundry.
Me:
Sara: I'm curled up on the couch. See you tomorrow.
“I highly respect the Jewish Week for their apology for the terrible article…I...”
– A comment from “Charles” on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 13:15.
Look, the article in question was poorly worded and over-the-top and offensive, yes, but let’s not start deluding ourselves that we have “never heard a Christian speak ill of Jewish people,” or that the only “people that persecuted the Jews were...
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Mysterious 16th-Century Sext Discovered in Copy of... →
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“I highly respect the Jewish Week for their apology for the terrible...”
– A comment from “Charles” on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 13:15.
Look, the article in question was poorly worded and over-the-top and offensive, yes, but let’s not start deluding ourselves that we have “never heard a Christian speak ill of Jewish people,” or that the only...
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It’s kind of funny when you mock someone and they don’t get it.
lololololololol
warmuse:
I bet just the thought of it makes your tits sag.
My tits, which are not actually a part of this conversation, are a lovely, perky, D-cup, and are currently feelin’ the love from this nice purple lace bra I’m wearing right now. So, nope, nothing sagging around here. I’ve got awesome boobs.
Would anyone else like to volunteer information about their private body?
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Last time I post about figure skating and say what I think about the structure of competitions! Apparently I am not allowed to have an opinion on whether or not I think people should compete in their National championships! Also, apparently I don’t know, like, anything because I have never commented to the internet about this opinion before therefore I must not know that other skaters have...
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“Carolina Kostner has withdrawn from Italian Nationals scheduled to take place...”
– Press release from Carolina Kostner
This is such bullshit. You shouldn’t be able to go to Worlds without going to your country’s Nationals. I’m sorry, but when you’re an athlete you don’t get to decide that you’re “too tired” to compete. Competing is... 