Just now posted to our shul's mailing list:

Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 19:39:35 -0400
To: (Recipient list suppressed)
From: Richard Silberman <xxxxxx@xx.edu> (by way of Rona and Dennis Fischman <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.com>)
Subject: [TBB] Making a minyan

Dear Friends,

This coming weekend is, of course, Memorial Day weekend, which calls to mind the famous question in the Mishnah:
from when do we go to the Cape? Shammai says, from Memorial Day weekend. Hillel says, Oy, the traffic! Better you should stay in town and help make a minyan -- and if not now, when? The Mishnah leaves the disagreement unresolved. But bear in mind that on the thousands of college campuses in America, you will not find a single Shammai Organization.

Hope to see you in shul, and a good holiday weekend to all.

Rick

Note for non-locals: "the Cape" is Cape Cod, the sticky-out part of Massachusetts, and a popular weekend getaway spot.

What I did this weekend:

My cousin Todd graduated from dental school.

It's weird. I KNEW he was going to be Dr. Belf-Becker and join the practice, making it "Becker, Becker, Silvius, and Belf-Becker", but it didn't really hit home until I saw the photo of him in his robe, and his robe had velvet stripes on the sleeve.

That's the power of uniforms, isn't it? I was treated by him when he was in residency. He's drilled my teeth. But it's more real to me that he's a doctor because he's got a robe with velvet stripes.