Parlant a l'Ether

Things are tense round here right now. California is slashing its education budget and Tom’s a teacher… so, we’re waiting to hear if his school district is going to lay him (and bunch of other teachers) off to try and meet their $5 million short-fall. Neither one of us has made more than two years …

I’m watching “Married with Children” (I don’t have cable & I’m sick) and they made a joke about men missing the toilet when they pee. Now, I’ve lived with boys & men my whole life and I’ve never had pee on the toilet seat or pee on the floor. But I’ve heard other women make …

I am a very intolerant person. Things I will not tolerate: – Sexism – Homophobia/Transphobia – Racism – Bigotry – Bigamy – Social Conservatives – Meritocracy – Theocracy – Plutocracy – Oligarchy – Monarchy – Wal*Mart – Missionaries Sorry, but I’m just tired of the kinds of people that subscribe to these ideas telling me …

When the Rabbi’s assistant is too busy, or out of town, or lazy, or whatever, I have to send out the Yahrzeit notices. A Yahrzeit is the anniversary date of someone’s death. Traditionally, you light a candle on someone’s yahrzeit, but the most important thing is to say the Mourner’s Kaddish, which is a special …