י״ד באדר א׳ ה׳תשס״ח (Wednesday 20 February 2008)

RIP Cousin Bruce 19??-2008

י״ד באדר א׳ ה׳תשס״ח (Wednesday 20 February 2008)

I never actually met Cousin Bruce. In fact, I hardly know anything about him, except that he may either have been involved in some distantly mafia related activity or that he may simply have gotten mixed up with the wrong crowd back in the 1970s, depending on which relative I asked. And I don’t even [...]

Castro Resigned!

י״ג באדר א׳ ה׳תשס״ח (Tuesday 19 February 2008)

Wow.

Earthquake

ט׳ באדר א׳ ה׳תשס״ח (Friday 15 February 2008)

That must have been an earthquake I just felt! And it was. This was the strongest earthquake I’ve ever experienced. It lasted here for at least 10-15 seconds, maybe closer to 25. For the first time I felt an earthquake as more wavy and less quaky, flowing back and forth rather than as a series of [...]

Grading America: Culinary Highlights

ה׳ באדר א׳ ה׳תשס״ח (Monday 11 February 2008)

Here are some of the wonderful foods I enjoyed on my recent visit to the United States: Breakfast ‘Nuff said. Bagel Bob’s Every time I go there, I get two plain bagels with butter, one toasted and one not; it’s been that way since 1999 and it will be that way forever. I love Bagel [...]

Juno

ה׳ באדר א׳ ה׳תשס״ח (Monday 11 February 2008)

I just watched this movie Juno, which I hadn’t heard about until my brother told me about it in Florida a couple weeks ago, and I’m sure a thousand other people have made this observation already, but it’s practically a cross between Saved! and Napoleon Dynamite.

Forecast Highs – Fit to drive? Fit to serve!

ג׳ באדר א׳ ה׳תשס״ח (Saturday 9 February 2008)