ISO Source (yet again)

There’s a great Rashi on some gemara, somewhere, that in my germ-addled state I can’t quite dig up from the recesses of my brain, and my searching skills (google and my CD ROM) are not helping today. It’s the one in which Rashi says, basically,...

Putting the Whoo! Back in Woozy

Well, I knew I was going to pay for the hubris of that itenerary somehow. Got back to Israel yesterday morning and have managed to be asleep for the vast bulk of the hours since then (It’s 3pm day two of my return, now). I have some sort of bug–the kind...

Stick a Fork in Me

…I’m going home tomorrow. Let’s see. 2 weeks. Ventured out into 5 1/2 (American) cities, stayed in 8 different places/homes (inhabited, in total, by 17 people; thank you everyone, for your hospitality), took 7 flights (8 tomorrow) and 2 multi-hour...

The Helsinki Complaints Choir

This is a choral work written by Finnish artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen. Enjoy. (Thanks to Owlmother for the tip.)

Thursday It Must Be…Ummm, Somewhere.

It’s nice to see everybody. I’m getting all the things done that I was supposed to get done. Thank God I get to sleep in tomorrow. Sunday? I go back to the place where I pay the rent and get to not have to see this suitcase anymore. OK, I get there Monday....

This is the Post That I Wrote Yesterday

…on the train, into MS Word, since there were outlets for the computer but no wireless. Just as well, I got some OK work done. Central Pennsylvania is woodsy and pretty. The leaves are bright yellow, burnt sienna, crimson. I haven’t lived someplace with a real...