other stuff...

• some pictures
• you can find practically everything here in Israel, although some things come in a smaller scale than usual
• it's all about timing
• streets of Tel Aviv would not be the same without Rami Meiri's street murals
• Women's triathlon in Israel
• recipes, kindly provided by Ira Dvir (Word documents, in Hebrew):
  • my favorite carrot cake recipe
  • fast and easy mushroom quiche recipe
• do you believe that people who harbor evil in their hearts are few and far between ?
• a comment about Israel ...(needs sound)
• a friend asked me: What is the power adaptor for Israel? What does Israeli power plug look like? See here. Usually, the European power plug fits in (only the thin one, as in Germany, not the Spanish).
• I cannot believe this story made it into the news worldwide.

Philosophy

• If I save time, when do I get it back ?
• Best way to prevent hangover is to stay drunk.
• Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
• War doesn't determine who is right. War determines who's left.
• A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a workstation...
• Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
• Alcohol kills slowly. Who's in a hurry?

"...cause nothin lasts forever
and we both know hearts can change..."

words of comfort (in Russian)

"Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn't work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say goodbye. I hate goodbyes. I know what I need. I need more hellos."

Tact (n.)
Diplomacy, ability to skillfully deal with people; sense of what is proper or appropriate.
Tact is a careful consideration of the feelings and values of another so as to create harmonious relationships with a reduced potential for conflict or offense.
Tact is considered a virtue.

some Hebrew words and phrases

• lama lo - why not (perhaps one of the most useful phrases in any language - just think how many questions can be answered by this phrase! btw, it's the first phrase I learned in Hebrew, and the only one I knew when I came to Israel)
• stam - just, for no reason (why did you call? stam...)
• tov - good
• laila tov - good night
• boker tov - good morning (and the answer is usually boker or which literally means "morning light")
• shalom - hello, goodbye (literally "peace")
• lehitraot - see you
• yoffi - great! (literally "beauty")
• matok - sweet
• motek - sweetie, sweetheart
• hamud - cute
• homed - cutie, darling
• ken - yes
• lo - no
• harif - spicy
• hazak - strong
• kaful - double
• cafe hafuh - coffee with milk, "latte" (literally: upside-down coffee)
• espresso kaful - double espresso
• sliha - sorry
• toda - thanks
• toda raba - thanks a lot
• bevakasha - please
• ma nishma? - what's up? (literally "what's heard?")
• ma kore? - what's up? (literally "what's going on?")
• ma hadash? - what's new?
• beseder - okay (literally "in order")
• die - enough (as in "enough! stop it!")

• keyboard - the standard way to generate computer errors.
• disk crash - a typical computer response to any critical deadline.

• life - it's not yet tomorrow, it's still yesterday.