Callalily
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Genealogist. Mathematician. Book blogger. Theatre fan. I'm not so good at having "a brand." These are just my inner thoughts, inner thoughts. She/her. #hEDS
Better to light a candle than curse the damn darkness.
December 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Better to light a candle than curse the damn darkness.
This one just bugs me. I read this book years ago (I think it was published in the early nineties?) The original cover says epic medieval romance. The new one says high school drama club.
December 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This one just bugs me. I read this book years ago (I think it was published in the early nineties?) The original cover says epic medieval romance. The new one says high school drama club.
Like, this is kind of ridiculous.
December 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Like, this is kind of ridiculous.
Yeah. They're even selling the "We changed the logo just enough to not be sued, and also put in a really obvious phallic symbol" jersey.
December 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Yeah. They're even selling the "We changed the logo just enough to not be sued, and also put in a really obvious phallic symbol" jersey.
This is how he's described. (These characters had known each other as teenagers, and then ran into each other again in their early thirties.)
December 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is how he's described. (These characters had known each other as teenagers, and then ran into each other again in their early thirties.)
They changed the team names for the show because they were too close to the actual names, but somehow got away with these jerseys for Boston and Montreal.
December 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
They changed the team names for the show because they were too close to the actual names, but somehow got away with these jerseys for Boston and Montreal.
He does ask. The coach tells him that there are a ton of defensemen who could take his place, and that if he's not going to fight, then he's not needed.
December 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
He does ask. The coach tells him that there are a ton of defensemen who could take his place, and that if he's not going to fight, then he's not needed.
Cincinnati has a gorgeous train station, which now gets something like eight passenger trains per week, all in the middle of the night. It's used as a museum center now -- a few different museums there. Plus, now it's where kids go to see the model trains for Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Cincinnati has a gorgeous train station, which now gets something like eight passenger trains per week, all in the middle of the night. It's used as a museum center now -- a few different museums there. Plus, now it's where kids go to see the model trains for Christmas.
That's where the fire girl meme came from -- her family went to watch a training exercise like that, and her father happened to catch the perfect shot.
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
That's where the fire girl meme came from -- her family went to watch a training exercise like that, and her father happened to catch the perfect shot.
I was wrong. This was the Levy Seder.
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I was wrong. This was the Levy Seder.
This is one of the worst examples I've seen of Google Lens on a Hebrew gravestone, but even the ones that get most things right will have a few lines of this sort of nonsense. And someone actually posted this in response to a translation request, and thought he was being helpful.
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is one of the worst examples I've seen of Google Lens on a Hebrew gravestone, but even the ones that get most things right will have a few lines of this sort of nonsense. And someone actually posted this in response to a translation request, and thought he was being helpful.
The challenge for Russian is also just, well, Russian.
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The challenge for Russian is also just, well, Russian.
I saw it twice. I thought the staging was really interesting (spoilers, I guess) -- starts off with this "תורה" parchment at the back of the stage. Seems weird at first, but by the end of the first act, we're used to it. Then comes the wedding scene. The Cossacks rough people up, then start to leave
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I saw it twice. I thought the staging was really interesting (spoilers, I guess) -- starts off with this "תורה" parchment at the back of the stage. Seems weird at first, but by the end of the first act, we're used to it. Then comes the wedding scene. The Cossacks rough people up, then start to leave
My dad was a Dodgers fan until they moved, then he became a Mets fan. (And minor Mets fan-celebrity -- 1964, this win in the four-man division was him and three of his friends. And two of them were Orthodox, to bring it vaguely back to the original topic.)
October 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
My dad was a Dodgers fan until they moved, then he became a Mets fan. (And minor Mets fan-celebrity -- 1964, this win in the four-man division was him and three of his friends. And two of them were Orthodox, to bring it vaguely back to the original topic.)
Mamdani's sign is based on the signs at NYC bodegas. It would make no sense to use that aesthetic in places where these stores don't have signs like that.
October 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Mamdani's sign is based on the signs at NYC bodegas. It would make no sense to use that aesthetic in places where these stores don't have signs like that.
Anissa Jones was half Lebanese.
October 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Anissa Jones was half Lebanese.
The bit relevant to the baseball discussion:
October 9, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The bit relevant to the baseball discussion:
I've argued with people over the "bible" one a few times. Lots of my Hebrew school textbooks had "bible" in the title. (Somehow the cover of this one hasn't been updated in the 40ish years since I remember learning from it.)
September 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I've argued with people over the "bible" one a few times. Lots of my Hebrew school textbooks had "bible" in the title. (Somehow the cover of this one hasn't been updated in the 40ish years since I remember learning from it.)
This spot is almost directly in front of the Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
September 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This spot is almost directly in front of the Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
These buildings are all roughly 130 years old. Nobody looks at these and thinks, "Wow, that's ancient!"
August 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
These buildings are all roughly 130 years old. Nobody looks at these and thinks, "Wow, that's ancient!"
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, published 1972. No way would this be published with this kind of tone today.
August 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, published 1972. No way would this be published with this kind of tone today.
It's like really thin foil -- you can basically glue it onto stuff. (The brush is to gently press it into the details.)
August 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It's like really thin foil -- you can basically glue it onto stuff. (The brush is to gently press it into the details.)
![Norton's parents were John Norton (1794–1848) and Sarah Norden (1796–1846), who were English Jews. John was a farmer and merchant, and Sarah was a daughter of Abraham Norden and a sister of Benjamin Norden, a successful merchant. The family lived in the Kentish town of Deptford, England — today part of London — before moving to South Africa in early 1820 as part of a government-backed colonial scheme whose participants came to be known as the 1820 Settlers.[2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ppbixy2jbc3bxwbaukpd4fzj/bafkreigpw552p5i4kiw7kjx4dveziad3gtz5tkbh67p2xe43zefre4zqnu@jpeg)