Salamander: "You are the best Mommy I've ever had!"
Mommy: "Awww. Do you realize I'm the only Mommy you've ever had?"
Salamander: "mmmm-hmmm."
Thursday, June 29, 2006
a way with words
Mommy to Salamander: "Oh my goodness, you are gassy..."
Salamander: "I'm not! I'm flabbergasted!"
Salamander: "I'm not! I'm flabbergasted!"
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Prepare Now For Jenin II
AbbaGav has this on the IDF moving into Gaza in search of Gilad Shalit:
"Since Israel withdrew completely from Gaza last summer, the IDF has scarcely even set foot there, even as the Palestinians have rained rockets down on surrounding Israeli communities from their newly Jew-free territory. But now, in the wake of the Palestinian invasion across Israeli borders in which a soldier was kidnapped, the IDF is preparing a mission to enter Gaza and hopefully rescue the abducted soldier."
Not every day you see the "before" pics of the homicide bombers burying explosives in a residential area while Palestinian children casually stand around in the background watching.
The word now is that the IDF has entered Gaza. May Gilad Shalit be returned safely to Israel.
"Since Israel withdrew completely from Gaza last summer, the IDF has scarcely even set foot there, even as the Palestinians have rained rockets down on surrounding Israeli communities from their newly Jew-free territory. But now, in the wake of the Palestinian invasion across Israeli borders in which a soldier was kidnapped, the IDF is preparing a mission to enter Gaza and hopefully rescue the abducted soldier."
Not every day you see the "before" pics of the homicide bombers burying explosives in a residential area while Palestinian children casually stand around in the background watching.
The word now is that the IDF has entered Gaza. May Gilad Shalit be returned safely to Israel.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Heh heh - We Did It!
It didn't go completely smoothly, and the neighbors' 18 month old ended up in hysterics, but here goes:
Interesting how the kosher ones are probably best eaten!
Interesting how the kosher ones are probably best eaten!
First, some prep...
How we did it:
I took off the cap and taped a piece of paper snugly around the mouth of the 2-liter bottle. Then I took off the piece of paper and snipped a cut almost all the way through, right above where the mouth would be, where the cardboard would sit to prevent the Mentos from falling in until the right time. I tied a piece of string to the piece of cardboard so it could be yanked out from a distance.
2 kosher Mentos (thank you Shari! She got them from the Rabbi who brought them from Israel!);
2 regular (treif, LOL) Mentos;
5 regular Mentos;
5 cinnamon Mentos.
Here we go!
I took off the cap and taped a piece of paper snugly around the mouth of the 2-liter bottle. Then I took off the piece of paper and snipped a cut almost all the way through, right above where the mouth would be, where the cardboard would sit to prevent the Mentos from falling in until the right time. I tied a piece of string to the piece of cardboard so it could be yanked out from a distance.
2 kosher Mentos (thank you Shari! She got them from the Rabbi who brought them from Israel!);
2 regular (treif, LOL) Mentos;
5 regular Mentos;
5 cinnamon Mentos.
Here we go!
Friday, June 23, 2006
Diet Coke and Mentos - try this at home?!
B'N this weekend we'll supervise the neighborhood kids and attempt the Diet Coke and Mentos trick (although NOT on the scale attempted here).
Sorry - I had to take the embedded video out - every time I refreshed I got a pop up window for the Active X control. But it's still worth watching, especially if you haven't seen it!
Interestingly, when I was at Walgreen's last night I checked out the Mentos display and they were COMPLETELY sold out! (Well, there were sugar free ones left - mercy on Midwestern diabetics?)
Stay tuned!
Sorry - I had to take the embedded video out - every time I refreshed I got a pop up window for the Active X control. But it's still worth watching, especially if you haven't seen it!
Interestingly, when I was at Walgreen's last night I checked out the Mentos display and they were COMPLETELY sold out! (Well, there were sugar free ones left - mercy on Midwestern diabetics?)
Stay tuned!
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Putting the Fun back in Fundie
Rarely a dull moment over at Jack's Shack.
You gotta read the comments.
Shout-out to Bill at The Art of the Rant and to StepIma! HU-AH!
