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During the winter holidays people from all backgrounds come together to share in their common humanity.
Even folks like Senator Orrin Hatch. When he’s not busy fighting marriage equality earning a big fat zero in support of the gays from the Human Rights Campaign or halting health care reform, the Mormon Senator from Utah likes to record music, on his own label. And this Christmas season he has a song for the Jews!
But watch out, first he’ll have you singing about Hanukkah and then it’s a slippery slope into Christmas carols, then you’ll be born again.
Comedian and auteur Keith Ecker joins us to read an essay about growing up Jewish but non-religious in the ultra-conservative Dallas, Texas.
Listen to Keith’s story about how his family had the only house on the cul-de-sac not to have plastic Longhorn cattle dressed up in Christmas lights.
Keith is hosting Essay Fiesta, a reading series, every 3rd Monday of the month at 7 PM at The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square.
In the news:
Gay Porn star Andrew Grand dies from swollowing a plastic baggie filled with pot while being tazered by cops.
Prince Willy of England tries to pass himself off as a TV adventure personality.
Disney’s Tarzan toy is yanked from the shelves because it shows Tarzan yanking on his vine.
A research scientist discovers octopi gathering coconut shells as housing materials.
And Senator Joe Liberman as the “Grinch Who Stole Health Care.”
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Is Keith Jewish where it counts? I wasn’t clear on that.
Like:I bet yes. Most Americans are.
Like:Lol, rrrrriight.
Oh wait, did u mean being cut?
Like:n/m ^_^.
I didn’t mean cut, I meant do he got that sch-long that makes the boys go oooooYyyyyy!
Like:My member is kosher for Passover.
Like:Pull up a plate!
Like:Grammar Girl has this to say about the Cacti/Octopi question:
Like:“You’re right that foreign words sometimes keep their foreign plural, especially when they aren’t commonly used words. Fungus comes from Latin and the proper plural is fungi, for example. But most words that came into English through Latin or Greek take the standard -es to make them plural. The proper English plurals are octopuses, hippopotamuses, Pegasuses, cactuses, and so on*. There are varying forms of acceptance for forms like octopi, hippopotami, and cacti — for example, cacti is more common among people who work with plants — but it’s usually safest to go with the -es for plurals (4).”
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-comments.aspx
Thanks jsethanderson!
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