It is hard to be a critic, as these clips demonstrate:

This is one. This is the other.

And of course, there is the middle ground.

Patient: Why would you tell me that?
House: Because I don't like hypocrisy.
Patient: But you don't have a problem with cruelty?

-- From House. Season 3, episode 12 - "One Day, One Room".

There are some episodes that I could have easily written myself. Had I had more writing talent that it.

(and here is the latest in streaming television. Me and ( Read more... )

"Inflammation of the foreskin reminds me of your smile..."

I can't think of a better first line than in Monty Python's Medical Love Song.
The little I managed to understand from this song made me flinch. Now I found this web site which explains each and every term, sometimes too descriptively ( Read more... )

אני יודע שכבר הבאתי את הציטוט הזה במדויק בעבר, אבל לא אכפת לי.

"מומו הקשיבה כך, שאובדי עצות או הססנים ידעו לפתע בדיוק נמרץ מה רצונם. בישנים וחישנים מצאו בלבם הרגשת חרות ואמץ. אמללים ומדכדכי נפש מצאו בטחון ושמחה. ואם היה מישהו סבור שכל חייו החמצו ואין להם שום טעם ותכלית, והוא עצמו רק אחד בין מיליונים, אחד כזה שאינו מעלה ואינו מוריד, ואפשר על נקלה ( Read more... )

חמוס זאת מילה מצוינת

-- Marge, don't discourage the boy. Weaseling out of things is important. It's what separates us from the animals. Except the weasel. - Homer

Last night I had the privilege of being one of the couple of hundreds of people who were first to see the new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Maybe privilege is a too strong of a word.

Honestly, I really haven't made up my mind whether it's a mediocre movie or a plain bad one. True, I was disappointed when I realized that the movie is nothing ( Read more... )

"מומו הקשיבה כך, שאובדי עצות או הססנים ידעו לפתע בדיוק נמרץ מה רצונם. בישנים וחישנים מצאו בלבם הרגשת חרות ואמץ. אמללים ומדכדכי נפש מצאו בטחון ושמחה. ואם היה מישהו סבור שכל חייו החמצו ואין להם שום טעם ותכלית, והוא עצמו רק אחד בין מיליונים, אחד כזה שאינו מעלה ואינו מוריד, ואפשר על נקלה להחליפו באחר כמו שמחליפים קדרה שבורה - והלך האיש וספר כל זאת ( Read more... )

First meeting of the il_latin was held yesterday, conducted by ijon.

I'm sure that both dorable and tryscer will be much more... articulate.. about their personal experience. I, on the other hand, have not made up my mind yet.

Latin has a geek factor of about x8 and a cool factor of about x4 (although it's cool in a geeky sort of way), and the way ijon chose to teach it ( Read more... )

While walking down the street yesterday, I came across one of those 2nd hand markets. Usually I don't hang in these places... Most of what they have there is pure junk. This time I was really bored and didn't have anything else to do, so I started looking around ( Read more... )

I already stated that I am not much of a poetry fan. But I can still admire well written poems. I don't know many of them, even fewer in Hebrew, but "Confession" by Alexander Penn is an excellent poem and Yehudit Ravitz's performance is simply beautiful. Even if the poem itself would suck (and it doesn't) it would still be worthwhile for a sentence ( Read more... )