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Necessary Distraction

by Tom Levenson|  April 7, 201412:22 pm| 46 Comments

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Hey, all.

Sad family news hit last week, so my already sporadic bloggery is going to get even more sketchy for a while.  But I did run across something this morning that was genuinely cheering.  Being a generous soul, I thought I’d share:

Yiddish is a delightfully expressive language, is it not?

Open thread.

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  1. 1.

    TooManyJens

    April 7, 2014 at 12:28 pm

    I’m sorry about your sad news. We’ll be thinking of you.

  2. 2.

    Betty Cracker

    April 7, 2014 at 12:31 pm

    I’m so sorry you’ve received sad news. A lot of that going around lately.

    So glad you shared that video, though! Fantastic musicians, and like you said, cheering.

  3. 3.

    Violet

    April 7, 2014 at 12:36 pm

    Sorry about the sad news. Best to your family.

  4. 4.

    scav

    April 7, 2014 at 12:40 pm

    May it be as easy as it may be.

  5. 5.

    EconWatcher

    April 7, 2014 at 12:44 pm

    A few years ago, a klezmer band put out a holiday album called, “Oy to the World: A Klezmer Christmas.” I liked that.

  6. 6.

    pharniel

    April 7, 2014 at 12:45 pm

    Fucktons of Sympathy Tim F.

    Postmodern Jukebox continuously doles out the awesome.
    There’s a Patron campaign if you’d like to give these fine folks a few dollars per vidja.

    Their other bit of upbeat

  7. 7.

    pharniel

    April 7, 2014 at 12:46 pm

    I guess you can’t embed so have another video

  8. 8.

    eric

    April 7, 2014 at 12:46 pm

    sorry for the bad news

    Here is a time sink, if y’all have never seen the Numberphile videos…here is the NSA and Futurama ones

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulg_AHBOIQU

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzjaDKVC4iY

    ENJOY

  9. 9.

    eric

    April 7, 2014 at 12:48 pm

    this is the futurama

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJDiZi9dqOg

  10. 10.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 7, 2014 at 12:53 pm

    So sorry about the sad news, Tom. Hugs and thanks for your wonderful posts. Come back with more when you can.

  11. 11.

    Punchy

    April 7, 2014 at 12:53 pm

    Fucktons of Sympathy Tim F.

    New metric units to a ghostwriter? Man bites dog. Only at BJ.

  12. 12.

    Elizabelle

    April 7, 2014 at 12:53 pm

    Best to you, Tom.

    Thanks for the video.

  13. 13.

    Marc

    April 7, 2014 at 12:53 pm

    Sorry for the sad news, whatever it is.

  14. 14.

    Tommy

    April 7, 2014 at 1:02 pm

    Sorry to hear. I dealt with a very sick mother last year and it was taxing beyond words.The only benefit is she is better and it got our family closer.

  15. 15.

    aimai

    April 7, 2014 at 1:02 pm

    I’m very sorry to hear that, Tom. Here’s a link to a song that really moves me, in these times. I’m sorry to say that I’m not skilled enough to remove the advertisement they put in front of it. Warren Zevon’s “Keep Me in Your Heart For a While.”

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    April 7, 2014 at 1:03 pm

    So sorry about your sad news, Tom. Sending good thoughts.

  17. 17.

    StringOnAStick

    April 7, 2014 at 1:04 pm

    All the best to you, Tom.

  18. 18.

    EconWatcher

    April 7, 2014 at 1:05 pm

    @EconWatcher:

    I should not have omitted, very sorry about your news.

  19. 19.

    Gex

    April 7, 2014 at 1:14 pm

    @Punchy: I’ve been using “a metric fuck ton” as a unit of measure for quite some time.

  20. 20.

    schrodinger's cat

    April 7, 2014 at 1:17 pm

    I wish you well and hope that Tikka is taking good care of you.

  21. 21.

    schrodinger's cat

    April 7, 2014 at 1:18 pm

    BTW I can has first pg this weekend on both ICHC and ICHC/lolcats!

  22. 22.

    Origuy

    April 7, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    Sorry for your news, Tom.

    I saw the Irish-American band Solas yesterday in a little club north of Santa Cruz. Their latest album is a theme album, about the Irish who settled in Butte, Montana to work the copper mines. Tell God and the Devil

  23. 23.

    Ash Can

    April 7, 2014 at 1:27 pm

    Condolences to you and yours, Tom.

  24. 24.

