That Thing That Pays the Bills

11 Aug Am I Fluent in Hebrew Yet? Nope (Reason #483)

Last week, I go to the bank to cash a check which I'd been carrying around for a good month or so. From my many visits to the ATM, I remember that "withdrawal" in Hebrew is "משיכה" (meshicha). Not five minutes later, I'm...

06 Aug Random Wednesday Work Update…I Must Be Rambling

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Wow, a good number of posts this week, huh? Including last night's surprise entry. If you saw it, hopefully you enjoyed it. I had fun. Stay tuned-let's hope we have some video within days. So last week, I said l'hitraot to...

03 Aug ‘Get Out of My Dreams…Get Into My Ehhhhhhhh……..’

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Get ready for some good posts this week, people. I probably should have been at the beach this weekend instead of at my laptop but what can I say, you deserve better. With the help of the Billy Ocean-inspired title, let's jump right...

29 Jul ‘Communicatsia’ (Because It’s 2:22 AM and I Can’t Think of a Good Title for This Post)

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Hello, new readers, and thanks for stopping by. Good times as always in the War Zone with the recent beach post being published on Ynet this week. I sent it to my co-workers in the department, continuing the charade that they have...

27 Jul More Work Odds and Ends

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The summer continues...

16 Jul *How To Know You’re Not Yet Israeli #237

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With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy...

13 Jul Natbag and Other Goodies

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Odds and ends from the office...

24 Jun Reason #945 You Should Go to Ulpan

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It's busy season in the office, my loyal readers. BUSY SEASON! Tourist season is here which means that thousands of Americans have begun to descend on Israel, like flies on dried fruit in the shuk. (So when we buy peanuts and dried...

22 Jun I’m Too Sexy for Egregious Misspellings

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Hello, my loyal raeders, how the heck are you? Enjoying the smumer heat? I am; with tmeperatures rising, you gtota do what you can to cool off, wehther that means an atfertoon at the beach or a night out, ptuting down a tall,...

17 Jun Crossroads Comedy: Because What’s Not Funny About Troubled Youth?

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Once again, my buddy Avi Liberman's back in town with his friends, putting on great stand-up shows for a good cause starting this week. The proceeds to to the Crossroads Center for troubled teens in Jerusalem, run by Caryn Green, also an old friend (Ech...