I feel so disconnected from the cycle. My study group carried on in the Tanakh last year (we just finished Ezekiel today). Last Shabbat we had a delayed parsha (BM postponed due to illness). The young woman's drasha on sanctuary cities was amazing.

That's not quite true. There were different rules for Hebrew slaves and those not of the tribe. Although tribal membership wasn't racially defined - given that's not the way people thought then.

Bloodless, eh? We already have nameable victims of their revolution.

Fun shark facts: They do get cancer. Their livers provide buoyancy through a high fat content. They don't have swim bladders. Only some of them need to keep moving to breathe. Bonnetheads and whale sharks are the only omnivores among them, actually able to break down plant matter and make shark.

If the jackboot fits...

Yup. Here I am. I do love some whimsy. And I find the random occasional anti-Americanism less triggering than the assumption that all Southerners are stupid - which isn't so prevalent in London.

It's inhumane. But the pregnant, brain-dead daughter isn't the one who is suffering anymore. It's her family, her unviable fetus, everyone who loved her and her living, breathing, resource and love needing child whose caregivers are probably (and understandably) too distracted now.

He's contesting the final score. But I'm still declaring victory, as we didn't set out clear scoring criteria. That's a little unlike us, maybe an effect of all that strobe lighting.

You called it. (if consent isn't required)

Ya never know - the way things are going this may be the only real voting we get to do.