January 2011
Last supper in Israel’s been had; next up about 20 hours of travel, but beats being crucified. Great trip, might claim my citizenship.
Marriage tip: That Gap in Jerusalem near the Old City? Best not to buy your wife, who stayed at home, a gift card from there as a souvenir.
Just met woman who immigrated to Jerusalem from Louisville: she agreed, contrary to Louisvillians’ opinions, the JCC isn’t diverse.
Travel tip: Foreigners aren’t that different from Americans! Tell one you’re from Kentucky and you’ll still be laughed at.
Sometimes when traveling I wish English sounded like Hebrew to me: incomprehensible.
Animal-husbandry tip: Savannah the donkey had her foal (and I missed it). http://ping.fm/0m3HS
Travel tip: Tiberias bar Unique might be just that, if for no other reason then it’s open on Shabbat.
Political tip: At Unique, a too-clean-to-be-a-dive in Tiberias, they’re not watching Egyptian riots. They’re watching MTV Dance (and listening to acoustic Alanis).
Yahweh may’ve made it to the seventh day before resting, but Zachy’s crashing on the fourth
Shalom from Tel Aviv http://ping.fm/3Slji
Travel tip: Should you return to your hotel room 4.5 hours before your check out, pack first, sleep second, shower not.
Travel tip: “If you can talk, you need a drink.” — Unknown (ok, maybe me)
Travel tip: The frisking heading into Tel Aviv’s Penguin can be rather enjoyable.
Travel tip: While I’m sure the sentiment is there, gift shops in Tel Aviv do not sell “I love Stuxnet” t-shirts.
Wondering if any of my fellow passengers on El Al are heading to a kibbutz after having lost in the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show.
Louisville to Cincinnati to New York to Tel Aviv to Galilee to Jerusalem to Tel Aviv to New York to Cincinnati to Louisville starts now.
Travel tip: Travel lighter by getting a complete body wax before you go.
“Republicans, please note, are not taken in by the myth of common ground: they...”
– BILL MAHER, Real Time (via inothernews)
TV tip: ABC’s 20/20 is about to air binge-drinking monkeys (10:46 p.m. EST).
Sanity tip: Do not listen to three consecutive This American Life podcasts unless you want Ira Glass inside your head, narrating your life.
Marriage tip: My wife “buys and makes plenty of nutritious dining options, so if I chose to eat Combos for lunch, its my own damn fault.”
