Upcoming Speaking Engagements, written 3 days ago, Want to see me talk my talk? My work talk, that is.? Here are the places I'll be speaking this month.1. Online Marketing for Women Entrepreneurs on September 9, 2008. It's here in Chicago and registration is still open. This invitation came via my L...

Labrador and Newfoundland: maybe this year?, written 3 weeks ago, I am fascinated with the two, they are rural and rugged and nobody lives there, plus Labrador got its first road- which remains unpaved in 1985. I haven't been to either yet, but I have been wanting to go for several years. Every year...

Obama and Palin match up pretty equally, except in one category. Jewishness. (video), written 2 days ago, They seem to be matching each others moves pretty equally...Obama is inexperienced, so McCain picked someone even more inexperienced.Obama is attractive (handsome in guy language), so McCain pic...

Commentaries on the Torah and life as a rabbi.

Costly Demands on SteroidsRelated to the last post regarding costly..., written 1 day ago, Costly Demands on SteroidsRelated to the last post regarding costly demands on parents is a subject that SuperRaizy brought up on her blog. However, this demand is far more costly, a demand on steroids. That d...

Hottie1 never made a peep again. A guy friend says..., written 1 week ago, Hottie1 never made a peep again. A guy friend says it sounds like H1 just wanted to get me interested, and then vanish off to get the next girl interested. Who knows? It was just--to me--an odd situation to have a guy calling...

The Observer: Issue 1!, written 3 days ago, Well, beloved people, it's that time of year again...Observer time!Here is what this issue of The Observer has for you:An interview with President Joel (and yes, it's different from the ones you've read before), since September marks his fifth year at Yesh...

My Garden, written 3 days ago,

J-Blogger Convention, written 2 weeks ago, I sat through the entire J-Blogger convention via webcam yesterday. I have to say - the most enjoyable part of the entire process was the chatroom!!!! It really was quite a treat to have so many bloggers together in one virtual reality. I discovered some in...

This Weeks Parsha - Apoint Judges and Officers, written 1 day ago, I think it's interesting that this week is the Republican convention and we also talk about appointing leaders in the Parsha. Our Parsha – Shoftim – begins with the commandment to appoint judges and law officers throughout the la...

Sally Quinn STILL Says Moms Can't Be VP, written 5 hours ago, Sally Qunn is going from network to network saying she was wrong. She now says Sarah Palin is not a total moron who was chosen because of her gender. But there is a bit of passive/ aggressiveness in her "Mia Culpa" tour. She sti...

The place to be.

PETA says Agriprocessors misled rabbis about slaughter procedures [VIDEO], written 18 hours ago, An undercover video shot at the Agriprocessors kosher meat plant is prompting new claims that the company engages in inhumane slaughter and misled Orthodox rabbis who visited the plant in July.Related En...

Frumgate, written 2 weeks ago, There have been several scandals over the last few weeks involving the Orthodox community: the kosher slaughter house immigration situation, a child custody battle in a Chassidic neighborhood in Upstate New York, and over the weekend, my husband and I saw a front page ...

New kitchen, written 2 weeks ago, OK, I'm hot and exhausted but feeling very proud of myself for having actually accomplished something this morning. I have spent the last 2 hours putting in two shelves. I took a couple of pieces of wood that I found near the dumpster, sawed them (with a small hand ...

For My Conservative Blog-Friends Still Defending Palin, written 2 days ago, Republican strategists Mike Murphy and Peggy Noonan, believing themselves off mic:Mike Murphy: You know, because I come out of the blue swing state governor world: Engler, Whitman, Tommy Thompson, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush. I me...

Dvar Torah- Shoftim, written 5 days ago,

Parshas Shoftim Devar Torah, written 1 day ago, Shoftim – looking after oneself (Deut.16-21) A person must keep the body in check. This includes thoughts, speech, vision, sense of hearing, sense of smell, feelings/emotions and actions. The body is the tool through which a person, together with the...

JIDF Observes the 36th anniversary of the murder of 11 Israeli Olympic athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, written 17 hours ago, Our thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and family's of those murdered in the heinous terrorist attack. A friend of our has made a tribute page, which we suggest ...

Tales of a software engineer who keeps kosher and hates the web.