This week online there was a flood of AI conversion of images to a Studio Ghibli format. People are fascinated by this instantaneous artform at incredible ease.
One such image posted this week on Twitter/X caught my eye. Someone (it … Read the rest
This 2025, UAlbany’s Great Dane “Damien” reached first place in the SUNY Mascot Madness bracket after a frenzy of online voting finally pushed UAlbany ahead. We got into it when UAlbany was a finalist and I know that many of … Read the rest
I saw this “Tricky Weekend Setup” image from a local weatherman Steve Caporizzo explaining the challenge of pinpointing Albany’s forecast this last weekend in March. It so happens that we are situated along the mid-state line where the cold front … Read the rest
For Purim this year we’re decked out in blue safety vests, with a Purim-smile logo, and our Mishloach Manot (Purim food gifts) come packed in small cardboard boxes with an Amazon-spoof sticker label (nicely created by our son Moshe) with … Read the rest
Deuteronomy (Devarim) 8:8 speaks of “A land of wheat and barley, of grape-vines, figs and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and date-honey.”
On Tu-Bishvat, the Jewish New Year for Trees (usually in February), it is customary to partake of … Read the rest
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