151.03/ Now playing thematic songs: "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers, "Blood of the Sun" by Mountain, "Sunshine Superman" by Donavon, "Here Comes the Sun" by Ritchie Havens and "The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas" by TMBG
151.04/ This comic from Red Meat comes to mind #RedSun in NJ
151.05/ My old hometown is orange but then again, so is my current town. Luckily I've paid attention to the West Coasters who've reported their conditions in the past few years and know what to do (stay indoors, mask outdoors, daven)
151.08/ From M*sk to the HBO/Max nonsense to the studios being struck by the WGA to that CNN goofball, we're learning that these people are willing to suffer enormous amounts of preventable losses in service of their retrograde ideologies. nytimes.com/2023/06/05/tec…
151.09/ My earlier comments from this week about the sad #DeGrom saga.
June 5
150.11/ Songlist I'm playing for the flaming sky tonight:
"Burning for You" - Blue Öyster Cult
"Fire Woman" - The Cult
"Fire" - Hendrix
"Great Balls of Fire" - Jerry Lee Lewis
"Serpentine Fire" - EW&F
"Fire" - Ohio Players
"Smoke From a Distant Fire" - Sanford-Townsend Band
150.13/ This is the best booth in sports and they really know baseball and the #Mets and if you lose the booth, you're in real trouble. That's when I knew Callaway (ugh) and Rojas were done. #LGM
151.17/ Thank goodness the air cleared up enough that I could grill for Shabbas, especially since this is the first since my son returned from Israel. So happy he's home.
151.18/ This is art.
[Img: Pitcher for White Sox is "Burger", batter for Yankees is "King." Their names are next to each other on the screen]
230.02/ The Assad regime collapsing over Shabbas #Vayetze seems especially appropriate. I had long compared Lavan to Assad, the urbane facade hiding real cruelty and depravity. I celebrate the toppling of a murderous regime and the liberation of Saydnaya prison.
230.03/ Mets Twitter is having a party right now. This is fun. #LGM
229.03/ #ChochmatNashim for #Vayetze #Vayetzei #Vayeitzei 5784 2023 (LAST YEAR). @ChochmatNashim.
Downloadable PDF with working links to Divrei Torah from Orthodox women scholars on the parsha and other topics of the week. 20 pages. drive.google.com/file/d/1JqU6Lt…
228.02/ Fundamentally, a plurality want a minority to do all the work but get no reward while they do very little work & get all the reward. The only system that will get close to that - liberal Democracy - gives too much to people the plurality hates, so they vote for fantasies.
228.03/ #ChochmatNashim for #Toldot #Toledot 5784 2023 (LAST YEAR). @ChochmatNashim.
Downloadable PDF with working links to Divrei Torah by Orthodox women scholars on the parsha and other topics of the week. 20 Pages. drive.google.com/file/d/1dpJe7R…
227.02/ #ChochmatNashim for #ChayeiSara 5784 2023 (LAST YEAR) @ChochmatNashim.
Downloadable PDF with working links to Divrei Torah by Orthodox women scholars. 19 pages. #ChayaSara #ChayeiSarah
227.03/ The first time through the cruel & stupid Trump (ym'sh) circus I read the news with trepidation because I didn't know what terrible thing he'd do next. This time, I read the news with contempt & anger because the MSM helped elect him and wants him to succeed.
225.02/ Finally dropped off our ballots this morning & took a selfie. A fun thing then happened: a young dad carrying a baby arrived after us & he said that it was his first time voting after becoming a citizen! So I insisted on taking a photo of him (with his camera). USA! USA!
225.03/ Yes, I'm the one who waited all Shabbas for the poll, taught my kids how polls work (social science PhD, baby) & what I hoped would happen (GOP leading by only 5). And they got to see my stunned elation in real time when I read the news.