Category Archives: random

Two broken things in one day

I don’t remember if I became a fan of Mark Hurst because of his Good Experience Games or This is Broken or some other aspect of his good user experience work, but I am a big fan, as I’ve mentioned … Continue reading

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The Spirit of Christmas

No, not the animated short that spawned South Park. I’m bringing you this silly marketing gimmick from Travelodge in the UK: Hotel chain offers a room at the inn for Marys and Josephs …”The ‘gift’ of a free night’s stay … Continue reading

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Holiday wish list

Dear Santa/Hannukah Harry (can’t be too safe), I think I’ve been pretty good this year. Here’s my entirely unrealistic, pie-in-the-sky, lottery-winner’s gift list, in no particular order: Crosley Director Record Player/CD Recorder (Target exclusive, on sale now!) iPod Touch 16GB … Continue reading

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Messing around with themes

I’ll be poking around and trying to find a new theme (design) for the site over the next few days (weeks?), so if you visit and it suddenly looks unfamiliar, fear not. The content will be as engrossing and fascinating … Continue reading

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This blog is all over the place, can you tell?

Jewish stuff, family stuff, all sorts of other stuff. I don’t discriminate. Here’s French President Nicolas Sarkozy explaining why he walked out of the 60 Minutes interview broadcast in late October: not

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One-a-day, like vitamins.

Thanks to my lovely wife‘s pointing it out to me, courtesy of our lovely friend Aaryn posting about it, I’ve joined in the madness that is National Blog Posting Month, affectionately known as NaBloPoMo. Perhaps this will prompt me to … Continue reading

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Random thoughts

I ought to be blogging more. edited to add: and I ought to fix/edit my sidebar contents. I had a productive day at work today, with a “third time’s a charm” situation regarding videotaping a presentation given by our esteemed … Continue reading

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I’m an Israeli man. Why don’t they write stuff like this about me?

Oh, right, because I didn’t WRESTLE A LEOPARD TO THE GROUND IN MY BEDROOM! JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli man wrestled a leopard to the ground after it entered his bedroom in a desert college and tried to make a … Continue reading

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Things I hear while wearing a kippah, #1

I’m thinking this is a good idea for a new website, but in the meantime, here’s my first entry: Last night, in the parking lot at Costco while putting my purchases in the car, a man who was in line … Continue reading

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