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seeing things, the getting glasses experience
Feb 2nd
First, little touches clearly make a difference. When I got in to work yesterday, I had some time to hang out and chat with my friend Keren before meetings. When I walked in, she was like “You look great. Something’s different, wait you got new glasses!” Ehhh no, at least not yet, as I was actually going to go and get new glasses after all my meetings. The new and different thing was simply that I’d used the eyeliner that I bought when I had that makeover. I didn’t do the whole eye thing (never do), like mascara and shadow More >
some days are good
Oct 4th
This was one of them: an all-around good day. I got a lot more done than I expected and there is always that intense satisfaction with checking each thing off the list, especially when a couple of those things are things you’ve been avoiding and you finally get them out of your hair.
I am very much enjoying having light again in my kitchen. You might recall that about this time last year the light in the kitchen died and needed to be replaced. I bought the flourescent bulb to replace it but then had the problem of a) being More >
why do things always break on Shabbat?
Oct 3rd
The hot water heater fixing guy is here. He’s been here for nearly 3 hours. Last night I woke up to what sounded like the pitter patter of rain. I got up to use the bathroom and felt “rain” pitter patter on my face. Right, water falling from the ceiling. I went outside and turned off the water to the apartment, thinking what the hell now. I didn’t know (it was 2 a.m. after all) whether the problem was in my apartment or coming from the apartment above me. I woke up this morning to find water still pitter pattering More >
Create Disneyland for your cats and other updates
Jun 12th
This could alternately be titled: It will make you laugh til you can’t stand up
If you have a cat or two or even 11 (and it is definitely funnier with 11) then here is a quick way to both clean your house and amuse them and yourself all in one go. Get a mop and dripping wet mopping cloth. Stuff some newly catnipped mousies and bouncy balls in your pocket. Begin to mop. Your cats are sure to consider that floppy cloth scooting about on the floor a wonderful toy to attack. This will annoy you severely. But fear not. More >
pre-Pesach toss the tv week?
Mar 29th
People toss things out to the street all the time in my neighborhood, including furniture but more often clothing. Just before Pesach the “street donations” are generally considerable and, on the street I live in, “high quality.” Yet, I have to say, that in two years living on this block, I’ve never seen a tv set out for “somebody take me free.” Never, that is, until this past week. Coming home on Thursday evening I walked past not just one but two of them on my way home, the second being very large and looking pretty new. “Nice score for More >
Breaking Barak or braking Barak?
Mar 22nd
There is currently a huge schism opening up in the Labour Party. Barak’s machinations to secure himself the position of Defense Minister and cuddling up to Bibi are seemingly without end or limit. He has already trodden on and violated TWO basic constitutional rules for the Labour Party in his attempt to marry Bibi “for the good of the nation which is above the good of the party” in his own words. The problem is, of course, it is not for the good of the nation but for the good of himself and himself alone that he is pushing for More >
liveblogging the elections
Feb 10th
Provided that I can manage to stay awake for what will be an all-night event, I’m going to use this post to provide updates on the election returns as they mount (so if you are interested in checking the updates, you’ll need to reload the page).
With only 10 minutes left before the polls close, there is a steady stream of last-minute people braving the rain and lightening and rushing up my street toward the elementary school down the block to cast their votes. My street doesn’t see this much activity on a Saturday night. Check this space for updates
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Cafe talk: the Election
Feb 9th
Up until just a few days ago, it seemed assured that Bibi Netanyahu was going to take his party to premiership but the gap has closed and Kadima, headed up by Tzipi Livni, is now neck and neck.
Yesterday, I was sitting in a cafe in Tel Aviv when Livni and an entire parade of pro-Livni cars following behind her, made her way along Ivn Givrol to go give a political stump speech. As the cars passed, nearly the entire cafe, patrons and wait-staff alike, erupted in whistles and claps and calls of “Yes! Livni!” Following that was a lively More >
It’s a go
Dec 28th
Into Gaza (and into my blog –CK has finally fixed it so I can get back into the blog. He thinks it was hacked as the 404 not found page was being sent directly to my IP address and no one else’s and the admin password had been altered.) So far, it has been handled just right. They waited and let those rockets fall while not doing a thing in retaliation. We sat by as more than 300 rockets and mortars landed among civilians in just 3 days, adding to those that fell in the days before and the more More >
My cats have taken up sky diving
Oct 1st
My cats have taken up sky diving. Sky diving in the middle of the night, no less. I am the target, despite not being made up of concentric red circles, nor a piece of ground.
My dresser sits next to my canopy bed. Herein lies the problem. They jump to the top of the dresser and from there catapult themselves up onto the canopy beams, high above the bed. They then pretend to be tightrope walkers until they get into “TARGET!!!” position. When they have made their way to just above my prone and sleeping body they launch themselves into More >
(Photo by Dani Machlis)
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