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Happy (Secular) New Year!

Saturday, 31 December 2005 5:38 P GMT-06
Okay, so it is really New Year's Eve.  It is 5:30 and I need to be on the train in 1:15 minutes and haven't even turned on the shower yet.  I'm letting my candles burn for their required 18 minutes first.  I don't quite trust my cat en
Leah Jones

Blog-to-Book update--taking advice

Saturday, 31 December 2005 12:51 P GMT-06
I took Becky's advice last night and curled up with the Writer's Market for 2006.  This time, I turned to the Book Publishers section instead of consumer magazines.  I was flipping through and found some of the publishers of some Jewish boo
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This, my friends, is why I go to shul.

Friday, 30 December 2005 9:52 P GMT-06
With very few exceptions, I go to shul every Friday night and many Saturday mornings.  I imagine that in the future, when I have a family to have shabbat dinner with, the Friday nights might decrease.  But for now--I go. Tonight, I didn't
Category: Jewish Stuff Dating Stuff
Leah Jones

Finally, a decent avian flu story (sent by Adam)

Friday, 30 December 2005 9:27 A GMT-06
A good friend of mine, and the reason I have a weakness for geeky DJs, is now a wildlife biologist.  He forwarded this article on the avian flu today that defends migratory birds.  I'll let him introduce it and then I'm just gonna paste the
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Shebrew is online!

Thursday, 29 December 2005 11:19 P GMT-06
Drumroll please.  A new young, Jewish women's magazine is now online--Shebrew!  If all goes well, when they publish the January issue, you will see an article written by moi.  From my Accidentally Jewish series of essays (which current
Category: Jewish Stuff Book Stuff
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Five candles lit and a webpage closer to completion.

Thursday, 29 December 2005 11:05 P GMT-06
Tonight I got to be with a family I'm friends with for the fifth night of Hanuka.  Had some yummy latkes, worked and worked on our shul's website, and then lit the five candles with her the family.  I love going into home where the family l
Category: Jewish Stuff
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Stats gone wild!

Wednesday, 28 December 2005 10:33 P GMT-06
I don't know if it is folks reading multiple pages in a sitting or RSS feeds going berserk, but my December stats are pretty out of this world.  There was one day, early in December, when I had 2500 hits in one day.  I learned ages ago that
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You should check out this blog...

Wednesday, 28 December 2005 10:01 P GMT-06
Of course, of course, you all know that the idea of making aliyah has crossed my mind.  (Aliyah is moving to Israel.)  Of course it has--as has becoming a Rabbi.  But the thing about moving to Israel or going to rabbinical school is, u
Category: Jewish Stuff
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I owe you a post (or eight)

Wednesday, 28 December 2005 6:41 P GMT-06
It is the fourth night of hanukah and my writing has been light this week.  There are good reasons for that.  First of all--I spent two lovely days at my sister's house for Christmas and Boxing Day.  Then after I got home on Boxing Day
Category: Jewish Stuff Dating Stuff
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night two of hanukah

Monday, 26 December 2005 9:21 P GMT-06
I'm watching my candles burn down to the bottom on the second night of Hanukah.  Last night I lit the menorah (with the help of google) at my sister's house.  Tonight when I got home, I lit it in my house.  I kept it in the window for
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From the land of Henry!

Monday, 26 December 2005 12:33 P GMT-06
I'm still in the land of Henry at my sister's house.  We had a very nice Christmas dinner, followed by my lighting the first candle on the menorah.  Of course, this being my first Hanukah, I don't know the blessings. So I light the men
Category: Jewish Stuff
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touching base

Sunday, 25 December 2005 12:50 A GMT-06
I've started a few posts in the last couple days, but end up distracted with little to say.  So this is me--touching base.  Saying that my second Jewish Christmas eve was very nice--dim sum in Chinatown, some challah baking, a turkey and la
Category: Jewish Stuff
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Jewish Blog to Book Deal?

