Allah is depressed. Hot Air traffic is down. That’s probably because I’m not reading the site as much as I was before I became Haftarah Study Girl. (Don’t have the tropes down yet, but I did cut my haftarah mp3 into 1- and 2-minute chunks to help me work on individual trope, and thanks, Audacity, you effing rock).
So go over and check out Hot Air. Not just to cheer up Allah. (And by Allah, we mean Allahpundit the blogger, not that faux—well, I better stop here, don’t want a fatwa out on me.) But because Hot Air has some of the best reading material in the blogosphere. It’s got a nice mix of original commentary, funny or interesting YouTube videos, and excerpts of the hot issues of the day.
Hey Meryl, I’m a haftarah reader (and occasional Torah, too), so if there’s something I could do, let me know. I live in SF, CA, so if you wanted to call someone in the middle of the night your time & sing at them or ask a trope-related question, I’d be happy to help. Email me at the above address to get my number. Congratulations on your willingness to make the effort!
(I was never bat-mitzvahed but was in Hebrew School with my older brother. It wasn’t until my own son was studying for his bar mitzvah that I realized my dream of learning the haftarah trope… Then, after a couple of haftarahs, our Ba’al Koreh challenged me to learn Torah…)
What’s the world coming to when Meryl has to drum up traffic for HotAir!
Perhaps they’d have more traffic at HotAir if they featured Shire Network News’s acerbic brand of anti-Jihadi humour. Just a guess.
And hey, who knew your finely honed Audacity skills from sending in contributions to SNN would actually have a real use one day!