Sun NYT Crossword

Wow!

( Spoilers )

Sun NYT Crossword

Wow!

( Spoilers )

NYT confirms: Boston is the Hub of the Universe

Today's NYT has a special auxilliary magazine section called "Key" which is about real estate. The cover image is a network of cities, with some of the interconnecting lines brighter than the others, forming the shape of a key. At the center of the keyhead is "Boston". (Click on the above link to see the image online.)

I'm curious --- did they regionalize this? Do NYC residents see New York at the center?

NYT confirms: Boston is the Hub of the Universe

Today's NYT has a special auxilliary magazine section called "Key" which is about real estate. The cover image is a network of cities, with some of the interconnecting lines brighter than the others, forming the shape of a key. At the center of the keyhead is "Boston". (Click on the above link to see the image online.)

I'm curious --- did they regionalize this? Do NYC residents see New York at the center?

The seventh wedding blessing

Today in Daf Yomi we read about the seven blessings that constitute the core of the Jewish wedding ceremony, and that are repeated at each meal for the week after the wedding, provided there's a minyan and at least one "new face". These blessings are beautiful, and the final one is often sung by the entire assembly.

Several years ago, our good friends sethg_prime and lucretia_borgia honored me by asking me to recite the seventh blessing under their chuppah. The amazing thing about this honor is that it was my reaching the final word of the blessing that would actually transform them from a betrothed couple to a married one.

( Cut for length. )

So in honor of their anniversary last week, and in consequence of today's daf, I have uploaded a PDF of the sheet music and a (quickly-recorded) MP3 of me singing it to my website.

( Translation of the lyrics )

The seventh wedding blessing

Today in Daf Yomi we read about the seven blessings that constitute the core of the Jewish wedding ceremony, and that are repeated at each meal for the week after the wedding, provided there's a minyan and at least one "new face". These blessings are beautiful, and the final one is often sung by the entire assembly.

Several years ago, our good friends sethg_prime and lucretia_borgia honored me by asking me to recite the seventh blessing under their chuppah. The amazing thing about this honor is that it was my reaching the final word of the blessing that would actually transform them from a betrothed couple to a married one.

( Cut for length. )

So in honor of their anniversary last week, and in consequence of today's daf, I have uploaded a PDF of the sheet music and a (quickly-recorded) MP3 of me singing it to my website.

( Translation of the lyrics )

It's beginning to smell a lot like Yom Tov...

5 Zwetschgenkuchen and 2 Apfel-Nudel Schalets out of the oven and cooling. (And I don't care what Cook's Illustrated says, I'm not changing my Oma's Zwetschgenkuchen recipe.)

It's beginning to smell a lot like Yom Tov...

5 Zwetschgenkuchen and 2 Apfel-Nudel Schalets out of the oven and cooling. (And I don't care what Cook's Illustrated says, I'm not changing my Oma's Zwetschgenkuchen recipe.)