songbird's crazy world

 

  According to CoolKidFacts, November is a shopaholic’s dream month with the various promotions kicking off early on around the globe. Build your playlist of songs inspired by things on your holiday wish list to “shop” specific songs/lyrics. Just have fun! Hmmmm…. Shania shops Jimmy’s girl shops Patti doesn’t shop Maybe a dog? You might want to shop around Madonna doesn’t have to shop  And the Beatles don’t want to shop

In 2017, Proud Boys shouted "Jews will not replace us" as they marched through Charlottesville, Virginia. Today the anti-zionists are in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA. They’ve targeted six Jewish and/or Israeli owned restaurants, shouting “Zios must go.” Targeted by the far right.  Targeted by the far left. But what they didn’t expect this time:  they wanted a boycott but created a Jewish food festival, lines out the door at each of the six restaurants. And well wishers were encouraged to buy gift cards and donate them to Jewish charities.  The restaurants win, the charities win, and the idiots who started this … sorry not sorry. Targeting small businesses isn’t peaceful protest.  Intimidating restaurant owners doesn’t help children in Gaza.  Creating chaos in Center City does not address the policies of the Israeli government or help Palestinians. On the eve of  Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass … it’s clear what their intentions were. ...

Yesterday’s destination: Yes, the Meadowlands.  In the shadow of MetLife Stadium. And what brought us to lovely Secaucus, NJ? Wicked Gluten Free The nation’s biggest gluten free expos are brought to us by Wicked Gluten Free. I’d been to one of their festivals on Long Island in May 2024, about a year after my diagnosis.  It was fun to explore all the different vendors, fun to eat whatever I wanted without having to read a label or ask a lot of questions.   So when I heard they were doing an expo in the Meadowlands…it’s about an hour and a half away from our home, definitely worth the effort. There were a lot of vendors at this expo, some national brands and some small businesses.  Many were handing out free samples. There were also food trucks.  We had planned to buy lunch, but I was so full from the free samples … We came home with two full shopping bags. I almost cried when I tasted one brand of stuffing .  Stuffing was always my favorite thing at Thanksgi...

  One Less Set of Footsteps Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to  answer the questions, however, and here is today's questions! Saturday 9: One Less Set of Footsteps (1973) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it  here . 1) Jim Croce sings that "tomorrow is a dream away." What are you dreaming about today? Thanksgiving 2) He promises that his lover will soon hear one less voice a-talking. Who is the most recent person you spoke to? (Texts, e-mails and IMs don't count.) I was on the phone with a business contact. 3) He admits that he and his lover have run out of things to say to o...

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