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November 2007
Forgot to hit publish before I closed the browser and you get just the bullet points.
Thursday, 29 November 2007 6:21 P GMT-06
Things that I had written about in great detail before closing the browser without publishing the post.1. To win something kick ass from the $100 raffle ticket I bought today. Something like a Vespa or a trip to Austria.2. A morning that starts at 5A
The Ger Files
Thursday, 29 November 2007 3:10 P GMT-06
I came across this in my referral log (I'm referenced on the Mikvah page) and thought I would share. The Ger Files seem to be based out of the St. Louis Hillel (Hello Rabbi Orlow!) and are files for those considering joining the Jewish people. Ge
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It feels so good in here.
Monday, 26 November 2007 5:16 P GMT-06
When I came home from my week of basking in a fire's glow in Virginia, I came home to an entirely new condo. For just under $200 (not including the time or bookshelves) three of my friends had completely changed my living space. While I thought I
Oh Nuts! Discount Code
Sunday, 25 November 2007 11:46 A GMT-06
That's cool. A marketing guy at Oh Nuts wrote me a note and offered me a 10% discount code to offer my readers. I don't know anything about the company and haven't ordered from them before, but if you are going to order some nuts this ho
Following the conversation
Saturday, 24 November 2007 10:01 A GMT-06
Yesterday I got a big lesson in how many places a conversation about one object can happen. The conversation, ahem, was about the Chicago Tribune article I was featured in. (Don't worry, my ego almost fits into my condo again.) 1. On paper or bec
Happy Blogiversary to me!
Saturday, 24 November 2007 1:37 A GMT-06
Do you know what came and went last week without a comment or post? My fourth anniversary of blogging. Four years, folks, that I've been writing here at blog-city. While other people migrate from platform to platform, I have to say I'm quite
A little article in the Chicago Tribune
Friday, 23 November 2007 10:08 P GMT-06
I haven't seen the print edition of the Chicago Tribune today, but I'm in the online edition.
Way to go Esther K!
Friday, 23 November 2007 7:37 P GMT-06
Esther K and I are blog friends, which means (gasp) real friends. We just met online, through our blogs and later in person when work took me to New York and later later in Jerusalem and then back in New York. We're friends. She's a part of t
Get ye to the Even Sh'siyah concert!
Friday, 23 November 2007 11:39 A GMT-06
Here are the deets from a friend.Even Sh'siyah is going to be in concert THIS SUNDAY NIGHT at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, a benefit for Hannah Sachs Bais Yaakov. (A local Jewish High School.) North Shore Center
Made the stuffing
Thursday, 22 November 2007 12:45 P GMT-06
When we were kids, we would start Thanksgiving at Sister's house in Eminence, Indiana, and then end Thanksgiving at my Grandparent's house in Terre Haute, Indiana. Sister was my great-aunt who went by three names: Sister, Ma, and Mamaw.
My Romanji Story
Wednesday, 21 November 2007 3:52 P GMT-06
I went to Tokyo many moons ago. (I was there for my 26th birthday and now I'm 30.) I did very little on my own. I was in Tokyo for student orientation at IES Tokyo and my second language is Spanish. Spanish is not too terribly useful in Japan. Sh
Six degrees of being jewish, really just two.
Wednesday, 21 November 2007 12:05 P GMT-06
Me to Y-Love to Matisyahu. Me to DJ Handler to Matisyahu.You heard it hear first, I am just two degrees (or is that one?) separated from Matisyahu. I was at ROI120 this summer with DJ Handler and Y-love. These young men are part of the ever growing J
Some of the things I saw sitting at the bottom of the escalator in Dulles near the B gates.
Monday, 19 November 2007 9:34 P GMT-06
A jewish family of three. He wears a kippah, their 3ish year old daughter is black. “Should we take the escalator on the left or the escalator on the right? the one on the left or the right? the right? wheee! the father lifts her up onto the es
Breathe
Monday, 19 November 2007 11:14 A GMT-06
So tonight I'm at a corner bar that happens to have wifi, classy right? But after being unplugged for a week with only (gasp) mobile internet, a girl needs to get some interwebs.So.. the amazing writer's retreat I went on? It was the Algonkia
Hello, good night.
Monday, 19 November 2007 12:11 A GMT-06
I am back from my writing retreat and am so amped on adrenaline, I can hardly think about going to bed. But I think it will be calling me pretty darn soon. Like in 10 minutes. The retreat in Algonkian Park was amazing, I give it two thumbs up. I have
Writing habits
Monday, 12 November 2007 10:44 P GMT-06
Miss Guth (who has a sneak preview of her second novel up on Six Sentences) always asks authors about their writing habits. Now that I'm 12 hours from leaving for my writing retreat, I've had to assess and admit to my own writing habits.1. 70
What to do.
Saturday, 10 November 2007 1:29 P GMT-06
My novel, the one I used to apply for the novel writer's retreat that I go to on Tuesday, keeps insisting it is a screenplay. It comes to me in images, not words. Perhaps I was wrong to try and tell the story it is a novel. What will I do?
Quick shout-outs
Saturday, 10 November 2007 11:50 A GMT-06
On Wednesday, I went to an event planned by CoburnWW for Staples . Over the course of a day, they did a breakfast, lunch and cocktail hour for local bloggers to learn about giving tech gifts for the holidays. Beth from Techmamas acted as the host.
A good week, a week of peace.
Thursday, 8 November 2007 12:53 P GMT-06
This week has been on Warp Speed. Seriously, Scottie, you can put it back on normal speed so I can actually accomplish something. The days and nights have been speeding by and now I'm just a few days from leaving for my writing retreat in Virgini
Answering a reader's question
Monday, 5 November 2007 10:01 P GMT-06
I can't explain it, but the number of emails I've received lately from fellow converts or people considering joining the Jewish people has increased lately. One woman wrote, "Just a quick question, as I didn't see this on your blog -
What a fun show!
Monday, 5 November 2007 2:01 P GMT-06
If you are in Chicago the next two weekends (weekend defined as Thursday, Friday, or Saturday) you must hop on the red line and head up to the Heartland Cafe. Tucked away in the back of the building (entrance on Glenwood) is the BoHo theater space an
Exactly four years ago...
Sunday, 4 November 2007 4:30 P GMT-06
So in my big clean-up today, you'll never guess what I just came across. My itinerary from November 4, 2003, when I got on British Air flight 298 at 8:15 PM and flew from Chicago to London."No less than two months, no more than three."M
Big clutter go away!
Sunday, 4 November 2007 2:48 P GMT-06
This weekend I've been cleaning, but you can't tell it for looking at my place. Why not? I've been deep cleaning and trying to get rid of clutter. I realize that a nightstand, a desk, and a dresser might not sound like much, but it was hu
Bad Guys in Suits. A musical comedy about gangsters!
Sunday, 4 November 2007 12:56 P GMT-06
My friend Erin Jones (no relation) always has a show up somewhere. She is a highly skilled dramaturg, stage manager, producer and director. But for some reason, I rarely see her shows. In part, I think, because she realizes that the success of theate
A night on the town
Thursday, 1 November 2007 4:46 P GMT-06
I'm about to head down towards the Art Institute to dine at the Russian Tea Room with Dondi, Ted, Adam and others. While many of the people coming have blogs, this is not a blogger meet-up or a geek dinner. Just, um, a dinner of geeks with blogs
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