My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for March/April 2019

Who can find the time for work, family, and my entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for March/April 2019? Moment is a magazine which covers topics of Jewish interest. Multiple entries to the contest are permitted. The drawing is by Benjamin Schwartz. My first entry in this contest is obviously no longer current.

"I'm sorry, but I'm going to need more time to redact the Mueller report."
"I know I used my kids' names for my password, but I can't remember either."
"Just have my assistant fly down for a few rounds of keep away."
"I wanted a staycation but I was outvoted."
"It turns out paradise has everything but wi-fi."
"Boss, what do I do? My kids set a limit on my screen time."
"I've fallen behind. It turns out the wi-fi here is shomer shabbos."
"And that's why I'm known as the maven of multitasking."
"Let me bounce that off the team and I'll get back to you."

June 12, 2019 Update:  The Finalists

October 6, 2019 Update:  The Winner

Glossary of Jewish Humor:  Shomer shabbos refers to people or entities which observe Jewish law on the Sabbath. Thus in the context of my seventh caption here there would be no wi-fi from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. A maven, of course, is an expert. A mikvah is a ritual bath.


Note:  Last year's Moment profile of some of the Caption Contest contestants may be read here.

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The Orlando Weather Report

Last week, as you may have noticed, my blog fare was not especially ambitious. I shared a few amusing license plates and published my first short interview, if you can call it that. In fact, I was deliberately keeping to a light schedule while enjoying a family vacation in Walt Disney World.

Now that it's over, I see that Disney World offers a multitude of opportunities for a blogger as well as several potential pitfalls. The resort is already one of the most photographed areas of the world. I couldn't begin to sort through all that's already online in order to present entirely new content. Still, my selected experiences might be of some value in their own right.

I begin then with the weather in Orlando. Here is Monday's forecast for our vacation week:

The weather forecast in Orlando, FL for Monday August 11, 2014.

That's hardly an auspicious beginning. Thunderstorms were predicted for every day.

In fact, there was thunder and rain every single day, but generally not for very long. We never succumbed to the temptation to carry ponchos or umbrellas, although I personally was weakening. Our vacation time was only mildly disrupted by the inclement weather. On Tuesday, the thrilling airplane finale of the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular at Disney's Hollywood Studios could not be performed because of rain. The famous stone in the opening scene didn't roll either, maybe because it was wet. Then on Thursday in the Magic Kingdom, lightning forced the temporary shutdown of Splash Mountain. Otherwise, we weren't really affected by the weather all that much.

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