Ah, thanks for clarifying. I actually don’t listen to Josh Groban, so I wouldn’t have known. 🙂

A boy in shidduchim is like a … velociraptor?

Sometimes they forget to cut their toenails.

Epic fail.

@Goq – You have officially made me laugh! 😀

@Shopping – Hehe, I liked your posts too! 😀

I had a little something packed, but then I outgrew what I packed. I suppose I’ll re-pack a more current set of stuff.

@pixelate – A wise expert of Alchemie once told me that nowadays, majick is only practiced by faeries, who are magi.

@keepitcoming – Anger isn’t a mental illness, per se, but I think that this man is definitely troubled, and also happens to have anger issues.

@LAB – I’m personally horrified that a young person would actually hit an elderly man over a difference in hashkafa. Who is he to act that way to a Gadol? That’s just sick.

I really don’t know much about Rav Shteinman’s perspective on things, but after that video where he chewed two men out for being too arrogant with regards to the “open-minded” family of a girl in their school, I count him as one of my heroes.

Personally, I don’t think this has anything to do with America. Rather, it reflects badly on our nation as a whole. If kids are hitting elderly people over a difference in hashkafa, it might seem to any outside onlooker that a) frum parents stink at raising well-behaved children, and b) we’ve got a lot of achdus issues.

And this is just food for thought, but would we deal just as harshly with other people who have committed similar offenses against people of lesser social stature?

(On your note, you’re absolutely right that there are people who use those excuses legitimately, but more and more people are just parroting them back to “cry wolf”.)

I miss Zeeskite! I was reading the CR a long time before I decided to register, and her posts always made me smile.

Thanks, guys. 🙂

Yes, some books, Jewish and secular alike, are always advertised as being full of “surprising” twists that’ll leave you at the edge of your seat. They leave me more confused and wondering if this is even the same story or not.

One thing that more people ought to try is self-publishing. That way, you don’t have an editor, Jewish or not, who will insist that your book conforms to their “hashkafa”.

Someone mentioned to me how some secular author was forced to put a gay character in their book, or else the publishers wouldn’t publish it. I don’t know who this was, or whether she was famous, but if anyone could name her, I’m sure the info could come in handy.

@from Long Island – Artwork sounds like a lovely idea.

@Shopping – Really? An engraved iPod? Wowza. Now the question is, how does one make sure he gets the hint that that’s what you want? 😀

@Sam2 – I thought it was getting down on both knees that’s, from a worship-perspective, chukas akum. But I could very well be wrong.

College should be great for shidduchim. Theoretically, a girl should be looking for an educated boy who is knowledgeable in both Jewish and secular fields, so that they don’t make big fools of themselves once they’re married and don’t know what to do about anything.

How are you going to pay your household bills if you don’t know math?

Who will help the children with their homework? They won’t be learning basic addition and subtraction forever.

How about a book? Books are cool. And so are bow ties, but I suppose that’s more for a chosson than a tomboyish kallah. 😛

Shopping, this is the second time I’ve fallen for your jokes! (Fortunately, I figured out how to revert it back to vertical scrolling. :D)

@oomis – I, too, do not partake of their pagan holiday. They can’t on the one hand make a big fuss about those “evil pagans,” and then celebrate their same rituals, for crying out loud!

Our neighborhood’s standard is, if the driveway light isn’t on, then you’re not supposed to go to them. People used to be majorly offended that I don’t wish to add to their dentist’s bills, but now they know to keep quiet about it.

I do and it ticks me off when people say “Hi, how are you” and keep going. It sounds insincere and, well, ignorant, because the person does not seem to understand the meaning of the words they just uttered. It almost sounds like they don’t even care.

@The Wolf – That’s fantastic, brilliant and geronimo! 😀 Another thing Rose is notable for saying is “Bad Wolf.” Thought you might appreciate that.

@streekgeek – Ah, thanks! 🙂

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down….. ^_^

Congratulations, if you’ve read this far, you’ve not only fallen for Shopping’s trick; you’ve also been Rickroll’d!

Yeshivishe shuffle? 😛

I was never taught to dance at simchas, (apparently the Israeli dance chugim passed me by) and for some reason, I just hate dancing the hora, so unless someone really strong grabs me by the arm and pulls me into a circle of dancing ladies, I just sit at the tables and help myself to the food and drink.

Judaism is a way of eating, not dancing. Get my drift? 🙂

Woohoo! Welcome back! 🙂

Oi! You lot! Quit muckin’ about wiv the English language! (My Rose Tyler accent is baaaaad. :P)

Well, Spaniards are different from Hispanics. Spaniards are from Spain. Hispanics are from the other countries that speak Spanish or Portuguese because they were conquered back in the day.

Remember how in the Zimmerman trial, the reporters insisted on calling Zimmerman a “white Hispanic” just so they could say it was a racially-motivated white on black murder. >.<

Additionally, I’m also thinking of the case of a guy from Africa who emigrated to the US for school, but was thrown out because he called himself as a “white African-American.” Apparently, that’s considered racist against black people.

Sephardim from the Middle East are Sephardi in nusach, but they definitely aren’t Spaniards or Hispanics. I don’t really know what to say if you’re forced to classify your ethnicity for official forms. If there’s an option for “Other,” probably that’s your best bet.