Now I’m Just Being Silly

29 Dec By Far, the Most Signficant Development in the Gaza Conflict That No One is Talking About

Posted at 02:56h in Current Events, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Now I'm Just Being Silly, The War Zone 0 Comments

People, I don't need to tell you about media bias. I don't need to tell you about the ridiculous crap spewed by news stations around the world. Does anyone have the feeling that no one really understands what's going on in this region?...

07 Dec HA HA! I’M RICH, BABY! I’M RIIIIIIIIICH!

Posted at 00:20h in I Love This Place, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

You better believe it, my loyal readers! I know we've been through this before but this time, it appears to be the real deal! Those of you who've stuck with me from the beginning will be duly rewarded. Check out the recent email I...

29 Nov This is Not Your Father’s Haveil Havalim (Issue #193)

Posted at 23:49h in Culture, Current Events, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Jew Stuff, Life on the Home Front, Miscellaneous, Now I'm Just Being Silly, This Aliyah Moment is Brought to You by the Letter Aleph 0 Comments

Do you smell it, people? No, it's not turkey and stuffing...

27 Nov New Employee

Posted at 05:05h in I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Now I'm Just Being Silly, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

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 in I Love Hebrew, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Now I'm Just Being Silly, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

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...

23 Nov Traffic: It’s Not Just on the Ayalon

Posted at 00:20h in Miscellaneous, Now I'm Just Being Silly, The War Zone 0 Comments

Haveil Havalim, the weekly J-blog wrap-up, is now up over at Ima on and off the Bima. Enjoy...

16 Nov Osem, Bissli, and Bamba: Time to Fire Your Marketing Staff

Posted at 01:00h in Israelis Make Me Laugh, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

So last week, I brought up kugels and bagels and how maybe we Israelis should call our snotty people bissli and bamba. That led me to do a little online research about everybody's favorite Israeli snack food. Talk about learning something. Seriously,...

11 Nov BREAKING NEWS: Tragedy Strikes at Rabin Square

Posted at 01:00h in Current Events, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

It pains me to talk about what happened at Rabin Square but it's too important to ignore. In the center of Tel Aviv at the iriya (municipality building), a major Israeli figure who so many cared about was taken from us before his time. People...

04 Nov Great Moments in Fashion!

Posted at 01:00h in Culture, I Love This Place, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Now I'm Just Being Silly 0 Comments

And now! Great moments in fashion! (As always, this is going somewhere, people.) 1) KISS-Bursting onto the music scene in 1972, American rock band KISS becomes well-known for their wild make-up and attire. While many are aware that lead singer Gene Simmons...

30 Oct Live Blogging Cleaning My Room

Posted at 19:00h in Culture, Israelis Make Me Laugh, Life on the Home Front, Now I'm Just Being Silly, That Thing That Pays the Bills 0 Comments

Boy, if that doesn't get you excited, my loyal readers, I don't know what will. Don't the words "Live Blogging" just make your heart go aflutter? (What is the most mundane thing someone could "live blog?" Nothing makes me click on a...