כ״ב באלול ה׳תשס״ו (Friday 15 September 2006)

Oriana Fallaci

כ״ב באלול ה׳תשס״ו (Friday 15 September 2006)

Oriana Fallaci is dead. I am sad.

Something short

כ׳ באלול ה׳תשס״ו (Wednesday 13 September 2006)

You’ll either get this and laugh, or you won’t get it at all. Here’s a random Gallatin concentration that I heard about today: “legal and cultural studies of oppressed and marginalized peoples.” Yes, someone actually has a BA in that.

Netvision/Bezek Fiasco

י״ט באלול ה׳תשס״ו (Tuesday 12 September 2006)

How to lose your sanity in 29 easy steps or: My descent into customer service hell Background: as everyone reading this probably knows, I have complained many times about Israel’s loopy telecommunications setup. In the Israeli system, to get broadband internet access in my house, I need to have a relationship with two companies. The [...]

Three down!

ט״ז באלול ה׳תשס״ו (Saturday 9 September 2006)

I survived my third earthquake today!!!!! The first was several years ago in New York, with an epicenter somewhere in the Upper East Side (I’m not making this up); the second was about a year ago in Jerusalem. Each occurred in the morning while I was on my bed, and each time I could feel [...]

I quit.

ט׳ באלול ה׳תשס״ו (Saturday 2 September 2006)

I grew up in a house with a proper finished basement, and have very little exposure to cellars and their doors. Therefore I can’t rate the expression “cellar door” for beauty in meaning any more than I can confirm for Tolkein, Poe or Barrymore, that it is exquisite in form. The two-word English expression I [...]