Investing in Divorce

כ״ח בכסלו ה׳תשע״א (Sunday 5 December 2010)

From the New York Times, I’ve just learned that other people’s divorces are a sound and even profitable investment opportunity: “Balance Point Divorce Funding [is] a new Beverly Hills lender that offers to cover the cost of breaking up – paying a lawyer, searching for hidden assets, maintaining a lifestyle – in exchange for a [...]

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World AIDS Day: AIDS is a Niche Concern

כ״ד בכסלו ה׳תשע״א (Wednesday 1 December 2010)

This post is in honor of World AIDS Day. According to Ynet, 382 people contracted HIV in Israel in 2009. On a side note, one of the eeriest things about moving from the United States to a tiny country with socialist medicine is that statistics like this can be announced with some authority and even [...]

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My First Two-Notch Night

י״ט בכסלו ה׳תשע״א (Friday 26 November 2010)

I’ve been doing this for a little while, so when I have sex with a new girl for the first time, even though it’s a spectacular feeling, it’s still a spectacular feeling that I’ve had a bunch of times before. Over time I’ve had a couple overlapping relationships that meant I was sometimes having sex [...]

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Aretae’s Election Roundup

כ״ז במרחשון ה׳תשע״א (Thursday 4 November 2010)

Aretae put together a list of posts from blogs he reads about voting in the US elections. It’s thorough, interesting and awesome. Check it out.

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Washington DC: A Review

כ״ב במרחשון ה׳תשע״א (Saturday 30 October 2010)

I’ve been to Washington DC a few times in the past, and I never exactly enjoyed it, but I always felt that it had some charm. On this trip, I saw none of that charm. The nicest people in DC are apparently the bums who reside in the public parks. They attempted to engage me [...]

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Paris: A Review

י״ט במרחשון ה׳תשע״א (Wednesday 27 October 2010)

I recently had to spend some time in Paris on business. It was not something I did eagerly, but I was pleasantly surprised. The people were almost uniformly helpful and friendly, they all spoke to me in English. I did not even try to pretend that I could say something in French. Everyone smoked. Their [...]

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