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April 18, 2023: 2OT

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Bruising game going on in Texas right now. Usually I can finish these games off (nice start time, NHL), but I've got to get up early.

EDIT: Well, sorry, I couldn't turn it off. Glad I didn't.

20 thoughts on “April 18, 2023: 2OT”

  1. In the NHL and NBA, first round playoff games are on the local RSN. There is zero reason for delayed start times.

    I made it to the start of the third period

  3. The hit heard round Dallas. My favorite part is when they cut to dumba in the box with a shit eating grin on his face. Norm Green Sucks!

  4. Had plans to go to the Soul Asylum gig on Thursday, but one of the kids making robotics nationals disrupted that (in a good way). Also, if someone could pick up the Unplugged vinyl for me on RSD, I’d appreciate it.

            1. They were the impact award winners.

              My cousin introduced me to FIRST and I coach a few Lego league teams down here now. My abilities are not conducive to anything more technical. Indeed, our robot games are already our weakest point.

  5. Good news!

  6. Solvent: Offer (mildly low ball) on the house. Counter offer just signed. We'll see what happens next.

  7. While I have not converted, I have made a pretty strong drift towards Reform Judaism during the last 15 years (especially kickstarted upon fatherhood because the kiddos are being raised Jewish and primarily because one of the biggest tenets is leave the world a better place than you found it). A huge, huge part has been the wit, wisdom, and hilarity of Rabbi Sim Glaser who sadly died today. Rabbi Glaser presided over Honest Abe's bris and the Justice's naming ceremony. Rabbi Glaser led many of the Tot Shabbat services for young children until the COVID pandemic, and gh had unlimited patience with the little ones while helping parents like me learn many of the most frequent prayers. (When Sheenie and I were in Israel last year and went to a Shabbat Service at the Western Wall, many of the folks in the group were amazed that I knew pretty much all the prayers.)

    He was passionate about social justice (he connected Sheenie to a few organizations focused on youth homelessness when he learned that was of particular interest to her), and was a great musician.

    Finally, he was the son of a Holocaust survivor who made it a point to frequently share his mother's story. In fact, the last time I saw him was when he came back for a Shabbat service to share his mother's story last fall. He passed away today, on Yom HaShaoh (Holocaust Remembrance Day).

    1. I'm sorry for your loss. And, it sounds like, a loss for many people.

      It's amazing what a great priest/rabbi/minister/etc can do for people.

    2. May his memory be a blessing.

      A good rabbi makes all the difference.

      We stopped going about the time that The Girl decided she didn't want to go through with a bat mitzvah (Because Atheist). Her brother was more of a pleaser and had his bar mitzvah. Our rabbi was kind of a dud. And the one in Champaign (who moved to a temple in Sactown about the same time that we moved here) was a jerk.

      The rabbi who married us in Chevy Chase, OTOH, was a Mensch.

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