http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/ Home of Adam's ever-growing web persona, Stam. en-us 2007-05-11T22:12:42+10:00 http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/archives/003023.html I've had this Macbook now since... ::checks the tracking number in his Gmail box:: ...March 16th. Ish. Almost two months, now. And how is it going, you might ask?... Mac adam 2007-05-11T22:12:42+10:00 http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/archives/003017.html >_ I knew applying for a Green Card was going to hurt my (our) wallet. (You did know I got married, right?) But I didn't expect it to really hurt!... adam 2007-03-24T06:49:03+10:00 http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/archives/003016.html ...weep? Cheer? Well, you decide. *clicks button on stopwatch, to see when/if anyone from the Meadehall notices*... adam 2007-03-20T09:22:32+10:00 http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/archives/003014.html No, I'm not dead either! Just married and working and stuff. *does some spring-spam-cleaning*... adam 2007-03-18T18:33:38+10:00 http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/archives/002919.html Right. Back on track, now. Mishnah 7 is the second-last to deal with the House-argument. (Or at least the current House-argument; there are many, many more of them.) This one talks about sales and aiding others in their work. The... Torah adam 2006-06-14T03:15:35+10:00 http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/archives/002911.html I didn't tell either artist... But I asked two different artists to draw the same character. Here's what the second artist came up with.... adam 2006-05-30T10:48:04+10:00 http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/archives/002906.html I've finally created a character I liked so completely enough (despite some weaknesses at her created level and current level) to ask for an artist I know to do a commission. And she's good. (Warning, image-intensive.)... adam 2006-05-22T06:08:45+10:00 http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/archives/002905.html The scholars from the House of Shammai continue to add specific cases (or examples) of non-involving tasks that take considerable time. Even though you do not have to be present and actively involved in them, the House of Shammai forbade... Torah adam 2006-05-18T23:58:05+10:00 http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/archives/002901.html The first of the four rulings: The House of Shammi ruled that, on Friday, one should not begin soaking ingredients for ink or dye, or begin soaking animal feed, unless there was enough time left before nightfall to complete the... adam 2006-05-16T08:18:16+10:00 http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/archives/002900.html This Mishnah is more an introduction to the next...one, two...four. It tells a story of one occasion when quite a few sages went to visit a sick colleague. Finding that there were quite a few sages present, they sat down... adam 2006-05-12T08:05:48+10:00 http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/archives/002898.html Mishnah 3 continues with the theme from Mishnah 2 - staying away from things which may bring you to transgress by forgetfulness. Professionals should not leave with their tools close to Friday afternoon. If they do, they may find themselves... Torah adam 2006-05-11T03:01:46+10:00 http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/archives/002895.html This Mishnah speaks about things that one should not do on Friday afternoon, close to sunset - but commentators note that this applies also to weekdays, for a very similar reason. Simply put and condensed, one should not enter into... adam 2006-05-09T09:55:40+10:00 http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/archives/002894.html (For those who don't know what Mishnah is, see Wikipedia's reference on the word Mishnah. Caution, lots of detail.) Although I've got a blog entry in the making, it's rather long and will take me quite a bit more time... adam 2006-05-08T02:05:46+10:00 http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/archives/002880.html Random musings collected over the first few no-Internet days of the festival...... adam 2006-04-17T13:38:26+10:00 http://mt.confusticate.com/adam/archives/002877.html Baruch HaShem, I’ve begun settling in. I’ve now been here in the US more than a week - and a busy week indeed its been. So far I’ve got transport (a small bike, but it goes), a cell phone (I... adam 2006-04-10T10:52:36+10:00