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JewFest ’07

Last night movie night carried a special theme with it.

Jewish Passover

In our planning I didn’t think we’d even have any Jews there. As the night got under way we got into a discussion about the spelling of Kippah (pronounced Yamacka) and to my surprise Mitchell revealed himself to be our local Jewish expert. He grew up Jewish and celebrated passover with his family.

Feeling legitimized by our new found jewishness we moved forward with vigor. We made kippahs with pride. Everybody designed their own and we clipped the makeshift kippahs to our heads. Rad? Sweet? What’s the word I’m looking for? Ah, yes, awesome… dot com. Enjoy the pictures.

We even put a plate out for Elijah but he never showed. I don’t blame him, all he got were chips, onions and wannabe Matzoh.

For anyone curious, we made Passover Chicken and Chips, Mini Potato Knishes, Asparagus and Jolly Rancher kool-aid. Everything was kosher…at least I assume the kool-aid was.

My Elephant Poo Journal

Today was indeed awesome; for I received my long awaited journal. A few weeks ago I lost my notebook that I use for writing things(but I still know where my notebook is that isn’t for writing things…).
Elephant poo journal

I was bummed but luckily boingboing had a story about a new paper company called Elephant Poo Paper.

That’s right, the paper and the journal pictured above is made from elephant feces.

I had fun at work getting people to smell it and touch it before telling them what it was. Lauren was a good victim and let me take pictures of her reactions.

Good Paper:
Despite it’s questionable origins the poo paper does not smell. At least not like poo. Jon suggested that it smells like hemp. I think he’s right but maybe it smells a bit more like African grass.

I’m going to start using it today and I’ll let everyone know if I get sick or if the paper is weird. The paper looks really good and has a cool feel to it.