I am in here.
[Sorry about the lack of posts. On Monday, the DSL in this area died. It came back the next day, but our wireless router was still dead. All fixed now!] So you know you’re really in Jaffa when you stand in an overheated little kitchen off of a pigeon-shit-bespattered courtyard, slopping dishwater on the tiles … Continue reading Jaffa, life therein.
Memorable Quotes from Saving Private Ryan (1998) Sergeant Horvath: I don’t know. Part of me thinks the kid’s right. He asks what he’s done to deserve this. He wants to stay here, fine. Let’s leave him and go home. But then another part of me thinks, what if by some miracle we stay, then actually … Continue reading qotd
The electricity went out this morning. This is a minor crisis for me because, not only do I not get my Internet, I don’t get air conditioning. In Jaffa’s summertime, this is worth getting upset about. Dafna arrives for work, and we can’t figure out what the problem is… all the circuit breakers are in … Continue reading Early one Sunday morning…
C came home and we watched a segment of Sex and the City on Fluffy the Laptop, and now it’s time to drift off to sleep. If the small but constant traffic noise of our little corner of Yafo allows me to do so. It seems that even over here, in a completely different culture, … Continue reading sort of late
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