I was going to write about my weekend in Eilat but the ever-so-sexy Purple Parrot did such a good job of it here - that I decided to save my blogging time for more serious things.
and....
I was going to write about my experience with going to see the new Harry Potter movie (which was brilliant BTW) - but Shaya did it so much better here!
So happy reading.
Monday, December 12, 2005
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Pizza Capers
So I have to write about this very funny thing that happened to me the other day!
I don't often eat junk food but here I was alone at home - no food in the house - no energy to go out and buy something to cook and sporting a very rare craving for Anchovie Pizza.
I call Pizza Hut - but they don't do Anchovies!
I call Pizza Mai - but they don't do Anchovies!
Pizza Meter - same!
Pizza Sababa - same!
In desperation I called back to Pizza Hut and begged the guy to go across the road to Super Moshava (the supermarket across the road) and buy me a can of Anchovies and I would pay for it. Surprisingly they agreed.
40 minutes later my Pizza arrived with Sardines all over it :)
At least the cat enjoyed it.
I don't often eat junk food but here I was alone at home - no food in the house - no energy to go out and buy something to cook and sporting a very rare craving for Anchovie Pizza.
I call Pizza Hut - but they don't do Anchovies!
I call Pizza Mai - but they don't do Anchovies!
Pizza Meter - same!
Pizza Sababa - same!
In desperation I called back to Pizza Hut and begged the guy to go across the road to Super Moshava (the supermarket across the road) and buy me a can of Anchovies and I would pay for it. Surprisingly they agreed.
40 minutes later my Pizza arrived with Sardines all over it :)
At least the cat enjoyed it.
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
"You are not authorized to view this page"
I got this when trying to view my blog this morning (Nushworld.blogspot.com)
! You are not authorized to view this page
but....
"If you believe you should be able to view this directory or page, please try to contact the Web site by using any e-mail address or phone number that may be listed on the Nushworld.blogspot.com home page."
It's amazing!
It's Amazing - what inspires me to take 5 min out of my busy schedule to blog!
Well actually to say this is inspiration is going a bit far - I have in the past blogged on my feelings about James Blunt here, now Purple Parrot has blogged about it.
All I can say is that I heard his new screecher this morning and it has "inspired" me to stock my car up with all my old CDs from now on, instead of suffering any more James on Galgalatz.
Well actually to say this is inspiration is going a bit far - I have in the past blogged on my feelings about James Blunt here, now Purple Parrot has blogged about it.
All I can say is that I heard his new screecher this morning and it has "inspired" me to stock my car up with all my old CDs from now on, instead of suffering any more James on Galgalatz.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
One person's clutter is another person's treasure
Never has this been more true than this morning. I came downstairs to head off to work. I was running very late - which inevitably means sitting in horrendous traffic for 30-40 min longer than it normally takes me to get to work.
I live in a fairly decent, you could say upperclass, neighborhood. And as I got to my car I noticed a disheveled man poking through the bins looking for clothes/food. He had a few plastic bags on him already filled to the brim with other people's shoes, clothes, discarded kumkums. It was a cold morning, and even though I was late, I remembered that I had a box-full of promotional T-shirts from the company I work for in the boot (trunk) of my car. I took out a few of the shirts - I did not think my work would mind too much - and I went and gave them to the man. "Shakran Shakran" He was soooo grateful.
I had just returned to my car when a thought came to me that I am always complaining about the clutter in my apartment that needs to be cleaned up. I have a huge iMac box full of my husband's old clothes that has been sitting, tablecloth draped over it, in our lounge since the day after we got married. I have a cupboard full of old dishes that the previous owner of our flat left when she moved out. I have a suitcase full of old blankets and pillows that a friend gave to me to "look after" when he made Yeridah and never came back! Everywhere CLUTTER CLUTTER CLUTTER !
I went back to the man and told him to come back tomorrow at lunch time and I will give him clothes and blankets and dishes and food - he "shakraned" me a few more times and now I have the daunting task of dealing with the mess in my apartment that I have been meaning to take care of for sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo long. But it's all for a good cause!
I live in a fairly decent, you could say upperclass, neighborhood. And as I got to my car I noticed a disheveled man poking through the bins looking for clothes/food. He had a few plastic bags on him already filled to the brim with other people's shoes, clothes, discarded kumkums. It was a cold morning, and even though I was late, I remembered that I had a box-full of promotional T-shirts from the company I work for in the boot (trunk) of my car. I took out a few of the shirts - I did not think my work would mind too much - and I went and gave them to the man. "Shakran Shakran" He was soooo grateful.
