We attended excellent Rosh Hashanah services yesterday. In at 9:30, out at 12:30 followed by post shofar kibitzing. While sitting and standing in the pews, we had an excellent idea for the 8,000 word short story we have to submit (looks at watch) in nine freakin' days. Uh oh. Yes, the story is gonna get kinda Jewy.
Speaking of Jews, the Israelis rang in 5785 with a bang, bombing a massive bunker complex deep beneath Beirut, and seemingly killing Nasrallah's successor, Hezbollah's Shura council, and some IRG officers. Why can't Hezbollah keep its leadership alive? Reader(s) know why. The imams are right. The Jew is clever. Meanwhile the ground offensive in Lebanon continues. Sources we follow are optimistic.
Still no Israeli strikes on Iran. There's furious online debate about what the Israelis should hit. The hawks want to strike Iran's nuclear program, now's the time, they argue. Others say Israel should attack Iranian military sites. The more creative types want to destroy the Iranian oil industry. This blog asks why not attack all three? [No seriously-Ed]. Okay...we must dwell on this. A smart, charismatic and let us admit, handsome man wrote a novel about an Israeli attack on Iran.
Notes on the Mets/Brewers contest. Unlike the somnolent Braves fan base, Milwaukee fans were out and cheering. Good on them. We see Brewers Girl is back behind home plate. The Mets were down 2-0 in the top of the 9th. They had no business coming back to win. When the Mets' Pete Alonso came up with two on and one out, we said to Mrs. Stroock, 'He hasn't gotten a big hit all year.' To quote a great baseball announcer, I don't believe what I just saw! Here's the call from Mets' broadcast legend Howie Rose. Just a great call from a lifelong Mets fan. He deserved it. And look at this, on the team plane. Well deserved, Howie. Ye, to Mr. Rose.
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