Comments on: Cultural Zeitgeist http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/ It's a Jewish Blog! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:17:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: themiddle http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-187972 themiddle Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:25:29 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-187972 Excellent, can we get some more Catholic jokes in here? Excellent, can we get some more Catholic jokes in here?

]]> By: theology zoroastrian http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-187885 theology zoroastrian Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:39:40 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-187885 Mother Superior: "Sister Maria, if you were walking through town at night, and were accosted by a man with bad intentions, what would you do?" "I would lift my habit, Mother Superior." Mother Superior (shocked): "And what would you do next?" Sister Maria: "I would tell him to drop his trousers." Mother Superior (even more shocked): "And what then?" Sister Maria: "I would run away. I can run much faster with my habit up than he can with his trousers down." Mother Superior: “Sister Maria, if you were walking through town at night, and were accosted by a man with bad intentions, what would you do?”

“I would lift my habit, Mother Superior.”

Mother Superior (shocked): “And what would you do next?”

Sister Maria: “I would tell him to drop his trousers.”

Mother Superior (even more shocked): “And what then?”

Sister Maria: “I would run away. I can run much faster with my habit up than he can with his trousers down.”

]]> By: Jewish Mother http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-181363 Jewish Mother Mon, 06 Mar 2006 23:23:57 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-181363 OT, The Israel Consul in New York is asking for: "CALLING ALL ISRAELI VIDEO BUFFS israelvideoblog.org has put out the call for Israelis (and those who have videos shot in Israel) to send their video footage to the weblog. From professionals in all fields to ordinary folks, the videobloggers look forward to receiving a broad range of material. In this way, the many faces and voices of Israel will be heard in the global cyber village. " This is a public service announcement from JM. OT, The Israel Consul in New York is asking for:

“CALLING ALL ISRAELI VIDEO BUFFS
israelvideoblog.org has put out the call for Israelis (and those who have videos shot in Israel) to send their video footage to the weblog. From professionals in all fields to ordinary folks, the videobloggers look forward to receiving a broad range of material. In this way, the many faces and voices of Israel will be heard in the global cyber village. ”

This is a public service announcement from JM.

]]> By: ofri http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180339 ofri Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:39:10 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180339 give me a break. like a JIB award is going to get anyone laid. if you want your blog to be recognized, you need only to look at how much traffic you get and what people are saying about you. i think you guys are doing pretty well. in fact i guess it's a testament that people continue to visit the site despite the painful slowness. why anyone sees the need to hand out Jewish blog awards is baffling. give me a break. like a JIB award is going to get anyone laid. if you want your blog to be recognized, you need only to look at how much traffic you get and what people are saying about you. i think you guys are doing pretty well. in fact i guess it’s a testament that people continue to visit the site despite the painful slowness. why anyone sees the need to hand out Jewish blog awards is baffling.

]]> By: themiddle http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180316 themiddle Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:44:47 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180316 (denial won't do ya any good.I say this blogmeister on this unmentionable blog wins the JIB for putting you on the defensive) Shabbat shalom, dude. (denial won’t do ya any good.I say this blogmeister on this unmentionable blog wins the JIB for putting you on the defensive)

Shabbat shalom, dude.

]]> By: ck http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180305 ck Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:52:14 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180305 owning? as if! I thought i was being a good sport. I even added a certain blog to our blog roll. And I really did appreciaate the feedback and concern. Really. owning? as if! I thought i was being a good sport. I even added a certain blog to our blog roll. And I really did appreciaate the feedback and concern. Really.

]]> By: themiddle http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180303 themiddle Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:31:53 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180303 hee hee, ck, Him is owning you right now... hee hee, ck, Him is owning you right now…

]]> By: him http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180291 him Fri, 03 Mar 2006 14:08:43 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180291 Come on, be a good sport and take a good rib with a smile. It's all in good fun. You did that good, imagine how much better you'd have done with a faster loading blog. On the other hand, Jewlicious gives me the opportunity for bathroom breaks while surfing the web. My bladder thanks you. Come on, be a good sport and take a good rib with a smile. It’s all in good fun.

