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Anyone got any recommendations where one can find a good, authentic Hamentashen in the City? (Preferably in Manhattan) ?

And I’m looking for the real thing, not some machine processed, three cornered creation

With the Holiday of Purim (פורים) coming this weekend, it’s time for the annual:

Modern Day Haman Pagent!

This years contenders include, but aren’t limited to those whom seem to be recurring candidates:

Ahmadinejad, Castro, Hugo Chavez, Meshal, Assad, Bin Laden, Al-Zawahiri, Nasrallah….

Whom would you vote for? Who else deserves to be a pagant contestant?

(Hat-tip to Mind of Mog for the Hebrew letters)

Looks like the Ohio River could now catch on fire

Not that one would really wanna go swim in the Cuyahoga River anyway…just saying

Interesting thread at Chowhound on coffee shops on the UES (via Yorkville Blog)

Looks like it’s past due for some more taste testing.

What’s going on here?

Sen. Levin getting hawkish and the US willing to talk with Iran and Syria?

Al Sharpton was possibly related to Strom Thurmond?

What a strange world we live in….

From Dvorak Uncensored: Beer prices are going up because of Bio-Fuel production

When push comes to shove–which side will prevail–the beer drinkers or the bio-fuel advocates?

Breaking news from Brandeis:

Both [Brandeis] basketball teams in NCAA tourney for first time-First berth in 29 years for men’s team!

The Men will be facing Trinity in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tourney

The Women will be facing Maine-Farmington in the first round of their tourney

Will March Madness soon be coming to Brandeis?

Could James Cameron’s forthcoming documentary on “Jesus’ tomb” spur a new Israeli tourist trap:

Israel may open ‘Jesus tomb’ to public

Er….for what it’s worth, I think I’ll pass on the “documentary”…

Over the weekend,a minor kerfuffle of sorts, amongst some blogs on the Right about stories at the web site Digg being “dugg down” or marked as spam. (Also see LGF)

To be honest–I’ll admit that I do visit/read Digg. It’s quite an interesting site–both the concept behind it and the content it fosters.

I go to Digg for the Tech news. It appeals to my inner-geek. There’s often good stuff on the site. (Note: no, I’m not a subscriber–just a “lurker”)

However, I don’t go to Digg for Political news and/or opinion–simply because what’s “news” is decided on the mob mentality.

An apt analogy would be the effects seen when a news site posts one of those web polls, e.g. about Israel or a similar hot topic and then word gets out and the polls are virtually bombarded.

Digg–it’s good at what it does–but I’ll stick to it for tech news.

Not quite sure what the exact words are that could be used to describe this:

Pizza Party–ordering pizza from the command line

Are some people really that phone averse?

The Greenwich villiage rat infested KFC/Taco Bell , now closed, has not only become a tourist draw, but it could also be the site of a Health Department screw-up.

The day before the media descended on the rat-infested eatery, the Dept Of Health gave it a passing inspection grade.

Makes one wonder–if the DOH was that inefficient–what about other eateries around the city?

Apparently Starbucks is supposed to have a “soul” to it.

When I’m looking for a real coffee experience–Starbucks is probably the last coffee shop I’d visit.

This move will probably get the Mayor and City Council’s nod:

Girl Scouts Cut Trans Fats From Cookies

What’s the mayor’s favorite Girl Scout Cookie?

(Personally gotta go with the Thin Mints)

As if there wasn’t enough evidence that the current Israeli Defense Minister needed to resign, check out this recent picture of him with Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ashkanazi

There’s video of it as well

What kind of incompetent defense minister is he?

Not that the current Prime Minister is much more effective as a leader anyway.

Looks like some parents may be spreading a bit too much global warming FUD:

Global warming concerns are keeping children awake at night

What ever happened to the fears children traditionally had–like monsters under the bed? Fear of the dark?

This is craziness……

The talk amongst my co-workers was the story that had been on the morning news shows of the rat-infested KFC/TacoBell in Greenwich Village.

All the more reason to avoid fast-food…..

Political bloggers fear publicists will infiltrate sites

With big corporations now hiring public relations firms to pay fake bloggers to plant favorable opinions of the businesses online, many political bloggers are concerned that candidates, too, will hire people to pretend to be grass-roots citizens expressing views.

Real people are always welcome to comment on the blog (and are encouraged to do so)

Paid political hacks on the other hand can go elsewhere.

People who claim that they’re going to the city hosting the NBA All-Star game to watch the game itself are about as numerous as those who tell the truth about reading Playboy for the articles.

Face it–the game is just the pros horsing around having fun. It’s not competitive in the least. Aside from the skills contests, what’s the real point of seeing it in person?

Karol highlights an article by Jason Whitlockover at AOL’s site, highlighting the chaos that surrounded All-Star weekend in Vegas.

I had two friends who went to Vegas this weekend for the festivities. One has been going annually for a few years now (and goes to the game itself). The other friend, having heard about the scene around the Weekend, vowed a year ago to attend the Vegas event.

This second friend was definitely there for the scene. To quot the friend, the weekend was “off the hook”. She went on to tell us how wild and crazy the partying was (and that’s just from what she recalled).
Not to mention all of the headaches that travel for the weekend added. (Non-JetBlue issues mind you–but all the major carriers overbooking at the last–but those are another group of stories).

Everything that happened this past weekend has given the game and the events that surround it a black-eye. Part of the blame definitely needs to be on the NBA, who grossly underestimated the weekend’s attendance (Rumor has it 300,000 visitors was the initial prediction, though 3+ million showed).

Though is there any way to fix up the situation?

New York Tops 8 Big Cities in Taxes, Study Shows

Sigh…..

You know it’s time for lent, when the fast food restaurants start selling fish sandwiches (for 99 cents no less)