overheard in beit midrash

Israeli to Angli: What's 'mosaic'?
Angli to Israeli: It's when you have lots of little pieces of tile, glued together to make a design
Israeli: *looks VERY CONFUSED*
Second Israeli, learning same material: No, it means Moses wrote it.

obligatory weather post

According to the NY Times, today was the hottest day in New York since Aug. 9, 2001, when it reached 103 degrees. Today it got to 102 in Central Park.

ConEdison, electricity providers for the city, were today expecting enormous demand for electricity to run all the air-conditioners - their forecast was for 13,450 megawatts, a surge they said — fingers crossed — they were prepared for.

“We’re expecting a record today, but we’re not encouraging people to set it,” said Michael S. Clendenin, a spokesman for Con Ed.

Reflecting on the absurdity of a situation where we frantically burn fossil fuels to offset the effects of, er, burning too many fossil fuels.