| David Eddings is dead |
[Jun. 3rd, 2009|07:58 pm] |
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And I'm sad. Yes, the guy wasn't close to Nobel Prize material, he wrote tropes, but he wrote them well and his books were so readable that they're probably still the most reread books I own. I think this obituary on the net says almost everything I want to say except, maybe, the awkward words of a teenage boy who liked the books so much that when Eddings released the Rivan Codex(his book about writing the books with all kinds of world details) he bought it without a moment's hesitation. There was a time these books were the only things keeping me sane in the children's insane asylum that some call "school". |
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| The best bet I lost to date |
[Apr. 16th, 2009|10:53 pm] |
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So I bet someone I'm on an RPG campaign with sushi dinner on who is the mystery suitor of a third players' character. I lost, as you can surmise, and tonight was me paying up:). I had a terrific discount in place called "Okinawa" (1+1 on all the special rolls) so I decided we go there- final count was 4: me, Shiri(my SO), Didi(the other player) and Eli(her SO). And if you don't mind sitting on a bar the place is terrific- good service and sushi on par with Onami's(to non Israeli people- one of the top 10 sushi places in Israel). Dessert was tiramisu which was good but not nearly the quality of the sushi, and with the 1+1 it was about 200 NIS altogether. Great dinner, good price and terrific company, all in all a very enjoyable evening. |
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| Apparently I'm a Lynx |
[Apr. 9th, 2009|01:58 pm] |
| You Are a Lynx |  You are a quiet observer of the world around you. Your wisdom comes from listening carefully.
You've always been extra sensitive and aware. And it's made it difficult for you to fit in.
You see past people's outward personas. You are able to penetrate a stranger's soul.
What you've learned about people is both beautiful and ugly. And you keep these secrets to yourself. |
Also, I'm currently suffering from COLD OF DOOM. |
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| When Aikido goe wrong |
[Mar. 31st, 2009|03:22 pm] |
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(This should have gone up yesterday but didn't due to lack of time)
Well, just had an intense example why doing Aikido the wrong way is unhealthy. Sunday evening we did a teaching exercise centered on rolls and during one of them my fear of falling got me and I almost literally froze midway through the exercise. Since I was in the air at the time this was quite unhealthy to my shoulder, although not nearly as much as it could be. I had a few tense moments before one of the advanced students who's a physiotherapist checked me out and told me that it wasn't dislocation, just "deep bruise". Which means I'll probably be back to class in a week or so and should ice the shoulder every few hours, and that the damned thing hurts like hell if I strain it even a little bit- even lifting a small(nearly empty) folder hurts if I do it in the wrong fashion. |
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| I fail at making sushi rice |
[Mar. 17th, 2009|06:34 pm] |
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Well, had a sushi evening with my little sister last night, and it was agreed that I would make the rice since I could make it then leave it to cool around noon(rather then ~7 am). So I made the rice, and in retrospect probably put too much rice vinegar in it- it became very very sticky, and about the consistency of plasticine/play-dough. Which means the rolls weren't great, but they didn't fall apart either:). So we made two rolls with carrot, cucumber, radish and smoked salmon, and another shortened one(torn seaweed) with bell pepper instead of radish. I didn't eat the last one because I can't stand bell peppers, but the other two were pretty good. We also made white wine jello with strawberries for dessert which came out tasty but failed to get out of the forms well enough so my sister was a bit miffed. All in all a good dinner, in spite of the various point failures. |
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| שאלון אוכל |
[Mar. 7th, 2009|10:37 pm] |
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[Mar. 7th, 2009|06:00 pm] |
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A question for all the people who prepare sushi:Will sushi rice be still good for use in sushi if it's prepared a day in advance, or does it lose some essential attribute? |
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[Feb. 8th, 2009|09:20 pm] |
So in two days me and several million other Israelis are going to the polling stations for the elections.These elections are so fucked up that it's nearly unbelievable- we have three clones at the heads of the large parties, and a fascist at the head of the other large party.Our politics are so internecine and byzantine they could probably give a headache to anybody who tried to understand them without a flowchart and a few years' study.In spite of that I tell all my f-list people for whom it is relevant:Go and vote.Find a party you believe in(like I found תי"מ) and vote for it.You can even get some nice benefits if you photograph yourself voting(go check rest.co.il for details).
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| And this is why I despise the extreme left |
[Feb. 5th, 2009|11:32 am] |
The article Gideon Levi wrote in today's edition of Ha'aretz.
[rant]Let's see:the poor Palestinians aren't to blame for anything, it's all big bad Israel's fault.All the last 16 years the Palestinians would gladly give us peace, if we would only have been reasonable.Well, I don't think our governments didn't make mistakes, or that some didn't try to stop peace- but there were people who tried to make peace with the Palestinians, and they were either rebuffed or bluffed.Denying this harms both sides- the Israelis because they get all the blame and the Palestinians because their moral agency is revoked:it dehumanizes Palestinians at least as much as the extreme right opinions painting them all as murderers thirsty for Israeli blood.It's just that the extreme left doesn't do it as obviously, nor as conciously- I'm sure many on that side of the map don't intend that effect: but you know, that's what you're saying, in effect.So decide whether you want to treat the Palestinians as grown people or just as some abused kid.Because I suspect that's the reason a lot of people won't identify as "left" today- because the public face of that are on the political map tend to use a rhetoric that shifts all of the blame onto the Israeli side of the equation, without showing the other side.And people feel the lopsidedness of that and go in the other direction[/rant]
( the article, for people who don't like links )
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| (no subject) |
[Feb. 1st, 2009|03:39 pm] |
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the only problem with fMRI analysis is the interminable time until MATLAB finishes computing stuff.Even with the nifty computers my lab has. |
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| Last.fm replacement |
[Jan. 29th, 2009|11:04 am] |
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Anybody know of a good substitute for last.fm?The computer net at work has major problems with it(as in: page is stuck) and our IT guy has no idea what's causing it.So I'm looking for replacement, other then deezer.com which is fine when I know what I want, if it's in there, but is useless for just sitting back and listening, or finding more esoteric music(no Heather Dale, no filk, nearly no celtic music....).The same problem is affecting the access to my Yahoo mail as well, which is even more annoying.
ETA:Don't mind.Everything works now, probably because of Flashblock. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 13th, 2009|02:30 pm] |
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So now SPM finally works, but I can't download new data because its on a secure server only my PI has a password to.Will need to wait for tomorrow so she can open it up for downloads.GRR |
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[Jan. 12th, 2009|10:28 pm] |
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And in other news, SPM5 finally decided to cooperate today.I may yet be able to convert all of the data before February.Even though part of the process needs another computer. |
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[Jan. 4th, 2009|10:26 pm] |
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Another military helicopter moving over my house from the direction of Tel Hashomer.I hope it doesn't mean another seriously wounded/dead soldier. |
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| Music post.Since that has been running through my head for the last several days. |
[Dec. 29th, 2008|10:55 am] |
You stood simply regal, all shadow and ire,
More distance between us than that of the fire.
For difference is wrong and I'm different from you,
And you'll crush what you can't understand.
You've taught me that sheltered we're destined to stay;
You claim that it's right we should cower this way.
For Man must never question what Nature has planned.
You said it was all by God's Hand.
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