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Banana Chips Nutrition Facts

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

In the makolet they have a whole section of repackaged spices and snacks. Very economical way to get garlic powder, cumin, raisins and dried fruit. One of the things that they feature is banana chips. You know - thin slices of hard banana. Nice, healthy, bite-sized snack, right?
Think again. For those too lazy to check [...]

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Unexpected Search Results

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

I bet the person who searched for "naked aliyah" was in for a shock when they clicked on the third search result and landed here (Here is the post that drew them in). He he.

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Announcing TanachYomi.com

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

I have just launched a new site - TanachYomi.com (I bet you wont be able to guess what it is about :-). Please check it out if you have a minute, learn a little, let me know what you think…

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Still here…

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

…just too busy to post anything
Here’s why:

7 days until the lift gets sent out
13 days until my company releases a software product that we have been working on for the last year (hint: there are more than 13 days of work left…should be interesting)
28 days until aliyah

[gasping for breath...]

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Bashful Visitors

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

It has come to my attention that some of thefrequent visitors to this site have thought about making comments, but for some reason have refrained from posting them for the world to see.
Why? It is so much more fun (at least for me) when people write comments. It only takes a minute. (You. I am [...]

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B’Shaa Tovah Umutzlachat

Tuesday, July 5th, 2005

For those of you who are Tehillim-inclined, please keep Adina Chaya bat Leah Nechama in mind.

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How they get here

Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

My blog software (b2evolution) lets me see what are the searches that people use to reach the blog. About 75% come from Google, 24% from MSN and Yahoo. Most of the search terms have the word “aliyah” in them (in a straight Google search for “aliyah”, I am currently 13).
Occasionally, someone reaches me through [...]

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Chag Sameach

Monday, May 9th, 2005

I know it’s a little late, but this will only take a minute.

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Just in case you were wondering…

Sunday, May 1st, 2005

…why is it that rats can’t vomit? - Ann or RatBehavior.org has a very thorough explanation (Courtesy of Raymond Chen).
מה רבו מעשיך ה

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Hang in there…

Tuesday, February 15th, 2005

More posts on the way soon.
In the meantime, I have 50 Gmail invites. First come, first served.

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