Thursday, August 25th Seems like it’s been a while….how about another blog entry from Ben-Gurion? Ahh, nothing sparks my creative juices than sitting at the airport at 5 AM. I love it every time. I’m not even kidding. I’m flying to the States again for a vacation. Or “holiday” as some might call it (we’ll [...]
Archive | August, 2011
Is Ted Turner Dead? He’s Definitely Rolling in Something
If we’re talking stereotypes: Israelis may be rude….. ….but Americans are dumb. You know why his whereabouts are unknown? Because you’re looking in the wrong country, morons. Yes, the Middle East is very confusing. Next thing we know, Wolf Blitzer will be reporting from here. Thanks to Google Images for letting me use Amir [...]
HELP: In Search of Extras and Musical Instruments
“This is why I have a blog, take II.” I’m filming a video tomorrow for a Jewish organization and it’s happening at the 90th minute as we say in Hebrew. For the Americans out there, it’s just after the two-minute warning and the home team has no time outs left. (Mah zeh “first and ten”?) [...]
Top 10 Uses of the Guardian Newspaper
Just a couple of hours ago, as reported by the Guardian, “Southern Israel was hit by what appeared to be a series of attacks on Thursday as two vehicles were fired on near the Egyptian border and a group of soldiers were hit with heavy weapons.” Appeared to be. As my genius friend Tal responded, [...]
Five Years in Israel: What Does Aliyah Look Like?
On August 9th/10th, 2006, I did the craziest, boldest, scariest, and most exciting thing I have ever done: move to Israel. Where have the last five years gone? I have been anticipating this day for some time now and I knew I’d have to mark it on my blog (if not also in real life), [...]
Just Call Me Doctor
We’ve already discussed the Israeli postal service’s amazing ability to deliver poorly addressed mail in this tiny country. And we’ve looked at some of the many ways my name is butchered (“Ben-Gay”, anyone?) Apparently somebody is testing the mailman. With my five-year aliyah anniversary just days away, I’m happy to see at least one person [...]
