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30 Sep If Cleanliness is Next to Godliness, Why is There Nothing Next to the Washing Machine?

Two comments regarding this recent post: 1) Kibbutz Galuyot is not a kibbutz. It’s a phrase which means “ingathering of the exiles”. 2) About my roommate yelling “die!”: I remember hearing stories years ago about Israeli mothers in the States yelling that at...

29 Sep ‘Mazal Tov! You’re a Human Being!’

Posted at 10:47h in I Love This Place, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

I turned the big 32 this week and I’m not going to lie: it feels unquestionably, unequivocally, absolutely, significantly, and completely different from 31. Pop quiz: what do people say here on your birthday? Need more time? No cheating! Do kids still use #2 pencils in 2006? Ok, I’ll...

18 Sep You Have GOT to Be Kidding…

Posted at 14:25h in Israelis Make Me Laugh, Life on the Home Front, Now I'm Just Being Silly, Once in a While I Just Have to Vent, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 2 Comments

Two days after move-in and a long road lies ahead. Dirty floors, not much furniture, and no time to address either. Work is way too busy (a topic I won’t address here), and I was exhausted and in a rotten mood when I...

14 Sep Year Course Begins…Let’s Hike!

Posted at 14:44h in Current Events, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Now I'm Just Being Silly, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

Thanks for tuning in, loyal readers. As I wrote, work has been crazy. The little monsters (not so little really, no monsters thusfar) arrived from the States and the UK a week and a half ago, ready for fun. Only two...

13 Sep Busy, busy, busy

Posted at 15:28h in Miscellaneous, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

Don’t lose faith in me, loyal readers (all six of you)! It’s been another crazy week which I hope is leading to the light at the end of the tunnel (downtime). I have lots to blog about including my tiyul (hike) up north, my potential...

30 Aug Ech Omrim “Peanuts and Cracker Jack”?

Posted at 14:17h in I Love This Place, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

Check out this article from ESPN regarding the new Israel Baseball League. Pro baseball is coming to Israel and the games begin next June 22nd. The commissioner is Daniel Kurtzer, the former US ambassador to Israel and Dan Duquette, former GM of the Boston Red...

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