Note: This is written in English because it's my mother tongue and even though I've lived in Israel for ten years and am mostly fluent I'm a lazy bastard and I find it easier to express myself in English. If you have a problem with it, feel free to bugger off ( Read more... )

When New Jersey was hit by Hurricane Sandy, it was disastrous, many people were injured, some dead, there was billions of dollars worth of destruction, and it barely made a dent in the national psyche. Then Manhattan got smacked, and the whole world listened ( Read more... )

Among the many unblogged items that will likely remain unblogged, presented in no particular order.

• The girls are a year old!
• My parents were in town. Much food was to be had by all.
• Papagaio sucks, Baba rocks, and El Gaucho's Meat and Wine seminar was to die for.
• I passed my Ethics exam with 89% even though I only studied past exams for about three ( Read more... )

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This clip has done more for internet humour than CollegeHumor could ever do.
I just found out that a Clapton album I've had for years in MP3 form is actually a bootleg of a live concert. It's probably one of my favourite albums I have, and until today I just assumed it was just another album ( Read more... )

Yaffa: "The place we're going to in Ashkelon has a bomb shelter, right ( Read more... )

22 arrested in right-wing demonstrationItamar Ben-Gvir and Baruch Marzel should be locked up permanently, much like Benny Sela or Marwan Barghouti. They've done enough damage to Israeli society as is, and their damage to Judaism is irreparable ( Read more... )

The Songwriters Association of Canada proposes a $5 monthly fee on subscribers’ Internet bills that would make it legal to download music and hopefully save the failing music industry.

Save the failing music industry.If you couldn't hear, that's me playing a violinist dirge for the failing music industry. My heart bleeds for the industry and ( Read more... )

Extremely good news and cause for jubilation and happiness ( Read more... )

Much ink has been spilled over the past few days over Bush's upcoming trip to Jerusalem, and his political motives. Not much ink has been spilled over the local effect. Businesses will lose almost a week's worth of money, traffic will be stopped up everywhere, and virtually no compensation is going to be given for any of the disruptions to our ( Read more... )