Friday, 23 December 2005 11:29 P GMT-06
Here's the deal, over the past week I finally "ctrl c/ctrl v"ed every post on my conversion into a word document.  Know what I've got?  335 pages about my conversion.  While my word count tool on Word says I have 64,000 words
Category: Jewish Stuff Book Stuff
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Stop the leaks... not the washing machine, not my ceiling...

Thursday, 22 December 2005 10:37 P GMT-06
Today it wasn't my washing machine or the ceiling or the toilet or the faucets that were leaking, but my eyes.  I burst (or nearly burst) into tears so many times today.  All I have to say is that my period better start soon, cause I can't
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Ten Minutes of Torah--great conversion essay!

Thursday, 22 December 2005 9:49 A GMT-06
 
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I survived....

Wednesday, 21 December 2005 11:33 P GMT-06
Another day of rampant gift giving at my office meant another day of me being the asshole without gifts to give.  I think the rampant gift giving should be over for the week, since people started leaving tonight for vacation.  Afterwork I j
Category: Jewish Stuff Job Stuff
Leah Jones

You have nine minutes to write, then YOU MUST go to the gym.

Tuesday, 20 December 2005 6:29 P GMT-06
Today I decided to forget anything and everything I've learned doing WW off and on the past few years.  Namely?  If I could chew it and it was legally food and in my office--today I ate it.  Ooooh, chocolate chip cookies at 10AM? 
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I love "Toothpaste for dinner!"

Monday, 19 December 2005 7:58 P GMT-06
No, it isn't what I'm having for dinner tonight.  Although for a minute you thought it was possible, didn't you?  It is an everchanging website of the funniest cartoons around.  I know it isn't the first time I've visited and maybe not
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The next condo will not have water. None.

Monday, 19 December 2005 6:40 P GMT-06
In my fantasy world, the one where I get married and we both sell our condos.  The one where we buy a fantastic new house--because the combined force of our one bedrooms is something to behold.  In that fantasy world, that fantasy house wil
Category: Condo Stuff
Leah Jones

A decent sunday.

Sunday, 18 December 2005 6:30 P GMT-06
This morning I had Hebrew class-obviously I'm a little frustrated with my progress, but I'll study over the winter break and go back with the best damn vowels in the school.  Then after my Hebrew rant, I locked myself to the computer and had exc
Category: Jewish Stuff Condo Stuff
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How do you say "f-ing frustrating" in Hebrew?

Sunday, 18 December 2005 12:02 P GMT-06
I realize that in Hebrew, there is probably no way to say "f-ing" but there has to be a way to describe how frustrating it is to try and learn Hebrew when you are 28 and nowhere near Israel and nowhere near daily contact with the language.&
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Spend, spend, spend...

Saturday, 17 December 2005 5:46 P GMT-06
In reality, I didn't spend as much money as I feel like I did.  I bought books for my family for Christmas, this thing to cover the gap under my door, those kits to seal up the windows to prevent heat loss, a panini at Beans and Bagels, a fancy
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Shabbat Shalom

Friday, 16 December 2005 7:41 P GMT-06
Today's Big News 1.  Selected the date for my return from Israel, giving myself 3 whole days in Israel on my own.  This was after some serious advice getting last night from Ronnie about jet lag, things to do, travel times, and how much sh
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Tango and Psychedlic Salads

Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:27 P GMT-06
Tonight was Tango class--hooray!  I love my tango class and tonight I wasn't fighting my shoes.  No, I still haven't broken down and bought real suede bottomed shoes, but I wore an older (reliable) pair with an ankle strap tonight.  Mu
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Why Craigslist, why?

Wednesday, 14 December 2005 11:36 P GMT-06
An Open Letter to Craig, Okay, not really an open letter to Craig.  Craig is a nice guy who can't control the general fact that men don't really want to meet women from ads.  And he can't control my schedule, making me suddenly available t
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