The Tasha and Dishka Shrine

September 11, 2007

WHOOo! A new clip!

A perfect way to lighten this somber day is a new clip from Tasha and Dishka!

Click here to enjoy the goodness!

It's sort of hard to describe it...its like Tasha remembered something so they rush to the market do some shopping..cook and get nicely dressed and then no one shows up but them. I am sure there is more to it than that...but well...Hebrew impaired strikes again LOL Love the music selection including Patience by GnR. - Their best song IMHO. The funny part well the whole clip was good..but I think it was when Tasha was putting on eyeliner and poked her eye LOL.... What a cool clip!

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Palestinians party on 9/11

Per LGF

Palestinians Party on September 11

Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 8:38:05 am PST

Following yesterdayâ€™s terrorist attack, Palestinians took to the streets, dancing and singing and handing out candy.

A Palestinian Islamic Jihad supporter distributes sweets as he celebrates the rocket attack on an Israeli army base in a street in Gaza City, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

The same way they did on September 11, 2001.

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Remember

The news before the attacks:

The initial bulletins:

The South Tower attack:

The South Tower collapse:

The Pentagon attack:

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Where were you . . .

On 9/11?

I know where I was.

I woke up just in time to see the first tower fall. See at the time I worked the swing shift at Earthlink so it was normal for me to stay up til about 5 am. So, I was probably asleep around 4 am, but I woke up to Greta telling me I had to look at the TV and the sound in her voice was full of tears and shock. I got up just in time to see the tower fall on CNN and I was stunned. I think it took me about 5 min to grasp what was going on. CNN kept cutting to NYC, the Pentagon and then to Pennsylvania. The only thing I remember in my mind was that we were at war. But we did not really know with who. Then I remember seeing the Palestinians dancing in the streets and I remember my blood boiling. I remember calling my mom and my sister...and we were all trying to reach our relative in NYC....his name was Teva. It took us almost two days to reach him and confirm that he was Ok. I remember not wanting to step away from the TV, it seems almost safer to just watch the TV then to go outside and deal with life. When I finally had to go to work (yeah I worked on 9/11 in the evening) I found out my boss's daughter worked in the 73 floor of WTC 2. And my boss was frantically trying to see if his daughter was Ok - she was - we found out. We also had a co-worker who had enlisted in the Navy about 2 months before and was getting ready to go to Basic Training. Prior to 9/11 we joked with him saying...he will have a great time - no wars...he will do his time and get out and use the experience and benefits to get a great job...well 9/11 changed all of that and we were all suddenly worried for him and what might happen. 2 weeks later he left EarthLink and started his service. I think he is still in the Navy now, but I have lost track of him.

That was my day. In front of the TV - listening to every rumor of war, threat of additional attack, trying to contact loved ones and friends to make sure they were all Ok.

Where were you on 9/11? What did you do on that day? How did it change you?

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Never forget

6 years ago today our world changed.

6 years ago today we were awaken from our slumber and had to deal with the world in a way that we never thought possible before. We had to deal with threats in a way that would be different from the past. No longer could we keep our heads in the sand and just sort of shrug off the threats as a horse does to nagging flies. No! We could not let the souls of 2,998 people just disappear as though they never existed. Their lives demanded that we act to prevent more horrible acts against the innocent in our country and abroad. Today we remember the lives of the fallen those who died in the attacks and those who have died protecting the freedoms that we enjoy. May all of them, their families and loved ones find peace.

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September 10, 2007

Attack on an IDF Base

Mere Rhetoric and Soccer Dad are covering it. It seems that Haartz is reporting over 60 injured in a rocket attack

Here is an update from Omri -

Ha'aretz says it's 60 troops and the base was a full km inside Israeli territory. The rocket scored a direct hit on an empty tent that's used for administration during the daytime. Most are light wounds and shock, although about a dozen are more severe. If the wounds are superficial enough, maybe Olmert can get away with not retaliating. We doubt it though. First, 24 ambulances with screaming sirens rushing to the Negev though - that's not only a hell of an image to minimize, but they could just as easily be heading to a schoolhouse in Sderot instead.

What is going to happen next is anyone's guess. Olmert might hesitate to respond militarily, but Barak will. G-d help those injured and bring peace and justice to the land!

