Weather

I missed peach season!

כ' בתמוז ה'תש"ע (July 2, 2010) Food

In Israel, most fruits are available only in season. I understand that this is due to how small our country is and how expensive it would be to import fruits all year long, but damn, it’s extremely annoying. I don’t have freezer space to store all the strawberries I want to eat from about March, [...]

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Do you like models?

ט"ז בניסן ה'תש"ע (March 31, 2010) America

Only ridiculously hot international supermodels? Well, my brother has built one just like that, and he calls it the UVA Mini Bay Game. Check it out! Update: I understand that the UVA Mini Bay Game has been taken down due to a trademark or copyright issue, though I can’t see how it would have been [...]

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America in 140 characters or fewer

ו' באדר ה'תש"ע (February 20, 2010) America

Last month I went to visit America for a couple weeks and I recorded the entire trip on the Twitter. Here are all my tweets, from the minute my vacation began to when I got back home. Sorry they’re in reverse order – I can’t find a tool that will export them from first to [...]

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America, part 1: at a glance

ט' באדר ה'תשס"ט (March 5, 2009) America

Ever wondered what I do when I go to America? So have I. Here’s a step-by-step breakdown of how I spent my winter vacation. Day 1: JFK, Reagan, AT&T, T-Mobile, Chipotle, Costco, CVS, Lenscrafters, chicken tenders, cookies, Benny Lava Day 2: pancakes, online glasses shopping, Kohl’s, Popeye’s, Goodwill, AT&T, Buca di Beppo Day 3: Costco, [...]

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Beach weather

ג' בשבט ה'תשס"ט (January 28, 2009) Aliyah

It’s the last week in January and today’s temperature is in the mid 70s Fahrenheit – I couldn’t say what that equals in fake degrees – and I’m walking the dog in a t-shirt (I’m wearing the t-shirt; Sharav is nude). To the person who recently asked me if I don’t find life in Israel [...]

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OMG it is so dangerous here!

כ"ד בתמוז ה'תשס"ו (July 20, 2006) Aliyah

In response to all those who laud me as an outstanding news source – even the outstanding news source – or who may be worried that “everyone in Israel is living in bomb shelters right now and it’s a state of emergency,” be assured that I still have no idea where to find the nearest [...]

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What's it going to be like today?

ז' בטבת ה'תשס"ו (January 7, 2006) America

I don’t have a television and don’t listen to the radio, which means I need to rely on the internet for almost all of my news (I can acquire the rest by personal observation), including weather reports. In the Jerusalem summer, that’s not difficult at all: hot, dry, cool at night. But in the winter, [...]

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Weather!

ח' באדר ה'תשס"ד (March 1, 2004) America

67 degrees in DC today? Unbelievable. It’s got to be global warming.

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British sissies

ח' באב ה'תשס"ג (August 6, 2003) America

Everywhere I turn lately, all I see is Europeans complaining about abnormally high temperatures. It’s tricky, though, because they’re reporting all the degrees in centigrade, leaving it up to us to convert it back to fahrenheit. Actually, the temperature in Britain still hasn’t exceeded 97 degrees fahrenheit, which is certainly warm, but nothing special at [...]

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This weather is mad

ט"ו באייר ה'תשס"ג (May 17, 2003) America

It’s 17 May, and the temperature is 48 degrees, with a 44 degree wind chill! A wind chill in the middle of May! What is going on?

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