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On One Foot: Say Goodnight, Gracie
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Click here to close this box and continue browsing. This blog has been transferred to a new site. Say Goodnight, Gracie. Jul 10, 2007. I know some people are going to be too lazy to read this all the way through. Long story short: this site is no longer active. But fear not. It is being combined with my other site. To form a new site. In an effort to consolidate and prettify stuff. This post is cross-posted both at the other site. And at the new site. Life's a funny thing, they say. This just compounded ...
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On One Foot: Go Metric?
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Click here to close this box and continue browsing. This blog has been transferred to a new site. Dec 6, 2006. Interrupting your regularly scheduled blogcasting. I eating lunch today with a couple of my Israeli co-workers, and one them mentioned Ashkelon. And how nice a place it is. How far is Ashkelon from Gaza? He replied, without smiling, without missing a beat. We measure distances in Kassams now. Ashkelon is one Kassam, Ashdod - two Kassams, Tel Aviv - three Kassams.". View my complete profile.
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On One Foot: Where Do We Go From Here?
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Click here to close this box and continue browsing. This blog has been transferred to a new site. Where Do We Go From Here? Aug 14, 2006. Days until departure: 2. I'll have a better sense of it when I've been in Israel for a few weeks, but between my observations when I was there in January and otehr anecdotal evidence, I feel that there was a large number of dati leumi. I recall visiting relatives who found out that I went to R' Aharon's yeshiva, and immediately dismissed him as a smolani. But we'll wal...
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On One Foot: Neil Gaiman, My Hero
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Click here to close this box and continue browsing. This blog has been transferred to a new site. Neil Gaiman, My Hero. Nov 7, 2006. As i've said, I very much admire the writing style of Neil Gaiman. And for all of those fiction writers out there (and these days I seem to know a few), I direct you to his essays,. All Books Have Genders. Where do you get your ideas? A sample quote from the second essay:. Then I got tired of the not very funny answers, and these days I tell people the truth:.
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On One Foot: Ta-da!
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Click here to close this box and continue browsing. This blog has been transferred to a new site. Mar 1, 2007. I'm trying to figure out if the triumph I felt upon successfully fixing a difficult paper jam in the printers warrants the emotions that came with it. I stood up, and wanted to raise my arms and yell "Ta-da! It reminded me of this entry from An Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life. Children get to say ta-da! I finished filling out the insurance application. Ta-da! I made the bed. Ta-da!
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On One Foot: All The Cool Kids
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Click here to close this box and continue browsing. This blog has been transferred to a new site. All The Cool Kids. Jan 4, 2007. Yes, still putting off part 3. So sue me.). I was thinking today about trends and fashions. No matter how radical or off-the-beaten path a cultural group is, they'll all tend to do things a certain way, just because a few of them started doing it that way. I wonder what it is about us that makes us flock so readily. I told you about my goth phase, right? All The Cool Kids.
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On One Foot: A Funny Thing Happened
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Click here to close this box and continue browsing. This blog has been transferred to a new site. A Funny Thing Happened. Nov 10, 2006. Funny story. Make of it what you will. I was just heading out of the cafeteria from lunch and a man, witting with 2 others, called to me in Hebrew, and asked how I was. Fine How are things by you? Do I know you? He grinned and gestured genially. "No, but we're Israelis! I smiled. "Oh, ok. Have a good day.". Sigh I miss Israelis. The book sounds nice, if completely cracked.
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On One Foot: Leaving On A Jet Plane
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Click here to close this box and continue browsing. This blog has been transferred to a new site. Leaving On A Jet Plane. Aug 14, 2006. Days until departure: 1. No time for too much writing tonight. The time has come to stop counting the lasts. My last visit to NYC before aliyah, my last Shabbos before aliyah, my last time driving before aliyah.). And time to work on firsts. Less fitting a song choice. You know exactly when you'll be back again. See you in a few hours. View my complete profile.
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On One Foot: Yelling With You?
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Click here to close this box and continue browsing. This blog has been transferred to a new site. Jun 18, 2007. You have no power, and no water? He promptly marched down to the city offices with her and yelled at enough people till they turned on her power and water. That's Israelis. They'll yell at you about the small things, and yell for. You about the big things. So true. I love this country. That is a very nice story. Thanks for sharing. View my complete profile. Subscribe in a reader.
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On One Foot: "Interesting, but kind of depressing"
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Click here to close this box and continue browsing. This blog has been transferred to a new site. Interesting, but kind of depressing". Nov 16, 2006. Story time again. I'm thinking that it's unfortunate that I don't really get discussions going in my comment sections, because for once I'm going to address controversial stuff, beginning here, but more so in the next or the next few posts. On to the story. Israeli: Yes, we have the same thing with our history. I'm ready to read more. Interesting but kind o...