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NEW Heep Clip - Braces Off

Yay!!! We have a new heep clip!

Just click here to view it!

This clip is all about her getting her braces taken off. We get to see her go to the dentist and the before and after She looks so happy getting them removed!

Mazel Tov!

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Chatroom is working

I guess this means Steve must have disappeared again! LOL

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Thanks everyone! - and update

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for your kind words and sympathy.

I wish I could say I was shocked about the news of Greta's passing but I wasn't entirely shocked...it was more numb realization that she is truly gone.

I have been in contact with her mother and she is sending me a few items a picture and some other keepsakes and actually some things of mine I gave her at the time she relocated. In the end, I will always be reminded of her whenever I see Cornelius - she got him (well for us really - LOL) for me as a Birthday gift.

Anyway, I just wanted to thank you'll for your kind words they mean alot to me.

Here is a pic of her that I had scanned at work today:

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Interview with the Girls

Thanks Dan for finding this. Enjoy everyone!

What a great clip...only the guy at the end knew who Adi and Lital were! How funny is that!

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September 09, 2007

A voice from the past is back

STEVE is back online! LOL

Wouldnt you know it..the chatroom is down..and Steve is back....a connection..umm...you be the judge. LOL

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Sept 12 @ Sundown

Begins Rosh Hashanah.

Here is the basic lesson:

...In the seventh month, on the first of the month, there shall be a sabbath for you, a remembrance with shofar blasts, a holy convocation. -Leviticus 16:24

Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first and second days of Tishri. In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah means, literally, "head of the year" or "first of the year." Rosh Hashanah is commonly known as the Jewish New Year. This name is somewhat deceptive, because there is little similarity between Rosh Hashanah, one of the holiest days of the year, and the American midnight drinking bash and daytime football game.

There is, however, one important similarity between the Jewish New Year and the American one: Many Americans use the New Year as a time to plan a better life, making "resolutions." Likewise, the Jewish New Year is a time to begin introspection, looking back at the mistakes of the past year and planning the changes to make in the new year. More on this concept at Days of Awe.

The name "Rosh Hashanah" is not used in the Bible to discuss this holiday. The Bible refers to the holiday as Yom Ha-Zikkaron (the day of remembrance) or Yom Teruah (the day of the sounding of the shofar). The holiday is instituted in Leviticus 23:24-25.

The shofar is a ram's horn which is blown somewhat like a trumpet. One of the most important observances of this holiday is hearing the sounding of the shofar in the synagogue. A total of 100 notes are sounded each day. There are four different types of shofar notes: tekiah, a 3 second sustained note; shevarim, three 1-second notes rising in tone, teruah, a series of short, staccato notes extending over a period of about 3 seconds; and tekiah gedolah (literally, "big tekiah"), the final blast in a set, which lasts (I think) 10 seconds minimum. Click the shofar above to hear an approximation of the sound of Tekiah Shevarim-Teruah Tekiah. The Bible gives no specific reason for this practice. One that has been suggested is that the shofar's sound is a call to repentance. The shofar is not blown if the holiday falls on Shabbat.

No work is permitted on Rosh Hashanah. Much of the day is spent in synagogue, where the regular daily liturgy is somewhat expanded. In fact, there is a special prayerbook called the machzor used for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur because of the extensive liturgical changes for these holidays.

Another popular observance during this holiday is eating apples dipped in honey, a symbol of our wish for a sweet new year. This was the second Jewish religious practice I was ever exposed to (the first one: lighting Chanukkah candles), and I highly recommend it. It's yummy. We also dip bread in honey (instead of the usual practice of sprinkling salt on it) at this time of year for the same reason.

This is snipped from Judaism 101

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Tel Aviv Attack Thwarted

From LGF

Another narrowly averted terror attack in Israel, this one aimed at Tel Aviv.

Three pipe bombs were found Sunday in the possession of a Palestinian youth who arrived at the Beit Iba checkpoint, northwest of Nablus. IDF sources reported that the bombs were intended to be used in a terror attack in Tel Aviv.

Sappers defused the bombs and the youth was transferred to security forces for questioning. The defense establishmentâ€™s level of alert is at it highest ahead of the high holidays.

IDF sources said all terror organizations active in the West Bank - Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) - were plotting to carry out terror attacks in Israel and were sometimes cooperating with each other.

