With the Jewish holiday season right around the corner–the fun begins tomorrow night with Rosh Hashanah– for a while I’ve been meaning to put together a list of my favorite Jewish holidays, because they’re fun, kind of exotic (unless you’re actually Jewish or something), don’t require getting up early, and most importantly, they are hella [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Judaism is Tasty
Posted in Religion, tagged jewish food, jewish holidays, judaism, matzoh ball soup, passover, purim, rosh hashanah, sukkot, yom kippur on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
St. Florian
Posted in Obscure Saint Blogging, tagged antiquity, Catholicism, Diocletian, Roman Empire, saints on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This post is about penance. Well, sort of, though that would imply that this is somehow punishment rather than something awesome. Last week at the local pub quiz, there was FINALLY a question about a saint–who is the patron saint of firefighters and chimney sweeps? Well, dear reader, I had absolutely no idea. Naturally this [...]