You did that good, imagine how much better you’d have done with a faster loading blog. On the other hand, Jewlicious gives me the opportunity for bathroom breaks while surfing the web. My bladder thanks you.

]]> By: ck http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180225 ck Fri, 03 Mar 2006 01:48:29 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180225 Hey! I just added a <a href="http://hirhurim.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">really cool, award winning blog</a> to our blog roll - I sure hope it doesn't slow our site down too much! Hey! I just added a really cool, award winning blog to our blog roll – I sure hope it doesn’t slow our site down too much!

]]> By: themiddle http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180193 themiddle Thu, 02 Mar 2006 23:51:49 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180193 Hey, there he is! He's tanning at the beach and posting as well... Hey, there he is! He’s tanning at the beach and posting as well…

]]> By: themiddle http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180192 themiddle Thu, 02 Mar 2006 23:50:16 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180192 Trust me, Him, we've been discussing this issue. Sadly, ck is currently sunbathing at the beach and tanning well is his first priority. By the time the tan is juuuuuuust right, we should be left without a single reader. Alternatively, I could take up yoga and write a book called Zen and Controlling Rage When Your Fave Website Takes Longer To Load Than For Hamas to Recognize Israel. Trust me, Him, we’ve been discussing this issue. Sadly, ck is currently sunbathing at the beach and tanning well is his first priority. By the time the tan is juuuuuuust right, we should be left without a single reader.

Alternatively, I could take up yoga and write a book called Zen and Controlling Rage When Your Fave Website Takes Longer To Load Than For Hamas to Recognize Israel.

]]> By: ck http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180191 ck Thu, 02 Mar 2006 23:49:57 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180191 And if we had more religious content maybe we'd have been nominated for Best Jewish Religion Blog. I notice our slowness didn't prevent us from coming in 1st as best series... as opposed to coming in 3rd, but it must have hurt us in the Best Overall Blog category where better speed may have helped us clinch at least a 3rd place showing. Or here's an idea - maybe we should have done more vote whoring! That seemed to have helped some blogs a lot! But I will assume your concerns are well intentioned. The unfortunate thing is that we are being hurt by our popularity - at certain times of day when traffic spikes, I swear smoke comes out of the server! And we currently have three separate physical servers running the site - one for the MySQL database, one for the http and one for mail. For what it's worth, we're going to do some maintenance and make some design changes soon and hopefully that'll help. I know we should have done that eons ago but we were all busy planning and participating in our Jewlicious conference and birthright israel trips. I <strike>know you're busy running your own blog</strike> am sure you have much better things to do and I appreciate your feedback and concern! Shabbat Shalom! And if we had more religious content maybe we’d have been nominated for Best Jewish Religion Blog. I notice our slowness didn’t prevent us from coming in 1st as best series… as opposed to coming in 3rd, but it must have hurt us in the Best Overall Blog category where better speed may have helped us clinch at least a 3rd place showing. Or here’s an idea – maybe we should have done more vote whoring! That seemed to have helped some blogs a lot!

But I will assume your concerns are well intentioned. The unfortunate thing is that we are being hurt by our popularity – at certain times of day when traffic spikes, I swear smoke comes out of the server! And we currently have three separate physical servers running the site – one for the MySQL database, one for the http and one for mail. For what it’s worth, we’re going to do some maintenance and make some design changes soon and hopefully that’ll help. I know we should have done that eons ago but we were all busy planning and participating in our Jewlicious conference and birthright israel trips.

I know you’re busy running your own blog am sure you have much better things to do and I appreciate your feedback and concern! Shabbat Shalom!

]]> By: him http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180188 him Thu, 02 Mar 2006 23:24:39 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-180188 If there was a JIB award for slowest blog to load you would have won easily. If there was a JIB award for slowest blog to load you would have won easily.

]]> By: Sarah N http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-179451 Sarah N Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:09:59 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-179451 Cute overload as #1? Strange choice, put those little kittens sure are cute! Cute overload as #1? Strange choice, put those little kittens sure are cute!

