Fake Trees in the Senate Lobby

These really awful looking fake trees are in the Senate Lobby in DC.

I told the people I was with that the reason the fake trees were in the lobby was because they were cell phone towers.

They did not realize I was joking.

Gearing Up for Mothers' Day

A flower store is next door to the office...

They were pretty busy this week. I can always tell by the amount of garbage that piles up.

The three giant Rent-a-Refrigerators they installed in the parking lot last week were another clue.

I spoke to one of the guys who work there. This is their busiest week of the year. (Apparently Mothers' Day starts on the previous Wednesday and goes on for a week.)

They figure they will be making about 2,000 deliveries in the next few days.

Childrentals, I am not trying to hint something here. It is SOP as usual on Sunday.

For the rest of you, maybe you can be be responsible for their 2,001st delivery! And get your teeth done at the same time! 

Men With Beards 3

Two random guys at Kaaterskill Falls

What Color Are These Dresses?

A Frozen Purim

"Letters Go"

The snow glows white going to Shul tonight,
Where we read about what has been.
A kingdom with Jews in dispersed locations
But Esther is the queen.

Haman is howling, has an evil storm inside.
Wanted to kill the Jews, heaven knows he tried!

Esther, don’t let them see
You are a Jew, a daughter of Yimini.
Conceal, don’t reveal, don't let them know. Mordechai said so!

You must go, Esther you must go, even though
Achashveirosh hasn’t asked for you anymore.
To try to save us all, you must go.
Maybe that’s what you are Queen for.

Mordechai didn’t care
What Haman would say.
He wouldn’t bow down
Haman’s rage never bothered him anyway.

Not funny how Haman's plan
To try and kill us all,
Struck fear into all our hearts.
It was a very close call!

It's time to see what Esther can do
To make Haman’s evil plan fall through.
God made it right, it’s plain to see, we’re free!

Letters go, letters go!
Messengers ride like the wind and fly.
To 127 countries they go.
So the Jews won’t have to die.

In Shushan they stood,
To be remembered today.
Put your costumes on!

Today is Purim despite the icy ground.
We bake Sierpinski Fractal Hametaschen by the pound.
It’s a great day; We’re sure to have a blast!
Every year it’s the same,
Don’t forget the past!

Time to go, time to go!
Deliver Shalamonos at the break of dawn,
Eat Hamentashin, have a festive meal.
Maybe by Pesach the snow will be gone!

Hear the Megilla, give Tzekah,
Spin the Gragger any way.
Put your costumes on!
Purim is our favorite holiday!

To see a YouTube video of one of the many "Letters Go" imitations, click on "Let It Go"

Thanksgiving in Toronto Part 3 - Walking Tour Kensington and Chinatown

Thanksgiving in Toronto Part 2 - Letchworth State Park

 

Thanksgiving in Toronto Part 1 - The Drive

We leave Wednesday afternoon in a snowstorm. The weather for the drive is deja vu all over again from last year.

Our goal is to reach Mount Morris, NY.

Waze takes us off the hwy to avoid traffic. Maybe not such a good idea.

We arrive. 307 miles in about 7 hours. That's an average of about 44 mph.