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Archive for November, 2007 - חשון / כסלו תשס"ח

Parshah Vayeishev

By penny • November 30, 2007 - כ"א כסלו תשס"ח • Category: judaism

This week we read Vayeishev, Bereshit 37:1–40:23.
In what appears to be a disappointing trend, I keep misplacing my notes on the topic I wish to write about. They reappear 3-5 days after I post what I have. I have some of my notes for today, however, I have written them entirely “b’Ivrit” which is a [...]



my keyboard’s back

By penny • November 29, 2007 - כ' כסלו תשס"ח • Category: tools

and it’s better than ever.
It’s been a very long week. The past few days have been awesome but beyond insanely busy. Thankfully my RAM and usb2ps2 convertor came yesterday and my wonderful husband installed it for me (we fight over who gets to do the geek things). I came home a short bit ago, and [...]



inch by inch

By penny • November 28, 2007 - י"ט כסלו תשס"ח • Category: create

and day by day all of my projects are growing.
I redid the bindoff last week for my “instant” socks, doing a “tubular bind-off for double-rib” following the directions in my handy Reader’s Digest Knitter’s Handbook (the one I learned to knit from six years ago) … once I got it, I realized how awesome this [...]



it’s in the air

By penny • November 27, 2007 - י"ח כסלו תשס"ח • Category: travel

Well, the desire to go travel that’s true, but I either seem to manage first impressions really well, or Foo them up incredibly and burn that bridge miles before I’ve even gotten to it. It seems that the majority of my mess ups are for those scenarios that are in a mixed casual/business setting and [...]



one finished .. many to go

By penny • November 26, 2007 - י"ז כסלו תשס"ח • Category: books

I only finished one book this past week, mostly because much of my time has been spent writing and reading my own writing, not that of others. I completed The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History by Linda Colley. I am incredibly disappointed. The premise of this book is quite fascinating, Elizabeth [...]



writing up a storm

By penny • November 25, 2007 - ט"ז כסלו תשס"ח • Category: write

I’ve been writing and writing and rewriting a ton this past week, for myself, for clients, for school … So much so that in addition to finally purchasing more RAM for my neglected machines (tapuach only has 512! E purchased her for me three years ago and we were surprised. We just assumed I had [...]