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BOO HOOOOOOOO History

Ellie — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:59:40 +0000

Okay Dad, it appears as if there is yet another lapse in my popular culture education. All of a sudden there is a pumpkin in the house with colored leaves and everything is orange! I also noticed, when walking with G-Mom, the orange lights and orange decorations. I knew it is too early for Christmas, [...]

Mcartney

Nathan — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:36:06 +0000

My given name is McCartney and I am a black cocker spaniel that lives in Maine with my buff cocker spaniel sister Slobbie. My Mom and Slobbie adopted me when I was just about a year old. I was a mess but Slobbie trained me to do everything including how to eat a bone! I [...]

Talmud Tidbit: What is a Koy?

Nathan — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:25:34 +0000

A randomish note in tractate Nazir 34a: the koy. An animal that is speculated to be one of the following: off spring of a he-goat and a hind a distinct species, not a hybrid unknown if it is a domesticated animal (בהמה) or a wild animal (חיה). it is indeed kosher The implication in this Gemara revolves around a “bet” [...]

Israeli Animals

Nathan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:00:07 +0000

As I talked about a few days ago, I have become a little obsessed with putting my photos on Panoramio and mapping them to Google Earth. It is kind of fun, I love maps and I love photos! A natural combination.

There is a feature on Panoramio where you can see “all” photos posted in [...]