כ״ט באלול ה׳תשס״ח (Monday 29 September 2008)

What a night!

כ״ט באלול ה׳תשס״ח (Monday 29 September 2008)

Mountain Dew code red. Thin mint girl scout cookies. The Redskins edging out the cowboys 26-24 in Dallas and being able to watch it on television. 11:15 pm – 2:30 am hasn’t felt this good in a while.

Lost predictions

ח׳ באלול ה׳תשס״ח (Monday 8 September 2008)

Here are some ideas for the writers of Lost about what could happen in the fifth and sixth seasons: Hurley and Sun begin spending a lot of time together. They understand each other a lot and get along well because they’re both hopelessly lonely and have a lot of money that they didn’t earn. Eventually, [...]

Tremping

ח׳ באלול ה׳תשס״ח (Monday 8 September 2008)

There’s a fantastic guide to tremping right now at Esser Agaroth. Anyone who hitchhikes in Israel should read it. I would also add information about the famed tremp lachatz (ie, pressure tremp) – approaching a car stopped at a red light on a major city thoroughfare and asking the driver for a ride to the [...]

the cost of things: carryout

ח׳ באלול ה׳תשס״ח (Monday 8 September 2008)

the cost of a hamburger (beef/lamb), fries and a coke at one of the new restaurants near my office in Tel Aviv’s central business district – NIS 48 the cost of the exact same hamburger, fries and coke if you want the food packaged for carryout – NIS 52 the cost to find out from [...]

aphorism #2

ג׳ באלול ה׳תשס״ח (Wednesday 3 September 2008)

It is ugly and unnatural for a person’s skin color to be made darker than his or her hair color, or hair color lighter than his or her skin color.