I had just returned to my car when a thought came to me that I am always complaining about the clutter in my apartment that needs to be cleaned up. I have a huge iMac box full of my husband's old clothes that has been sitting, tablecloth draped over it, in our lounge since the day after we got married. I have a cupboard full of old dishes that the previous owner of our flat left when she moved out. I have a suitcase full of old blankets and pillows that a friend gave to me to "look after" when he made Yeridah and never came back! Everywhere CLUTTER CLUTTER CLUTTER !
I went back to the man and told him to come back tomorrow at lunch time and I will give him clothes and blankets and dishes and food - he "shakraned" me a few more times and now I have the daunting task of dealing with the mess in my apartment that I have been meaning to take care of for sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo long. But it's all for a good cause!
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
It's been a while
My husband asked me to re-instate the iPod song of the day - so I am forced to admit that I have not blogged for a long time and that I miss it. Mine is not a problem of nothing to blog about - rather the opposite - too much to blog about. I am overwhelmed with stories, links, emotions, thoughts that I wish to write about and quite frankly cannot find the time for.
I am happy to say though that I am getting better. Except for the small matter of some surgery I am having next week - which may just give me enough time to catch up on my blog reading and writing.
I am also happy to wish Rampisad a very happy Happy 60th Birthday. Abba you sure are getting old! :)
Anyway - not sure if anyone even bothers to read it - but it is the reason I am now blogging again - check out the iPod song of yesterday on the left-hand-side.
I am happy to say though that I am getting better. Except for the small matter of some surgery I am having next week - which may just give me enough time to catch up on my blog reading and writing.
I am also happy to wish Rampisad a very happy Happy 60th Birthday. Abba you sure are getting old! :)
Anyway - not sure if anyone even bothers to read it - but it is the reason I am now blogging again - check out the iPod song of yesterday on the left-hand-side.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Three cheers for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Lets see now how the UN and our other "friends" like France and Russia dance their way out of this one....
From Reuters today ...
Washington won a vote at the U.N.'s 35-member International Atomic Energy Agency threatening Iran with referral to the Council -- but Russia abstained. No deadline was set.
Russia, like Iran, has long maintained that Tehran's nuclear programme is entirely peaceful, and defended Tehran's right to develop non-military atomic projects.
From CNN today ...
The U.N. Security Council has condemned recent comments by Iran's president that Israel should be "wiped off the map" but did not say if the world body planned any action against Iran.
From Reuters today ...
Washington won a vote at the U.N.'s 35-member International Atomic Energy Agency threatening Iran with referral to the Council -- but Russia abstained. No deadline was set.
Russia, like Iran, has long maintained that Tehran's nuclear programme is entirely peaceful, and defended Tehran's right to develop non-military atomic projects.
From CNN today ...
The U.N. Security Council has condemned recent comments by Iran's president that Israel should be "wiped off the map" but did not say if the world body planned any action against Iran.
Friday, October 14, 2005
Israel is the second most advance hi-tech country in the world, but ...
Just before Yom Kippur, I wanted to do some research into the Kol Nidre prayer, so I did a Google search on the phrase. I am appalled at the number of viciously anti-Semitic websites that come up within the first two pages of the Google result. Go and see for yourself. And the prominence of these results means that they are frequently visited (that's what brings them up in the Google sequence). Many of them are old - a typical example is an editorial in the Dearborn Independant (home of Henry Ford) from 1922 - and they're still being being read today! Someone, somewhere is taking the time, trouble and expense to keep this excrement prominent in the public domain.
Now, it's not Google's fault. But surely, somewhere in the myriad of high-tech junkies here in Israel, there must be people who know how to hack into public websites and either kill them, swamp them, or block them. If you're out there, and you know how to do it, then you have a duty to clean this filth from the public airways.
Now, it's not Google's fault. But surely, somewhere in the myriad of high-tech junkies here in Israel, there must be people who know how to hack into public websites and either kill them, swamp them, or block them. If you're out there, and you know how to do it, then you have a duty to clean this filth from the public airways.
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Whereabounts of Nushyman - part II
I hope I'm not telling secrets out of school when I say that the lack of postings to this blog has been due to the unfortunate state of Nushyman's health. She spent all of Rosh Hashana in hospital with a serious infection, and is now awaiting surgery in a few days time. Join me in praying for a Refuah Shleima for her complete and speedy recovery.
On the same subject, I can also reveal that this problem is not isolated to her, but runs in her family (like the nose). That's been the trouble with this lineage ... too much heredity, not enough inheritance.
On the same subject, I can also reveal that this problem is not isolated to her, but runs in her family (like the nose). That's been the trouble with this lineage ... too much heredity, not enough inheritance.
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