We’ll say kaddish for your bachelorhood. <snicker>
How come someone named Christian knows those words? Who’s sitting shivah with you?
For those of you with reservations about the DopeDinner, we now have a reservation for the DopeDinner.
Ask for the ‘Cecil Adams’ party.
Well, depending on how many show up, we might even have a minyan! Not counting me, of course, I’ll just kibbitz.
Billdo, just make sure that John’s has lots of nice, low boxes and stools for us to sit on.
And to answer your question - one of my friends from high school became ba’al teshuva (meaning she grew up not very observant but became orthodox), and one of my two closest “grown-up” friends grew up modern-orthodox in Brooklyn.
To explain some terms for everyone else: kaddish is a prayer for the dead. Shiva is a period of mourning:
Minyan is “The quorum necessary to recite certain prayers, consisting of ten adult Jewish men.”
Kibbitzer is “one who looks on and often offers unwanted advice or comment.”
This moment has been sponsored by the Ask the Gay New Yorker named Christian with Jewish Friends thread.
We’ll be setting aside a portion of Thursday’s entertainment for the “some of my best friends are Jewish” segment. ;j
Moderator! Intervention! Help!
('k, so I deserved that…:))
So I’ll go back to my roots for a final, weary, conclusive-
Uff da.
And mainly at me.
Well, here’s a big fat surprise: I’m sick. Not deathly ill, but not feeling so hot. The really interesting thing is, I got really sick last fall during a big event week for my office-- guess what, it’s that event week again. I swear I’m not doing it on purpose.
I’m peeved. I doubt now that I’ll be seeing you guys tomorrow night, because I’m probably not going to work either. But at least I’ll be at the NYC MegeDope Fest in January!
Awwwww, Rosebud, feel better.
My advice to you is to stay in bed all day having herbal tea and saltines, and then come out later for some medicinal pizza.
Mmmmmmm … medicinal pizza.
Stll heavily considering wether or not I can make it. It isn’t just the travel time, I have a bad back, and I may not be up to getting down there. I’d really like to, though.
I’m interested to see what Dopers do when they actually have to react to eachother in realtime.
Seems kind of unnatural. 
beerchick and I work for an accounting firm. One of our clients is Windows on the World. Our company is giving $75 per employee to spend on Oct 11th (next Thursday) at one of the restaurants participating in Windows of Hope. Beerchick suggested a Thursday DopeDinner. Our company will match 10% any monies employees and their party spend on Oct 11 in the participating restaurants.
I’ma bring the list of restaurants. You can also check them out on the link above.
I fixed the link for you.
[Edited by DrMatrix on 10-04-2001 at 03:57 PM]
Change my “maybe” to a “definitely.”
I’m not sure if I can make it in time for the pizza, but there is a bar I am rather fond of in the area, Siberia. I might be hitting it after John’s, so if anyone wants to join me…
But I’ll probably be hiding in the Russian Vodka Room.
Ahah!!! I just found out that I will have tomorrow off. That means I will almost certainly show up tonight. Neat. Green Bean, as you have personally e-mailed me to correct my silly spelling mistake in the past … prepare yourself, for I am …
GORGON HEAP!!! The Nefarious!!! The Grand Manooch!!! and The Willomying Mattress Tester!!!
Biggirl - that looks really cool.
Did someone say vodka?
Yep, vodka here. 
Now I’m wavering…hmmm…come to think of it, I believe I am more in the mood for my latter suggestion. 265 W 52nd.
Well it’s just about 4:00 and I still have a place to live and no disasters have struck. . .looks like I’m gonna make it. Although . . .this God cat I hear so much about seems to have a real nice sense of irony and all that so let’s see if I can stay alive for the next 2 1/2 hours.
DaLovin’ Dj
Wow. John’s is a great place. That giant mural of Manhattan (insert mod joke) was one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while. The food was great (way to order guys!!! Type A’s rule!!!), the drinks were plentiful, but there just seemed to be one problem. The table was all slanted, or maybe the floor wasn’t level, because all the beer kept ending up on our side of the table. Pitcher after pitcher. I think Pixellent, Gorgon Heap, Dr. Matrix and myself should be watched very closely when near the beer. Luckily we had Billdo to snag the pitchers from the other end. I mean. . . it was the table. . .or the floor. . maybe . . .
As usual, the conversation was hilarious (even with half the table leaving to smoke - I think the tobacco pizza idea could make us millions) and I’m gonna have to make it to the Megadopefest. Smooth sailin’ to you Billdo, stay safe. Cajun Man I just may take you up on that New York Jazz education offer one of these days. I still have my beatnik hat around here somewhere.
And I just wanted to apologize to all of you for not bringing my nuts for everyone to feel. I won’t forget next time.
DaLovin’ Dj
Why thank you, ** dj**! As you recall, the Tomacco Pizza was my idea, and with Homer Simpson losing the rights to his marvelous Tomacco™ product, I believe all the cash should go to me!!!
Ha ha!!
But yeah, it was a great time. Too bad you had to leave early. Mrs. Heap and I hung out until about 1:30 or so … I think.
We were all pretty trashed, I think. Me especially. But that’s why I have off today!!!
Bwa-Ha-Ha!!!