Long Davening, Bad Markets and Cold Weather

1. When I moped about the long davening on Rosh Hashanah (especially the second day), I probably gave people the wrong impression. There is nothing wrong with the davening. In fact, it was very beautiful and the ba'alei tefilah (whom, ironically, I had much to do with recruiting) davened with great skill and immense kavanah. The problem, instead, is with me. I simply don't have the zitsfleish to sit for six and a half hours.

In theory, I could go downstairs to the second minyan which starts a half hour later and usually ends at least a half hour earlier, but I won't. So, I'm stuck.

(Weirdly, I can sit in shul all day (and actually do) on Yom Kippur and it doesn't bother me in the least).

2. Yesterday was the roughest day in the history of my market. Hard to know where the bottom is or whether the bailout plan will have any major impact in the short run. I think not getting it passed on Monday is having lingering negative effects.

3. The weather report for Sunday calls for a high of 65 degrees. That means that when I do my morning bike ride, around 7:30 a.m., it will probably be around 50 degrees. Do you have any idea how cold it gets when you're riding downhill at 30 miles an hour in 50 degree weather? Pretty darn cold. I'm just saying...