Toying with the Fundies is just immensely satisfying when done right.
Got a cigarette?
You gotta read the comments.
Shout-out to Bill at The Art of the Rant and to StepIma! HU-AH!
Toying with the Fundies is just immensely satisfying when done right.
Got a cigarette?
Friday, June 16, 2006
Krauthammer on the Gaza Beach Explosion
I don't always care for Charles Krauthammer's columns, but this one is spot on.
An excerpt:
"But there is an even larger question not asked. Whether the rocket bases are near civilian beaches or in remote areas, why are the Gazans launching any rockets at Israel in the first place -- about 1,000 in the past year?
To get Israel to remove its settlers, end the occupation and let the Palestinians achieve dignity and independence? But Israel did exactly that in Gaza last year. It completely evacuated Gaza, dismantled all its military installations, removed its soldiers, destroyed all Israeli settlements and expelled all 7,000 Israeli settlers. Israel then declared the line that separates Israel from Gaza to be an international frontier. Gaza became the first independent Palestinian territory ever.
And what have the Palestinians done with this independence, this judenrein territory under the Palestinians' control? They have used their freedom to launch rockets at civilians in nearby Israeli towns.
Why? Because the Palestinians prefer victimhood to statehood. They have demonstrated that for 60 years, beginning with their rejection of the United Nations decision to establish a Palestinian state in 1947 because it would have also created a small Jewish state next door. They declared war instead.
"...This embrace of victimhood, of martyrdom, of blood and suffering, is the Palestinian disease. They are offered an independent state. They are given all of Gaza. And they respond with rocket attacks into peaceful Israeli towns -- in pre-1967 Israel proper, mind you.
What can Israel do but try to take out those rocket bases and their crews? What would the United States do if rockets were raining into San Diego from across the border with Mexico?
Now look again at that terrible photograph and ask yourself: Who is responsible for the heart-rending grief of that poor Palestinian girl?"
An excerpt:
"But there is an even larger question not asked. Whether the rocket bases are near civilian beaches or in remote areas, why are the Gazans launching any rockets at Israel in the first place -- about 1,000 in the past year?
To get Israel to remove its settlers, end the occupation and let the Palestinians achieve dignity and independence? But Israel did exactly that in Gaza last year. It completely evacuated Gaza, dismantled all its military installations, removed its soldiers, destroyed all Israeli settlements and expelled all 7,000 Israeli settlers. Israel then declared the line that separates Israel from Gaza to be an international frontier. Gaza became the first independent Palestinian territory ever.
And what have the Palestinians done with this independence, this judenrein territory under the Palestinians' control? They have used their freedom to launch rockets at civilians in nearby Israeli towns.
Why? Because the Palestinians prefer victimhood to statehood. They have demonstrated that for 60 years, beginning with their rejection of the United Nations decision to establish a Palestinian state in 1947 because it would have also created a small Jewish state next door. They declared war instead.
"...This embrace of victimhood, of martyrdom, of blood and suffering, is the Palestinian disease. They are offered an independent state. They are given all of Gaza. And they respond with rocket attacks into peaceful Israeli towns -- in pre-1967 Israel proper, mind you.
What can Israel do but try to take out those rocket bases and their crews? What would the United States do if rockets were raining into San Diego from across the border with Mexico?
Now look again at that terrible photograph and ask yourself: Who is responsible for the heart-rending grief of that poor Palestinian girl?"
Monday, June 12, 2006
I had the weeeirdest dream.
I dreamed that my husband asked me "what's (our son's) Hebrew name again?" (LOL) and I said "Netilat Yadayim!"
He's 3.5, and knows this bracha extremely well, to the point of getting very upset if someone tries to help him, but hasn't completely mastered (ahem) not speaking until taking a bite of challah, so right now the time period between netilat yadayim amd hamotzi is as small as we can make it!
He's 3.5, and knows this bracha extremely well, to the point of getting very upset if someone tries to help him, but hasn't completely mastered (ahem) not speaking until taking a bite of challah, so right now the time period between netilat yadayim amd hamotzi is as small as we can make it!
Friday, June 09, 2006
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