This is Part XIII of a series about how I proposed to Serach. To see the series, you could simply use the dropdown menu on the right side of the blog or this link right here titled "How I Met Serach".It's hard to believe it's been five years [see below]. Happy engagiversary, Serach!! Let's celebrate...

Josh at Parshablog discusses the implications of "miracle stories". Really good analysis.Adventures in Chinuch with another excellent vort, this time discussing from the Parsha how Aharon teaches us a lesson in how we view ourselves and others, and attaches that to Purim and happiness. Aharon wasn't...

If you have no interest in politics, please skip this post. :) (Alternatively, why I need a radio show of my own; it's so much easier and faster to just say all this stuff!) The following are numerous reasons why President Obama will either break many of his campaign promises or slowly but surely pu...

I was talking to my good friend and constantly pessimistic Cleveland fan Howie tonight, and the call ended with something it rarely ever does - slight optimism. For context, I'll share a voicemail that Howie left me and that I still have saved from October 2004, when the Indians were officially elim...

Update via Jameel: Confirmed but not? Hard to tell. This is a very troubling report: Israeli soldiers fighting in the Gaza Strip war this month were ordered to kill themselves rather than be captured, and if necessary to kill any Israeli soldier they saw being taken into captivity, the Yediot Achron...

FrumDoc, Tuesday, January 20th:8:49 PM me:what he said was a whoopsie Doc: no its not it splits a base action with an adverb me: http://noyam.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/someone-screwed-up/ Doc: roberts is right8:50 PM me: but that's the text Doc: i mean the correct way is "execute faithfully" not fait...

Wow, who'd have thunk it: Hard work, humility, a willingness to ask questions (and listen to the answers!), and a healthy dose of brains. Even better, it takes guts and brains to be a teenager, take $50 from an NFL player to wash his car, bring it to a drive-in car wash, and keep the difference. Oh,...

My first thought when seeing this headline was "What the hell!?", but here goes: Court: No more wall separating Ashkenazim, Sephardim Petition filed with High Court about more than a year ago after haredi school was suspected of ethnic discrimination. Judges rule courtyard wall separating Ashkenazi,...

From my sister-in-law SIL: Shen (almost 2) worked very hard to clean up a lot of crayons from the floor. A few minutes later, she was dancing to some music and she stepped into the still open box of crayons spilling most of them back onto the floor. She took a deep breath and let it out, stared at t...

From SIL: Shen (almost 2) worked very hard to clean up a lot of crayons from the floor. A few minutes later, she was dancing to some music and she stepped into the still open box of crayons spilling most of them back onto the floor. She took a deep breath and let it out, stared at the mess for a few...