Image Wikimedia Commons Even though the summer vacation season is at an end, many of us are still planning trips for our families in the months ahead. There are the typical things on your to do list such as packing and making airplane reservations. And then there is the concern about who or what has been in […]
Continue ReadingIf every element on the periodic table got this sort of treatment in school, future colleges might be overrun with chemistry majors. This funny little piece of edutainment could only be better if it was the trailer for a video game. For related educational amusements, read on: Rather like a latter day version of […]
Continue ReadingThis book pick is in anticipation of whatever creepy gross thing my three boys will think up for Halloween this year. Some years they have fun freaking out the neighbor kids with my extra prosthetic leg (and lots of fake blood) and some years they leave my leg in the closet and do their own […]
Continue ReadingTonight is the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. For me, holidays mean food, and for Rosh Hashanah the traditional treat is a round loaf of light and fluffy challah. Challah is an egg bread, usually shaped into a long braid. For the Jewish New Year, however, the loaf is round to […]
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