כ״ה בטבת ה׳תשס״ה (Thursday 6 January 2005)

same old, same old

כ״ה בטבת ה׳תשס״ה (Thursday 6 January 2005)

Yesterday and today – average days in my post-hernia recovery. Last night Ezra and Ben “THE BEAT” Bresky came over for dinner and brought Burgers Bar. Today I cooked rice for the first time, and it turned out all right, surprisingly. But next time I’ll make less. Who knew that one cup of rice would [...]

The language police step in.

כ״ד בטבת ה׳תשס״ה (Wednesday 5 January 2005)

An article in Haaretz on English influences in the Hebrew language has brought to my attention that it’s incorrect to say la’asot aliyah (“to make an ascent”) in Hebrew and that it’s only appropriate to say la’alot (“to ascend”): Hebrew words that are mirror reflections of English push Hebrew aside, says Bar Asher. But he [...]

I am staple-free!

כ״ג בטבת ה׳תשס״ה (Tuesday 4 January 2005)

First things first. This morning before I went to get my staples out, I took a picture of the incision area with staples and stubbly pubic hair, but no genitalia, with the intent of posting it here, after a warning that some people might not want to look, and an explanation that those people were [...]

Visitors, update

כ״ב בטבת ה׳תשס״ה (Monday 3 January 2005)

Yesterday and today have been pretty quiet around here, though not without periods of crazy excitement. Yishai and Ezra came over yesterday, and while they were here, Ari and JJ also came by. I got to talk a bit with Yishai about an intriguing new Kumah project called SingOlim, sort of like friendster, but for [...]

One long hernia post

כ׳ בטבת ה׳תשס״ה (Saturday 1 January 2005)

Those who know me well know also that I am accustomed to dealing with frequent pain and that I don’t publicize it a lot, though I have been doing more of that lately. So when I went home Monday night and tried to go to sleep with severe lower abdominal pains, I was only mildly [...]

vote for pedro

כ׳ בטבת ה׳תשס״ה (Saturday 1 January 2005)

Just saw Napoleon Dynamite. Good movie.

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