]]> By: Sarah N http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-179450 Sarah N Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:08:27 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-179450 Congrats on almost getting into the NY Post, making next time they will wise up and put you in. Congrats on almost getting into the NY Post, making next time they will wise up and put you in.

]]> By: grandmuffti http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-179404 grandmuffti Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:30:54 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-179404 Ah, thanks Josh! Ah, thanks Josh!

]]> By: Jewish Mother http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-179388 Jewish Mother Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:01:11 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-179388 This is not in the usual news, so FYI: More than 200,000 protesters march in Paris Sunday against the vicious anti-Semitic murder of Ilan Halimi February 26, 2006, 8:56 AM (GMT+02:00) They were led by cabinet ministers, politicians, religious and civil rights leaders with banners and slogans against decrying anti-Semitism and racism. Rallies also held in Marseille, Lyon, Nice and Bordeaux. The kidnap, torture and murder of 23-year old Ilan Halimi shocked all France. His family did not attend the Sunday rally. They blame the authorities’ initial denial of the anti-Semitic motive behind the crime for the delay in saving his life. France has asked for the extradition of Youssouf Fofana, 26, suspected ringleader of the kidnap gang, who fled to Ivory Coast. Last Thursday, President Jacques Chirac and prime minister Dominique de Villepin joined the family in a memorial service in the Great Synagogue in Paris. De Villepin pledged to bring the gang to justice. Ilani Halimi was found naked, bound and gagged near Paris, with horrific injures after being held for ransom three weeks. He died on the way to hospital. (that was copied from DEBKA website with no changes) This is not in the usual news, so FYI:
More than 200,000 protesters march in Paris Sunday against the vicious anti-Semitic murder of Ilan Halimi

February 26, 2006, 8:56 AM (GMT+02:00)

They were led by cabinet ministers, politicians, religious and civil rights leaders with banners and slogans against decrying anti-Semitism and racism. Rallies also held in Marseille, Lyon, Nice and Bordeaux. The kidnap, torture and murder of 23-year old Ilan Halimi shocked all France. His family did not attend the Sunday rally. They blame the authorities’ initial denial of the anti-Semitic motive behind the crime for the delay in saving his life.

France has asked for the extradition of Youssouf Fofana, 26, suspected ringleader of the kidnap gang, who fled to Ivory Coast.

Last Thursday, President Jacques Chirac and prime minister Dominique de Villepin joined the family in a memorial service in the Great Synagogue in Paris. De Villepin pledged to bring the gang to justice.

Ilani Halimi was found naked, bound and gagged near Paris, with horrific injures after being held for ransom three weeks. He died on the way to hospital.
(that was copied from DEBKA website with no changes)

]]> By: Josh http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-179387 Josh Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:57:48 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-179387 Half again as many means 1.5 times as many as before. Half again as many means 1.5 times as many as before.

]]> By: esther http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-179379 esther Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:38:49 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-179379 Ah yes, wacky syntax. It is like tofu: it means whatever you want it to mean. Half again sounds British. In that it seems like English but makes no sense. Ah yes, wacky syntax. It is like tofu: it means whatever you want it to mean. Half again sounds British. In that it seems like English but makes no sense.

]]> By: grandmuffti http://www.jewlicious.com/2006/02/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-179360 grandmuffti Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:52:16 +0000 http://www.jewlicious.com/index.php/cultural-zeitgeist/#comment-179360 What does this sentence mean: <blockquote><i> "but we finished the contest with half again as many readers.”</i></blockquote> what does 'half again' mean and 'as many as readers' as who? Is the implication that most of the voters for cross currents weren't readers or that cross current readers are more likely to vote than the double as many readers at other sites? Muffti isn't trying to be rude; he's genuinely confused. What does this sentence mean:


“but we finished the contest with half again as many readers.”

what does ‘half again’ mean and ‘as many as readers’ as who? Is the implication that most of the voters for cross currents weren’t readers or that cross current readers are more likely to vote than the double as many readers at other sites?

Muffti isn’t trying to be rude; he’s genuinely confused.

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