11 Dec Another Award-Winning Moment in Egged Customer Service
This just in from a friend of mine...
Israelis Make Me Laugh
08 Dec Nope, No War Zone Here, Keep Moving
From a fruit juice stand in Tel Aviv. Rimon in English is pomegranate. Well...
04 Dec Don’t Expect This Person on ‘Name That Tune’ Anytime This Century
First things first: Well, lookee who got quoted in the first paragraph of this Jpost story about intermarriage. Seems the author liked my piece about the GA. Next: the Comedy for Koby event last night was great. Several more shows happening around the...
29 Nov This is Not Your Father’s Haveil Havalim (Issue #193)
Posted at 23:49h
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Do you smell it, people? No, it's not turkey and stuffing...
27 Nov New Employee
Posted at 05:05h
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Without further ado, I would like to welcome my newest co-worker: CHUMUSFACE. Look at him working, folks! Can you feel the excitement???...
27 Nov Chumusface Returns!
Posted at 01:34h
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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...
26 Nov Live Blogging an Animal Walking around My Office
Posted at 04:47h
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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,...
25 Nov Back to School
Posted at 23:58h
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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...
25 Nov 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...
24 Nov 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...