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שביל ישראל
I bought a book last week - my first book entirely in Hebrew. Said book is a guide to the 940 km (580 mi) שביל ישראל - the Israel Trail. The Israel trail is a relatively new trail which stretches from the northern end of Israel all the way down to the southernmost point. It's designed for through hiking, like the Appalachian Trail in the US, but ( Read more... ) -
2010 in Cities
Stolen from dangerpudding - for once my list is more impressive than hers ( Read more... ) -
LGBT Rights
The Advocate has a very interesting interview with the President about DADT and LGBT rights in general, and it got me thinking about how we as a community have been treating Obama ( Read more... ) -
Google Books Ngram Viewer
Ok, so rabbitwarren got me started on Google Ngrams. In case you haven't heard, Google has digitized all their books and will let you track word counts throughout the corpus. Which is wicked awesome.
Whore vs. Prostitute vs. Courtesan Notice the surge in popularity of prostitute and the compensatory declines in both the others in the early 20th century.
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Veterans Day
When Woodrow Wilson declared the first Veterans Day (then Armistice Day, in memoriam of the armistice which ended World War I), he said:
To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with lots of pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from ( Read more... ) -
An Open Letter to Fox
Dear sir or madam ( Read more... ) -
The Big Shloshim
I turned 30 yesterday, and it was pretty awesome, all things considered. The day started with a meet-and-greet-and-eat at the Technion. They wanted to welcome all the international visitors, show us a terrible video about the university (featuring Creepy Albert Einstein), and feed us pastries. I had to leave before lunch, unfortunately, to get ( Read more... ) -
חיים בישראל
Shalom, ananasim ( Read more... ) -
Haifa
I've decided it would be good therapy for me to journal some, now that I'm on the other side of the planet. So here's the rundown of what's gone on so far in my great adventure ( Read more... ) -
Scavenger Hunt
I'm leaving for the train station, and I've decided that I need something to keep myself occupied over the long train ride around the country other than learning Hebrew and doing Math. As such, I have prepared (by which, I mean, I am making up as I type this) a USA scavenger hunt. My goal is to bring back with me a photograph of each of the ( Read more... )