“Little One, when we fly to the US to visit Pa and Grandma next month, how many planes will we take?” “Three.” “That’s right! Very good! Where will the first plane fly to?” “Parrots.” “Ummm… Sweetie, that would be Paris.” “Ok, Mommy. Parrots.” He giggles. She sighs. Tweet
Late last week, I posted two blog entries about a rather disturbing error on an official UN web site. I mentioned the story to a journalist friend, who agreed with me that it was indeed newsworthy, and promptly wrote an article about the unfolding of these events. The article can be found in Hebrew on the Nana internet portal, and with any luck, I’ll post a translation...
Following yesterday’s post, I’m happy to announce that I received a follow-up email last night from my contact at the United Nations, letting me know that the text in question had been fixed. It now reads, “The Lebanese Republic is a small, mostly mountainous country in the Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Syria...
Looks like the UN (or, to be more specific, the United Nations Development Programme) are at it once again. According to this link, passed on by friend and commenter Nicole, “The Lebanese Republic is a small, mostly mountainous country in the Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east, and Palestine to the...
Crude (Adjective) Not carefully or expertly made; “managed to make a crude splint”; “a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them”; “rough carpentry” Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; “coarse language”; “a crude joke”; “crude behavior”; “an earthy sense of humor”; “a revoltingly...
A news brief in yesterday’s Haaretz newspaper caught my eye. “WIZO: Increase in firings of pregnant women There was a steep rise last year in the number of women who complained they were fired or had their work conditions significantly worsened because they were pregnant, or after they returned from maternity leave. The numbers were published by WIZO, the...
Despite the dearth of political postings lately, anyone who’s been reading this blog for a while probably has at least an inkling as to my political leanings. I was in favor of the Disengagement (though I believe that the way the government has treated the evacuees since then is positively shameful), and in spite of the current shaky state of affairs, I still believe...
I realize that I haven’t been writing much lately, but that doesn’t mean that I’ve been neglecting my blog. Okay, maybe I have been neglecting my blog, but only a little. Just because I haven’t been sharing the usual amount of scintillating, witty prose, I have been keeping busy. To use the technical term, I’ve been tweaking. Adding a few bells...
When we got married, we chose to go to Jamaica for our honeymoon. I had gone there for Spring Break during my junior year at university, and having had a taste of only one part of this beautiful island, I was anxious to see what else Jamaica had to offer. And, if I was being truly honest with myself, I wanted to go back to Jamaica for the music. I wanted a holiday infused with...
As an American citizen, I have every right to vote in the US elections. However, because I chose to live in Israel, I prefer to sit back and watch the campaigns unravel unfold from afar without taking part. As an American living abroad, I believe that it’s not my place to try to influence the outcome, given that my agenda as an expat doesn’t necessarily gel with...