I can only try

anon for this-

“All Summer in a Day” is not familiar – I’ll B”N keep it in mind.

Finney’s best-known book is “Time and Again” (highly recommended). The bad news is, once you read that, there’s nowhere to go but down. He also wrote a famous short “Of Missing Persons”.

I have no idea what the answer to your previous page question is, but since you say it is a “trick” I can think of two possibilities: a) Singer Paul Simon wrote one, but the late Senator didn’t. b) Whitman predeceased Lincoln (I know he was a 19th century poet, but not much else). I’ll guess Whitman.

-Wrap each present several times.

– If the guesser gets the question right, they then roll a pair of dice.

– If the number on the dice is equal or less than the difficulty level, the person whose turn it is gets to unwrap one layer.

– The unwrapper of the last layer wins.

– You can include a ticket for a grand prize drawing in any layer of the wrapping (or more than one layer, if you wish).

brooklyn19-

One well-known issur is explicitly wishing someone a “Merry ….”.

“Happy Holiday” is what’s usually wished to our non-Jewish collegues.

noitallmr-

Since the crack of dawn is accompanied by a lightening of the sky, and light travels much faster than sound, we have enough advance warning to cover our ears.

noitallmr-

Thank you.

That reminds me of the old joke about a community leader who wanted to enjoy the praise one receives at their hesped while he was still alive.

He was lauded for his kindness, generosity, tzidkus, vast knowledge, and so on.

Joseph-

Thank you.

Here are my responses:

b) At cut and paste? agreed

c) When I do my resume, I want your number

Folks-

Thank you all for your kind words, and I’m glad you enjoyed it, but I must repeat: I copied it – my own artistic talent level is probably 1.5 on a 1 – 10 scale, and that’s marking generously.

YW Moderator-72-

brooklyn19-

dont have internet-

Thank you – glad you liked it!

anon for this-

Harlan Ellison is a name I recognize well from the library shelves, but I read almost none of his books, and know nothing about him.

I was going to say I read none of his books, but when looking at his wikipedia page (te get a better idea of what you were talking about) I noticed he wrote “A Boy and His Dog” which I read as a kid (horrible book – not recommended).

Based on Ellison’s Hugo collection, he seems to have earned a little positive self-approbation.

I read many of Asimov’s fiction books – the “Lucky Starr” kids series, miscelaneous books like “Pebble In The Sky”, the original Foundation series, the Robot series, many more that I can’t remember right now – all at least very good, most excellent. The fourth Foundation book he wrote years later was not very good.

I find it surprising he didn’t write on philosophy, since he had a philosophical streak in many of his books and short stories (i.e. “Nightfall” for one).

brooklyn19-

You’re welcome.

(Obviou$ly money i$ one of my intere$t$).

brooklyn19-

Look on the reverse of the dime, about 1/3 of the way up.

anon for this-

Asimov?

Putting On Airs

If the Earth’s atmosphere suddenly disappeared (and all living things were somehow able to survive without it) would Shabbos and Yom Tov be affected at all? How?

Losing Weight

George Bush, Al Gore, and John Kerry have a foot race around the moon’s Equator.

Each wore a baseball cap depicting the logo of their favorite team.

Whose cap travelled farthest?

Bonus: How much further did each cap travel than its owners shoes?