I should be doing Passover cleaning. I'm not. It just looks too daunting.

So, Minnesota still has no Senator.

Someone sent this bit of funny in a letter to the editor in the Star Tribune:

Norm Coleman is doing the "Minnesota Goodbye." That's when your last party guest is about to leave and finally go home but instead they linger by your half-opened front door to chat.

"Well, it's getting late, Norm. ... Thanks for coming. ... Yup, talk to you later, Norm. ... I need to close the door now, Norm, because the cat might get out and there's a cold draft coming in. ... OK, goodbye ... I've got a really early morning tomorrow, Norm. ... Yes, bye-bye now ... Drive home safely, Norm."

Now your guest is in your driveway continuing to talk so loudly you're afraid he'll wake the neighbors. Tired and shivering by your open door, you wonder if this guy is ever going to leave and go home.

So true.

Well, I cleaned up the kitchen a bit, and broke down some cardboard boxes so that I can take them down to the garage tomorrow. That's progress, I guess.

On my LJ flist, someone who is Jewish was mentioning how she wasn't sure what the proper greeting for Palm Sunday was, to wish us Christians a good, or merry, or happy, or blessed one. And I thought... you know, I can't say we ever really bothered to offer a special Palm Sunday greeting. But then, maybe that's just my particular subculture - very fundy, not much interested in Lent or other features of the ecclesiastical calendar. It also made me wonder if I should be wishing my Jewish friends a happy, or good, or blessed... whatever... for each of the Jewish religious holidays.

For pretty much any Jewish holiday except Yom Kippur, "happy" or "good" is fine. For Yom Kippur, "Have an easy fast" is generally best.

So, making and eating a quesadilla counts as Passover cleaning, right? Since it's using up the tortillas?

that's perfect, hil. Multi tasking is good!

That sounds like the very definition of getting rid of the chametz.

Steph and Andi, You know, I'd be really surprised in my friend was NOT ADD. She's known for making plans and forgetting them and other manifestations of 'flakiness.' She says she's really able to focus with the drug and, goodness knows, she's done wonderfully in getting into shape. The extra energy and focus have translated into a good workout ethic.

I was guessing mostly based on the fact that the Adderall helped her focus, rather than making her wired and speeding her brains out. It's not a great way to diagnose ADD, but it's often a diagnosis made on a vague set of symptoms, and then the doctors start an ADD drug to see if the patient responds well. If they do, it's a damn-near certainty that the patient has ADD.

rather than making her wired and speeding her brains out.

She did seem a little speedy to me today but, then again, she's always a bit frenetic. I don't think she's losing sleep or anything.

She says she isn't taking it all the time. I wonder if that could have a bad effect.

I'll suggest she see someone to legitimize the diagnosis.