On eBooks
I’m posting a link to ‘me-ander’ who pretty much summed up my opinion on eBooks better than I could. http://me-ander.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-hope-my-neighbor-doesnt-convert-to.html
I love to read on my Android phone, using the Aldiko reader, but I don’t buy content that way. I download free content, but still read paper books.
Chanukah Lighting in Austin
Chabad Lubavich of Austin held a at least five events this Chanukah. I attended the Menorah lighting at the State Capitol building at Congress and 11th. I’m amazed at the energy that Rabbi Levertov brought to this week. Read the rest of this entry »
The Bridges of Washington County
We are visiting in the Cambridge-Shushan Metroplex. This bustling center of civilization is located in bucolic Washington County, home of such notable tourist venues as Hubbard Hall, The Transfer Station, and a collection of current and former covered bridges. The current bridges are still here. The former ones have been destroyed. We visited three covered bridges.
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Visiting Joey at the Restaurant
Joey’s Restaurant
This post is called Joey’s restaurant, and it’s about Joey, and the restaurant, but Joey’s Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant, that’s just the name of the post, and that’s why I call the post, Joey’s Restaurant. Read the rest of this entry »
As The Dog Returneth To His Vomit…*
As I posted earlier, we are in New York. We had arrived in Albany, which is in Upstate New York, but in order to visit Roseann’s cousin and sister, we needed to go down to New York City. Read the rest of this entry »
Visiting my parents
I have the best parents in the world. Morty and Viv are 80 and 79 years old respectively, and they’ve been married for 56 (or is it 57?) years. They snap at each other, a lot, but it’s obvious that, not only are they still in love, but they are very well matched. Read the rest of this entry »
I Made a Pull-apart Challah
I saw this style of Challah at a rabbi’s home this summer. It’s made in a round tin, out of small dough-balls. The whole thing grows together while baking. Read the rest of this entry »
All Washed Up?
Back in July, we moved our trailer to Austin. A few weeks later, in late July, we moved our trailer up to a nice shady RV park in Georgetown, north of Austin, on the San Gabriel River. Google Map Link. We were warned that the park was in the flood plain for the river, and that there was an unlikely possibility that we’d have about a three hour warning to evacuate in the event that flood stage waters were coming downstream. (That is the way it was explained.) Read the rest of this entry »
Some convincing forged emails coming in
I’ve been seeing some very convincing forged emails allegedly from Amazon.com.
If you didn’t order anything, and you get an email confirmation, chances are it’s the scam I’m seeing. Even if you did order something, it’s possible to get this scam email mixed in with your own legitimate Amazon.com correspondence. Read the rest of this entry »
Steve Forbert
This evening we saw Steve Forbert at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck in Houston.