Lack of sanity, plus a knitting update
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crewgrrlA few signs that working in a Judaica store is robbing me of what little sanity I have left
1. I am actually pondering the following questions:
- Is there a subject that Maurice Lamm is not an expert in?
- How many baby name books can one person (yes, one person) write?
2. I am actively contemplating the Artscroll publications imminent price increase (especially on the daf yomi size gemaras)! This is not altogether a pleasant contemplation, as besides a 73 volume set of shas, they are increasing prices on some of the machzorim, and 4 additional single spaced, 8 point typed pages of all the additional price increases.
3. I want to scream at the stupid customers (OK, I've wanted to do that since about day one). Someone came in today and was complaining that a brit milah was called for 7 am, and an elderly relative would not be able to come. "Why can't they call it for later?" Um, because you do a brit milah after shacharit, and typically that's pretty early in the morning on a weekday? Because many people can't afford to take a whole half-day off of work just to go to a brit milah? Oh, I can think of many reasons.
<side note>
That's probably the time that services were called to start. Presumably the actual event will probably occur about an hour later.
</side note>
This is not the stupidest question I have ever gotten. My all time favorite has to be "Do you have any frankincense?" This guy wasn't joking. He was dead serious. I felt bad for him. This was immediately followed by someone I know very well coming up to the counter and saying (in an overdone British accent) "do you have any myrrh?"
I have actually been knitting, between complicated dental visits and working overtime. I started an afghan as a wedding present. It is a log cabin (scroll down to the February 15 entry to get an idea of what it looks like) blanket, done in 4 neutral colors, perfect for draping over any couch or bed, no matter what the decor. I am actually using a synthetic yarn ::GASP:: for this one. While the couple will certainly appreciate the work that went into it, I have doubts about their understanding of the care and feeding of hand knit items.
I also started a coat. It is long, and purple and fun. The fabric is a chunky wool and DK weight baby alpaca held together to make a nice, warm, bulky fabric. The borders (cuffs, collar, etc) are knit from Iro, which is a lovely silk/wool blend in loud purples, blues, greens, pinks and oranges. Just the touch of whimsy that really strikes my fancy. (Points if you can guess the exact purples that I picked. I don't think that my color of Iro is listed.)
That appears to be all for now. Hopefully I will be a better public blogger this year.
1. I am actually pondering the following questions:
- Is there a subject that Maurice Lamm is not an expert in?
- How many baby name books can one person (yes, one person) write?
2. I am actively contemplating the Artscroll publications imminent price increase (especially on the daf yomi size gemaras)! This is not altogether a pleasant contemplation, as besides a 73 volume set of shas, they are increasing prices on some of the machzorim, and 4 additional single spaced, 8 point typed pages of all the additional price increases.
3. I want to scream at the stupid customers (OK, I've wanted to do that since about day one). Someone came in today and was complaining that a brit milah was called for 7 am, and an elderly relative would not be able to come. "Why can't they call it for later?" Um, because you do a brit milah after shacharit, and typically that's pretty early in the morning on a weekday? Because many people can't afford to take a whole half-day off of work just to go to a brit milah? Oh, I can think of many reasons.
<side note>
That's probably the time that services were called to start. Presumably the actual event will probably occur about an hour later.
</side note>
This is not the stupidest question I have ever gotten. My all time favorite has to be "Do you have any frankincense?" This guy wasn't joking. He was dead serious. I felt bad for him. This was immediately followed by someone I know very well coming up to the counter and saying (in an overdone British accent) "do you have any myrrh?"
I have actually been knitting, between complicated dental visits and working overtime. I started an afghan as a wedding present. It is a log cabin (scroll down to the February 15 entry to get an idea of what it looks like) blanket, done in 4 neutral colors, perfect for draping over any couch or bed, no matter what the decor. I am actually using a synthetic yarn ::GASP:: for this one. While the couple will certainly appreciate the work that went into it, I have doubts about their understanding of the care and feeding of hand knit items.
I also started a coat. It is long, and purple and fun. The fabric is a chunky wool and DK weight baby alpaca held together to make a nice, warm, bulky fabric. The borders (cuffs, collar, etc) are knit from Iro, which is a lovely silk/wool blend in loud purples, blues, greens, pinks and oranges. Just the touch of whimsy that really strikes my fancy. (Points if you can guess the exact purples that I picked. I don't think that my color of Iro is listed.)
That appears to be all for now. Hopefully I will be a better public blogger this year.
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Date: 2008-01-17 10:10 am (UTC)(Protoceratops, and Feet of Clay, for the record)
(Although, Feet of Clay has some Judaica in it, and if any dinosaur could knit, it would probably be Protoceratops)