Holy hafuch, Batman….I don’t know how long I can keep up these 11:30 PM posts…at least not after I get home from work at 9:30 PM. With 24 minutes left in Israel, I need to put this April posting record out of reach. I feel like Barry Bonds in 2001 (minus the steroids). So all [...]
Archive | April, 2008
Dr. Oh My Lord
When you move here, everyone reminds you to STOP CONVERTING INTO DOLLARS. Mostly because you don’t MAKE dollars, so it’s pointless. (If you don’t live here and don’t understand, trust me.) Oh…and then there’s the whole reason of not wanting to have a heart attack. Here is the first Dr. Pepper I’ve ever seen in [...]
More Obsession With English
People are seriously obsessed with English in this country. Need I link to the t-shirts again? In the middle of speaking in Hebrew, someone will just – without warning – say one phrase or part of a sentence in English. I cannot figure out why, which phrases they choose to translate, and at what point [...]
Well, It Was Fun While It Lasted…Get Ready, I’m About to Get Serious Again
Any of my long-time readers notice the serious amount of posts over the last month? Let’s just say that I’ve had a fair amount of time on my hands. April officially became my most prolific month of writing last week and with a few more good days, the previous record of 21 posts in December [...]
Abu Lovitt is Concerned
After talking about it for months, I finally got around to installing Google AdSense on this blog. According to their terms and conditions, I CANNOT encourage people to click on the ads or they will kick me to the internet curb. Let me be clear: I am NOT doing that! (GOOGLE KNOWS EVERYTHING PEOPLE; don’t [...]
List This
Last week, I went to an Israel21c happy hour hosting a group of techie bloggers from the Bay Area with What War Zone??? secret field correspondent “Melissa.” The group was brought over by the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco, presumably to see life in Israel, our impressive hi-tech industry, and so on. Upon entering, Melissa [...]
Do People Lie on Their Resumes Here Too?
Post 2 of 2 today… I’m writing a short humor piece about looking for a job in Israel. Is the process different from in the States or other countries? Job descriptions, interviews, customs, etiquette? Send me any observations or funny stories and we’ll see what happens.
