The big story here, aside from the Winograd Report, is the weather the last few days. While the snow was coming down in Jerusalem, the heavens opened up in Tel Aviv and brought down buckets of rain (follow links for pictures of the white stuff.) It hasn’t rained much this winter (does it ever, really?) [...]
Archive | January, 2008
Funniest Thing in the World
There’s nothing funnier than hearing “Crank That (Souljah Boy)” come out of a cell phone interrupted by an Israeli woman saying “AH-lo!” Ringtones are ridiculous. Israelis, if you don’t understand this, I can only compare it to some redneck in rural Alabama having “Hinei Ani Ba” by Hadag Nachash on his phone and answering “YELL-o!” [...]
Remember This Name
After these egregious offenses, I have developed what I call “Post-Traumatic Name Syndrome” where I become terrified at the sight of a coffee barista-type with a microphone, just waiting to scream “BAHN-gee” to the delight of everyone nearby. When they lean over to say a name, I jump. Fortunately, to my surprise, they got it [...]
Ech Omrim ‘Walk Down Memory Lane’?
If you’ve been paying attention, you saw that I’ve been looking for an apartment. Well, I was looking, for all of three days. Thanks to Homeless, Israel’s version of Craig’s list, I found something almost immediately, doing it in Hebrew all by myself I might add! Exciting. I’ll be moving just a short walk away [...]
Why am I Not Surprised?
As a follow-up to funniest book in the history of the world, here’s a funny story which reminded me of this frustrating experience. I was at the train station the other day waiting to board a bus to Jerusalem (that’s not a mistake (the “bus at the train station” part, not the part about wanting [...]
Inaugural What War Zone Caption Contest
I feel like this is notable so I’m posting it. Blogger now supports Hebrew and Arabic! What do you have to say about that, my loyal readers? Best caption wins a prize.
Who Wants to Spank a Tree?
I feel like the story of Tu B’shvat was started as some kind of a practical joke and then continued over the years (why does this sound familiar?…Tom Cruise (cough)). The birthday…of the trees? Are we supposed to sing to them? When I got to work today, I was greeted by a nice spread of [...]
