Monthly Archives: January 2009

Most people’s understanding of the Kabbalah boils down to a vague notion of some mystical wackiness that Madonna inexplicably regards as profound. Despite years of Jewish education, Wallyhood’s own understanding of Kabbalah is drawn mostly from our reading of two novels, Myla Goldberg’s The Bee Season and Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum.

Nonetheless, we’re certain we know more then most of you, so we will affect the easy arrogance of a cocktail party know-it-all and enlighten you: Kabbalah is a school of thought within Judaism that holds that, among other things, mystical truths are hidden within the words of the Torah. …

We don’t know about you all, but Wallyhood found ourselves in tears at the end of Obama’s speech this morning, our babe nestled in Mrs. Wallyhood’s arms.

Now, it’s back to work, but if you’ve got some time today, drop in on Not A Number, where they’ll be celebrating all day. Kara reports:

oh, yes, anyone can come on in for our lil’ party…we’ll prob be throwing shoes at the Bush standup too. deets are only: yummy munchies & drink; incl Obama cookies & champagne; shoe throwing; nerf guns to shoot at the tv when we see any shots of …

The Other Wallingford Blog (henceforth TOWB) uncorked a month or more’s worth of news today. We won’t re-report it, because it’s all there in black and aqua, but here are the highlights:

Blogs galore Obama wants you to bring cans to FamilyWorks (yes, you can!) Cantinetta is awesome (we agree) Joule is awesome and has a sale (we’re going to try it) The good Lord giveth, the good Lord taketh away There’s an auction (we’ll tell you about it in late February so you don’t forget) There’s a web site A web site needs help

There, now go out and …

Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off these streets.

But until then, it’s up to the semi-fictitious East Wallingford Hot Tub Association (EWHA). As we did last week, Wallyhood will be out with fellow EWHAers his Saturday from 10 am until noon, cleaning the streets of East Wallingford of litter and debris.

It may seem like a little thing, but we’re big believers in the Broken Windows Theory, the idea that small things, like a little bit of litter or a few broken windows, can create an impression of chaos and apathy that becomes …

Wallingford got radio!

Wallyhood recently got a tour of the Hollow Earth Radio studios, located in the Latona Ave loft attic of the founders, Garrett and Amber. Hollow Earth is an Internet radio station, broadcasting an eclectic mix of music and interviews 24 / 7, but it’s Internet radio, so don’t bother adjusting your dial.

In early 2007, as members of the band Beast Please Be Still and frequent hosts of house concerts, they found themselves frustrated with the amount of great, interesting music out there that was simply never being heard by most people.

“There’s so much music that …

Wallyhood spent Election Night lighting off fireworks and dancing in the streets on Latona, but we’re not sure where we’re going to spend this Tuesday day. Anyone know of any Inauguration Day specials, happenings or events around the neighborhood?…

We live just a block west of the I-5 ship canal bridge, so people often ask if the noise bothers us. Well, we like to think of it as the roar of a river, like the Mighty Mississip, flowing from Canada to Mexico, and we’re blessed to live on its banks.

Self-deception is our favorite coping mechanism.

Fortunately, we’re getting some help from the state, as well. WSDOT engineers were deployed this past Tuesday and Wednesday near the south concrete portion of the bridge in the eastern shoulder of the express lanes and near the bridge at street level along …