    OzarkHillbilly

    April 7, 2014 at 1:28 pm

    Stay strong.

  25. 25.

    Chris

    April 7, 2014 at 1:39 pm

    Whatever the sad news is, I am sorry for it, and if at all possible hope things get better.

  26. 26.

    pharniel

    April 7, 2014 at 1:42 pm

    Oh bloody bumblefuck – Tom not Tim. Second time that’s happened today.

    I should be allowed to take a Mulligan and start the day over tomorrow.

    also too, fucktons are a time honored measurement.

  27. 27.

    Howard Beale IV

    April 7, 2014 at 1:44 pm

    Talk about sad family news-Peaches Geldof, dead, age 25, leaves behind two young children.

  28. 28.

    srv

    April 7, 2014 at 1:47 pm

    Condolences.

  29. 29.

    Mnemosyne

    April 7, 2014 at 1:49 pm

    Unfortunately, sad family news has been going around a lot lately. Good luck with yours.

  30. 30.

    Villago Delenda Est

    April 7, 2014 at 1:53 pm

    Like everyone else, sorry about the sad news.

    OT, but to cheer everyone up, Noisemax has picked a new RINO to go after:

    Jeb Bush: Illegal Immigration an ‘Act of Love’

  31. 31.

    Violet

    April 7, 2014 at 1:53 pm

    @Howard Beale IV: That’s sad. Seems awfully young. Wonder what happened.

  32. 32.

    Kristine

    April 7, 2014 at 1:57 pm

    Good thoughts for you and yours.

  33. 33.

    Suzanne

    April 7, 2014 at 2:03 pm

    Hugs, Tom. Keeping you and yours in my thoughts, FWIW.

  34. 34.

    ranchandsyrup

    April 7, 2014 at 2:05 pm

    Thoughts and prayers for yr family, Dr. Tom.

    I “forgot” how my bonus structure/payouts work and got a pleasant surprise when I went into my accounts to pay bills this morning, which was really nice. Will go to savings for our daughters. :)

  35. 35.

    satby

    April 7, 2014 at 2:12 pm

    Sorry to hear things are tough right now Tom. Our thoughts are with you at this time.

  36. 36.

    MomSense

    April 7, 2014 at 2:32 pm

    Sorry to hear about your sad news, Tom. Will keep you in my thoughts.

  37. 37.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 7, 2014 at 2:34 pm

    @Violet: According to the Beeb, police are calling it “sudden and unexplained.”

  38. 38.

    burnspbesq

    April 7, 2014 at 2:45 pm

    Sorry to hear of your sad family news. Hang in there.

  39. 39.

    Southern Beale

    April 7, 2014 at 2:46 pm

    Right-wingers are all class.

    Oh and keep telling me how the war on women is fake, guys. k’thx….

  40. 40.

    Amir Khalid

    April 7, 2014 at 2:51 pm

    @Southern Beale:
    Hmm … That looks rather like Arnold’s competition-era body under Jerry Brown’s head.

  41. 41.

    Violet

    April 7, 2014 at 3:08 pm

    @burnspbesq: How are you holding up? How was (is?) the family gathering?

  42. 42.

    JPL

    April 7, 2014 at 3:28 pm

    Tom, As the others have said before me, hugs and take care. We’ll be waiting here for your return.

  43. 43.

    Villago Delenda Est

    April 7, 2014 at 3:30 pm

    And here we see Jonathan Chait burnishing his Villager cred.

    “Both sides do it”

    Fuck Chait. With the remnants of Theon Lovejoy’s dick.

  44. 44.

    CaseyL

    April 7, 2014 at 4:03 pm

    Very sorry to hear your family has been hit with bad tidings. Definitely will keep you in my thoughts.

    I really like Klezmer music. It’s one of those genres that really shows off its anthro-archeological bones, too, with phrases and tonality that sound (to me, anyway) Moorish/Arabic, possibly Celtic, and FSM knows what else.

  45. 45.

    J.

    April 7, 2014 at 4:10 pm

    Oy gevalt.

    Who knew Jason Derulo was Jewish?

    (They should have titled their version “Talk Yiddish.” But what do I know. I’m just a long-suffering Jewish mother who likes to listen to Top 40 radio.)

  46. 46.

    the Conster

    April 7, 2014 at 6:05 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Godfuckingdamn I want white men to SO shut.the.fuck.up about opining about racism.

    ETA: and sexism, and everything else, really.

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