August 30, 2005

Virtual Grief is Quite Real

Ani mishtatephet b’tsorechim means I participate in your sorrow in Hebrew. It is my way.

If you don't know, she is grieving for her husband who died Monday of cancer. He was 34 and left a loving wife and young son. This is why. It is a terrible story. It is a political story.

If you wish to help, academic coach will forward a card, letter, or other tangible message. And she continues to collect badly needed money to help the not very well off family. Just so you know.

August 29, 2005

Without comment


because I am laughing too hard.

August 28, 2005

Hello, hello

I didn't mean to abandon you. I've just been swamped with other things. I have too many interests.

I am such a good researcher in part because I am so horrible at details. So I have to keep learning things over and over until they stick. Case in point: Jokes. I almost never remember a joke. I'm usually a great audience because I forget that I've already heard it. And when I hear a good joke, I pass it along as quickly as possible because I know I'll forget it. The other problem here is that I have no practice at telling jokes, so I do it badly. That said ...

A blonde, think Wheezy, is driving down the road at high speed. She is pulled over by a blonde police officer who walks to the car and says "Do you know how fast you were going?"

"No, how fast was I going?" asks the driver.

"You were going nearly 100 miles an hours," says the police officer.

"Oh, that is fast," says the driver.

Shaking her head, the police officer says "Give me your license and registration."

Rustling around in her purse, the driver asks "What does it look like?"

The officer responds "The license is small." She shows her the size with her hands. "It has your picture on it."

The driver comes across a small rectangular make-up mirror, looks in it, then hands it to the officer saying "Is this it?"

The officer takes it, looks into it, and returns it, responding "Oh, I didn't know you were a police officer. I'm sorry to have bothered you."