Meanwhile, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) head Yuval Diskin said that West Bank terror groups had recently increased their efforts to carry out terror attacks, adding that there had also been an increase in rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.

Lovely people. Letâ€™s give them a state!

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More on my ex fiancee

I am just going to put this out there...Since I really don't know what to say....about the situation...and I really am having a hard time expressing my feelings...its really surreal. Here is about half of the email I had received from her mother.

Hi Robert,
It was a surprise to see an e-mail come in from you.
I am assuming you are still in Phoenix. I thought
you might like to know what happened here.

Greta came back from Phoenix on April 14th last year.
We found a nice apartment for her up across the
Missouri state line in the tiny town of Anderson.
We are only 3 miles from the border anyway.
She needed an address in MO because her psychologist,
Dr. Orlando, was in Joplin MO. She was in and out of
the hospital and on MANY meds of course. After a trip
to the pain doctor for the pain patch we came here to
our house. She was planning to spend the weekend
with us. Her head hurt and she wanted to take a nap
in the afternoon. So she laid down and went to sleep
immediately but she never woke up and had died in her
sleep. This was October 26th, 2006.

The rescue squad said she died of a heart attack.
This is quite common I understand with people of any
age that have been taking a lot of medications for
many years. She was so toxic that the Fentanyl patch
tipped it all over the edge. They said no autopsy was
necessary despite her age. Her cousin Teresa is a
paramedic and said she sees this frequently in young
people.

So far I have only told my sister and I did message a few of our friends in California to let them know. We were together for almost 6 years. Part of me wishes I could have helped more...but after 6 years of being with her my mind is clearly telling me that there was no way I could have stopped this - and that I knew this would have happened if she was here in Arizona. When we tried to reconcile and I picked her up in the airport she already looked vacant and almost dead-like in her eyes. It was probably just a matter of time before her body catched up to her eyes. My body just screamed out that I was making a huge mistake when I saw her. I just feel bad that I couldn't help her and that she died so young.

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Visit from the past

That Qcheup thing has been an interesting experience. Since it had spammed everyone in my contact list on gmail - one of those contacts was my ex fiancee's mother. Today, she wrote me, because of that email - she thought it came from me. In the course of reading it she was giving me an update on Greta and well...I cant really wrap my mind around it. She told me that Greta died. I am just stunned, numb and really don't know what to say.

I hope Greta finds peace that she did not have in this life.

I just got off the phone with my sister - my sister did a search on the Social Security database, she confirmed it.

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September 08, 2007

Friday Night Funnies - A day late

From History of the World Part 1 and Blazing Saddles - These are the best Mel Brooks movies ever....If you want to laugh...Just watch these movies..and there is NO WAY IN HELL you could make these types of movies today. We are far too PC.

Selecting escorts!

History of the world part 1

Lili Von Schtup - I'm so tired!

From Blazing Saddles

Cutt-throats, bull dykes and Methodists

$20.00 Whore

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Clips for a Saturday Evening

From Empire Records:

Edwyn Collins - Never met a girl like

OMC - How Bizarre

What a great jam!!!

New Radicals - You get what you give

Semisonic - Closing Time

If I ever close the blog this will be the final clip I post LOL

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YAY IDF!!!

From Ace!

IDF Counter-Kidnaps Gilad Shalit's Kidnappers

A daring raid.

The sources said that the undercover soldiers entered the Gaza Strip, and carried out their operation near the Rafah Crossing. According to the sources, the undercover soldiers were disguised as grocers riding a donkey-pulled wagon. Sources said they disguised force even chatted with locals near the crossing.
According to the report, the undercover soldiers approached a plot of land belonging to Muhawesh al-Kadi, a senior Hamas official who acts as spokesman of the organizationâ€™s special security forces in Rafah.
Al-Kadi was working his land when the disguised force approached and kidnapped him. The Palestinian sources reported that the operation went quickly and smoothly. The undercover force left Rafah with al-Kadi, and brought him to Israel.

September 07, 2007

Friday Videos

Some cool songs for a Friday!

The Guess Who - These Eyes

This would be a good tribute song!

The Five Stairsteps - Oooh Child

Erik Sermon ft Marvin Gaye - Music

THIS IS THE JAM!!!!! The beat just makes you want to groove!