Category Archives: entertainment

Brain dump, Tuesday night

Posted on May 13, 2008 by howdoyoujew

I have to blog a thousand things, but I’ll just keep this to the top that I’m able to think of, in no particular order, before my fingers get tired: The evil bastards who control the food packaging disaster that … Continue reading →

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I’m smitten

Posted on May 9, 2008 by howdoyoujew

With Twitter, and with Wil Wheaton. I got a Twitter account a few weeks ago, and started following some friends and strangers and sending my own updates when I remember (not often enough). After I met Wil at a reading … Continue reading →

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A million kinds of awesome

Posted on May 4, 2008 by howdoyoujew

Wil Wheaton is living the grown-up geek life. Since growing up geeky in LA, kickin’ butt as a writer in Stand By Me, then being the butt of countless jokes in Star Trek: TNG, Wil got to writing. Specifically, blogging. … Continue reading →

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A tiny little division…

Posted on April 28, 2008 by howdoyoujew

…of a major corporate behemoth, I know, but it’s still a cool bunch of people. Some years ago, Hallmark set up Shoebox to create and market humorous greetings cards. They also had a website in the early days of the … Continue reading →

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The Onion takes on the latest US-Israel espionage story

Posted on April 24, 2008 by howdoyoujew

I’ve only caught snippets of the story, since I don’t always hear the entire news broadcasts at the top of the hour from Israel while listening to Reshet Gimmel, but I got the gist of it from this brief review, … Continue reading →

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Shabbat shalom and happy bageling!

Posted on April 11, 2008 by howdoyoujew

Despite the name of the practice, bageling is a very appropriate Pesach activity. I was introduced to this charmingly named entertainment by a friend of my dad’s, who forwarded me the column below today. Happily, unlike in the case of … Continue reading →

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Lovely and talented people I know

Posted on March 10, 2008 by howdoyoujew

The lovely and talented Hazzan (Cantor) Alisa Pomerantz-Boro, who just happens to be the person responsible for introducing me to my lovely and talented wife, conducts the children’s choir at her shul, Congregation Beth El in Cherry Hill, NJ (her … Continue reading →

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Cyanide & Happiness strikes again

Posted on February 15, 2008 by howdoyoujew

I mentioned this webcomic once or twice before, always noting that it’s sick and twisted and usually hilarious. But today’s smack at one of the election’s hot button topic is truly…well, look: Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

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Blasphemy has never been so funny.

Posted on February 8, 2008 by howdoyoujew

The thing about Israelis is, they we are equal opportunity offenders. Christians? No problem: If Mary had been a modern Israeli woman (5 MB WMV download) Chasidic and other ultra-orthodox Jews? We got you covered: I’m sure there’s plenty of … Continue reading →

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What do we want? CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!

Posted on February 6, 2008 by howdoyoujew

Who’s gonna make it happen? EVERYBODY! … well, at least I know that when I go to Washington I’ll be able to get some change.

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