Today is Tu B'shvat (15th day of the jewish month of Shvat, also known as Arbor Day). You should all go hug a tree and wish it a happy new year. You can also plant one. I should plant a tree. Happy Holiday, everyone!
Tonight is first candle. I'm gonna have doughnuts! Because they rock, even though they have like 40,396 calories a piece. We don't always light candles, but sometimes we do, because Mom loves candles.
I've just watched "Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride" with Papa and Hadi, and we've all agreed it is a superb movie. I must admit the ending was a bit... mundane for my personal taste, but every other aspect of this movie is meticulously done and very entertaining. In my opinion, the supporting characters are even more entertaining than the three main
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So, incoming elections. Anyway, what I wanted to mention is that Ariel Sharon's new party is named "Kadima" (Onward in Hebrew) which, as one of his opponents kindly reminded us, was the name of a newspaper edited by Mussolini prior to his "elevation" to the post of Il Duce. I find this quite amusing.
Just back from the pub, where I won two rounds of pool, the latter of which was won after Papa (who was in the competing duo) inserted 5 balls in a row. Hadi and I managed to come back from this lag, and won the game against him and Ran. I haven't played in years, and I have yet to decide whether I like the small table or not.
This totally rocks. A new scientific article published on PLoS shows that male mice SING, like songbirds, in ultrasound when meeting females or their pheromones. This is amazing, and therefore I give you, LJ Friends, a challenege
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