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Silly Site o' the Day

I'm not going to talk about the results of yesterday's interview; suffice it to say I now have a lot to think about, and I'm going to try very hard not to do so at least for the next few days, as I find an actual social life rearing its welcome head once more. Being able to jaunt into Manhattan is certainly a bonus of my temporary unemployment period. Today I meet a friend from the Firesign chat (which circumstances and Robin's birthday caused me to miss last night) and swing 'round to pick up my comics from Midtown; tomorrow Rich Watson and I are planning to take in the Citigroup Center and gawk at the Dunham Group's annual Station train display; and Sunday we've been invited to a Chanukah donut party.

[An aside: Growing up in an Eastern European-derived Jewish tradition, the big Chanukah food at our house was always latkes -- which I still haven't made this year; maybe when I get back from the city this afternoon -- but apparently the eating of Sufganyot (סופגניות) has its origins in Western European Jewry, when German Jewish immigrants settled in Palestine. Both foods are eaten because they're fried in oil, which is the Big Deal Substance on Chanukah. But I digress.]

Also sometime this afternoon it would be really, really nice to catch up on blog reading and job searching and ComicMix writing, but we'll see. At least I can do a Silly Site. Here's one from Keith, a massive collection of generators and other silliness called The Surrealist.