Yesterday we took the train to Cambridge. Had a great time.
We walked through St. John's, which is beutifull (by the way - you can get in for free from the back, which we didn't). Then we met some friends, and went to Easter service at King's collage chapel. Hadas & Itamar had already been to Xmas service, so they knew what to expect, but I was bewildered by the sight of grown men walking around in funny robes, holding funny thingies in their hands and looking absoloutly serious about it. I mean, sunday afternoon - don't you rather have a pint on the river bank?
For a finale, we did some Punting. Too bad we didn't read the instructions first. I nearly ran over an inoccent goose, and Noam actualy managed to fall off the boat. Apparently, after you do that, you have to tackle the tricky job of getting back into the punt, and then figure out a way to re-unite with your pole. Must have been a great treat for whoever was looking out of the pub window, too bad we were too far down the river to see it.
Nevertheless, it was great fun, and by the end of the hour I was good enough to hassle tourists on the bridge.

Pim has complined that I don't update my blog that much lately. Well, true.
I realized that its looking too much like the manifsto, and I didn't like that.
See, the problem is that I'm hesitant about blogging the juicy bits of my life, lest the objects of discussion will read and be offended. On the other hand, what's the point of a peep show if you're not going to take you knickers off?

So - any tips?

Well, there's an American objector, joining the three brits. I Wonder if more will follow..

Did some good

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This weeks Doch Amin had a nice story about a guerilla sticker attack at the US senate cafeteria.

Well, if you read the page to the bottom, it turns out that this is another satire.
I mailed Ido Amin about this, and we had a good laugh. Its really not his fault, and the story is good enough, true or false.
But I wonder how many people have already forwarded his mail as the gospel. Why don't people verify their stories? All it takes is a minute on google. Imagine how much trash we would be spared!

Tamar, Nestor and the kids are with us this week (and slightly more).
On Sunday we're all going to hear Sophie play Gamelan!

Next weekend, we're going to Bangor.

Damn office phone decided it doesn't do outside calls again. And I really need to talk to Hadas. Well, lucky Michael's online in Israel:

[6:26 PM]<yishaym> hi

[6:33 PM]<yishaym> hello?

[6:36 PM]<Michael Keren> Hi Hello! Been away in the salon, haveing dinner.

[6:37 PM]<yishaym> can u call Hadas & ask her to call me? my phone doesn't do outside calls all of a sudden

[6:41 PM]<Michael Keren> calling. first fikshush: they are out shopping

[6:42 PM]<Michael Keren> trying the alchu. no response. response: horaot transferred.

[6:43 PM]<yishaym> thanks! she just called me.

 

[6:47 PM]<Michael Keren>As they say, the shortest way bw two points is the ... line

From Michael Moore's site:

With all this war going on, I just keep thinking about Marilyn Manson's interview on Micheal Moore's Bowling for Columbine. Just one sentence keeps echoing in my head:

Its all about fear and consumption

Its all about fear and consumption.

Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim met me me at Gali's nursery yesterday, and brought me a flyer for the screening of Asher's new film at the Jewish Art Festival. Since Yonathan, Gali's mate, is one of the main actors in the film, I think we should go..

Why ostriches don't fly the Iraqi skies

Iraq claims that a 70 year old farmer downed an American Apache.

Poor Hadas had to stay home yesterday morning, planning the nursery playground for Itamar's school. We went BnB hunting: some friends are coming over, and we need a place to put them.

We heard of this place near camden square, but didn't have their phone number. I decided to look for it, based on a general location & general description. and we found it. Beutiful house, english adaptation of Japanese style, with a parot as big as a horse guarding the front door (well, not really guarding - but you can't miss it).
Unfortunatly, they were booked. So, we asked them for the shortest way to the Canal - not too happy to go back down ugly Camden Road.

After streaching our legs in Camden sq.'s charming little park, we followed the BnB owner's advice, which took us down one of the areas hidden gems and into St. Pancras way. Right after the rail bridge, and before the canal we came across Camden Garden Centre which looked like the right place to buy some color for our "garden", had we the time. It's also apparently a charity, helping unemployed, so all the more reason to buy there. The nice (albeit rundown) playground behind it was not, however, something we could ignore.

Although not the best part of the canal, its still better than Camden road, and arriving at the lock from an unusual angle was a treat.

Our friends Lilian and Noam got married yesterday. They had the wedding at Frederick's, a Very posh restaurant in posh Islington.
The food was great, the company good, the music was too: all the kids danced strait through the main course. One thing which I'll have to get used to is the speaches. When I told this to Sophie, and Gordon, they asked: "don't you have speaches in Israeli weddings?"
Well, occasionaly the bridesgroom or his dad will get up and say how nice it was of you all to come, but that will never stop people from queing at the cakes table!
Anyway, it was a lovely wedding. Pitty we had to leave before the pudding (aka deserts). Gali was most disappointed to leave: she would have danced the night away if she had her way..

John Baumann, the guy that sent me Mark Twain's War Prayer, pointed me to a collection of Mark Twain's anti-war writtings.

Some ideas of How you can protest Rachel's killing.

"Rachel Corrie, 23, was killed on 16 March when she was run over by an Israeli bulldozer. Rachel was trying to stop the bulldozer from demolishing the home of a Palestinian doctor in the Gaza Strip. Our hearts go out to her family and friends. "
- more on the ISM site

It is my pleasue to bring you.. Amir Noy!

My freind Amir Noy has just IMed me that some of his works (songs & short stories) are on-line

George W. Bush: "Well, after we did such a good job in Afghanistan, don't you think its time we clean up Iraq?"

But we really had a great day. It was sunny & warm here in London. We took the kids to the park, I tried to teach Itamar to ride a bike, but he was more interested in playing football. Gali walked all the way to safeway. On the way back we were all galloping horses. We had shrimps (or as Gali calls them "Shuwimps") for dinner, and I even made some progress with my work.

My friend John Baumann sent me a copy of Mark Twain's War Prayer (You can find it all over the place, I liked the Quaker's formating). Good read for bad times.

I have a theory, I wonder if someone could check it and tell me if it holds water:

Every American president runs a war in his first term, to guarentee his second

And I say, time for a female, non-white president of the USA!

The TV here shows the bombing of Baghdad as if it were a video game.
Back home kids take their gas masks to school like lunch boxes.
Quite hard to concentrate on work these days..

damn. I hate wars!

Or, you can see the movie.

Looks like there's going to be a war tomorrow. Duh!
Good opertunity to hear Alice's Restaurant. Sorry I can't put a link to an MP3 here, but I'm sure you can find it.

Check this out! Hilareous!

Yet another interesting alternative media site:

openDemocracy. (and hey! they use jsp!)