Relax, Rabbi. You can have your Viagra this Passover.

It never fails to surprise me how male-dominated institutions find every loophole imaginable to suit their own needs.

Congress can change the rules about what’s inappropriate if the majority whip gets in trouble.

When Russian democracy gets too out of hand for the old Kremlin boys to manage, they cut back on voting.

When Jewish men realize there’s a rising agent in Viagra (well duh), they find a way to make it kosher during Passover.

Viagra ruled kosher for Passover | News.blog | CNET News.com

Piano Tuning

I’m such a nerd that I find this fascinating – even though I can’t even play chopsticks.

3 Posts from Eric Lippert’s blog:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2005/04/08/406605.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2005/04/13/407908.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2005/04/11/407252.aspx

To save you some reading, it’s about Pythagorean theory on stringed instrument tuning – compromises between perfection and practicality – and a slight mention of why some Beatles songs sound a bit unusual, though still good.