So true. You look up an apparently ordinary Yiddish word and discover that it can also mean something quite filthy.

Mine is a pain-in-the-ass aussiedoodle. Sheds constantly plus requires regular grooming. Wants to intimidate everyone he meets, including little kids. Pup from 30-something lb parents who now weighs 67 and is stronger than I am. But, super cute and loving, so yes, we’re bonded…

Why? Copyright, intellectual property, all that…

When I moved to JNU (2002), I was shocked by dog-whistle comments among Tier 1 white ppl about AK Natives. Turns out a park near my house is the site of a Native village that the town fathers gleefully burned down while its occupants were at fish camp. Guess what? It's like that everywhere...

Wonderful! Went there with my family a looong time ago. Always an adventure! Thanks for maintaining it for kids present and future.

The guy who has dinner with Andre, but fails to actually eat anything.

I remember feeling that way about Kamala on the eve of the presidential election. Don’t jinx it!

Well, there was Hitler. Also Stalin.

What?!? I thought he was all mine…

!פֿאַר מיר איז לערנען יידיש געווען אַ נס. אַ דאַנק

Thanks to Zoom, started learning Yiddish at age 71. Now reading IB Singer and Chaim Grade in Yiddish. Shout out to YIVO, Workers Circle, and the Yiddish Book Center — without these east coast Jewish institutions, learning my mameloshen (mother tongue) would not have been possible. A sheynem dank!

Agreed. And yes, I vote in Juneau.

OMG those paws!