My Life

Israel is a Police State

י׳ באב ה׳תש״ע (Wednesday 21 July 2010)

Israeli propaganda would have you believe that Israel is a liberal western democracy. Though it’s true that Israel is a democracy – much to our detriment – this society is not western, and there is very little about life here that’s liberal. Israeli citizens are required to carry identification and explain who they are and [...]

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Contact Lenses & My Appearance

א׳ באב ה׳תש״ע (Monday 12 July 2010)

Like Sam, I was a latecomer to the contact lenses club. I thought about this a lot recently after I saw a girl in glasses after I’d been dating her for a while. Of all people, I should not look at someone differently for wearing glasses. But she did seem different. I wore glasses every [...]

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Hashish Shortage

ט׳ בתמוז ה׳תש״ע (Monday 21 June 2010)

I haven’t been able to buy hash in half a year. I ran out of my last batch of brownies a few months ago. Everyone is talking about this bullshit crackdown they’re doing – raids on the border and in the Sinai, and busts on people who are growing it at home. I used to [...]

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Circumcision and Intactivism

כ״ו בסיון ה׳תש״ע (Tuesday 8 June 2010)

Ferdinand wrote what he thinks about “‘intactivism,’ opposition to circumcising boys when they’re too young to decide for themselves.” I was circumcised when I was eight days old and I’m glad it was done, not for religious reasons but because in my experience more girls appreciate when it’s been done. It caused me no trauma, [...]

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Open Thread

כ״ג בסיון ה׳תש״ע (Saturday 5 June 2010)

Why not?

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More Stupid Boss Tricks

ח׳ באדר ה׳תש״ע (Monday 22 February 2010)

In January, I went on vacation for a couple weeks. I had only been with my current company for five and a half months, and two of those were as a part time employee, so I didn’t have enough vacation days accrued to take the whole vacation. The company let me go anyway, and I [...]

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