Monthly Archives: November 2006

Amy is desperately seeking 35 Jewish bloggers for an online Chanukah project. Why am I saying 35 when she is asking for 36? Cause I already signed up, duh.

Hot on the heels of hanging out at Second Life’s Largest Christmas Tree, I spent some time in the Second Life Synagogue. Here are a few shots of my hanging out, check out the details. You can’t see the mezuzot … Continue reading →

NBC built a lovely replication of Rockefeller Center in Second Life and this is a shot of Virtual Leah sitting under the, um, large evergreen covered with secular twinkling lights. Yes, my SL Avatar has my Hebrew name (Meira) and … Continue reading →

Our meeting went longer than normal, but as far as budget meeting goes it wasn’t too bad. I didn’t chime in with any of my peace keeping charm, but I didn’t explode either, so I felt like I won a … Continue reading →

Holy catalog batman! After a catalog free year or two, I’m suddently swimming in junk mail. I think I have to thank Time Out Chicago for that. I can’t be certain, but I never order from catalogs and TOC is … Continue reading →

Do you live in Seattle? Are you from the Midwest? Do you know how to drive in three inches of snow? Then put an ad on Craigslist and offer to drive for people. “Midwest transplant knows how to use two-wheel … Continue reading →

I had a long day at work and stayed pretty intensly focused, so I’m wiped out. I had my tunes, I had my groove and I plowed through some of my to-do list. I finally got on the bus around … Continue reading →

I had the strangest and most vivid dream last night that I’ve had in a long time. All I had was a gyro, it isn’t like I had red alarm chile from a heartburn commercial. So here is my dream… … Continue reading →

Curl up on the couch, introverted friends of mine, and read Marti Olsen Laney’s fantastic book The Introvert Advantage. Somehow in the last year of blogging, I had an interaction with her husband Michael, but I can’t figure out where … Continue reading →

I’m in the middle of a total reorganization of my living room. The bookshelves are moving and even harder, I’m cutting books. I’m actually getting rid of books. I’m letting them go. I’m tossing them into Book Heaven. No, not … Continue reading →