Do you smell it, people? No, it’s not turkey and stuffing….it’s Haveil Havalim, issue #193. This is the weekly “blog carnival” of the Jewish/Israeli blogosphere, created by Soccer Dad and currently maintained by our friend Jack. When I asked Jack to explain the whole carnival concept to me, he responded by sending the fattest man [...]
Archive | November, 2008
New Employee
Without further ado, I would like to welcome my newest co-worker: CHUMUSFACE. Look at him working, folks! Can you feel the excitement???
Chumusface Returns!
You better believe it, baby! It’s everybody’s favorite ongoing saga: Chumusface is back, meowing like he owns this place. My co-worker just screamed “LECHI!” (GO!) at it and it obliged. Amazing-even the animals here speak Hebrew. And by the way, yes, it bothers me that both animals and five-year olds speak better than I do. [...]
Live Blogging an Animal Walking around My Office
In case you didn’t hear, there are roughly 46 million cats in Israel. That may or may not include the one which has camped out in the middle of our office. This would definitely be one of those moments where I’m looking around, pinching myself, and asking, “Am I the only one who finds this [...]
Back to School
It’s not just a Rodney Dangerfield movie anymore. I really need to get my tooseek back to Ulpan. I’m looking for something one night a week. The only one you ever hear about is Ulpan Etzion. Jerusalemites: any recommendations for an Ulpan in this city or is Etzion the way to go? On another note, [...]
Agadir Burger Bar: A Different Kind of Service
Good morning, my loyal readers! Have you worked up a hearty appetite yet? If you have and you’re craving a good hamburger, you have a few options. I personally don’t love hamburgers so much here as they just don’t taste the same as good American burgers in my opinion. In Tel Aviv, I know of [...]
What’s So Funny?
Want to know what’s HOT? My cable company, that’s what’s HOT. It’s either that or YES, the two choices of cable companies in Israel. I haven’t had cable in the two years I’ve lived here…well, not until now anyway. My two roommates have cable which means that I have no more excuses for not sitting [...]
