Exhibit Two Flies Back to Israel!

Tomorrow morning, May 1, 2012, my son, Exhibit Two [1], flies off back to Israel. He is taking part in the Jerusalem Fellowships program for three weeks, studying at Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem as well as traveling to various other places as part of the program. His sister, my daughter Exhibit One, did the program last [...]

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Exhibit One Moves to Israel!

Those of you who have been following this blog for a while are aware that my daughter, Exhibit One, along with her brother, my son Exhibit Two, first went to Israel last May on a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip. (My daughter on a camel during her Birthright trip) A few months later, Exhibit One returned to Israel [...]

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I Hadn’t the Vegas Idea! *

My beloved SG and I were having a discussion the other day about the fact that I am always right. Well, almost always, anyway. She asked me to tell her about a time when I was totally, incredibly, unbelievably wrong. I immediately mentioned Las Vegas, 1985. Long ago, when I was very much younger… “Like [...]

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Ancient Popcorn Discovered in Peru!

For all of you scoffers and nay-sayers out there who kvetch about archaeology never producing anything truly noteworthy and relevant… Ancient Popcorn Discovered in Peru! As the tireless geeks and nerdlings at ScienceDaily.com reported earlier this month, “People living along the coast of Peru were eating popcorn 1,000 years earlier than previously reported and before [...]

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The Toughtest Bat in the World!

And now, the moment we’ve all been waiting for… Kosher Samurai Award for the World’s Most Bad-Ass Bat. And the award for the the toughest bat in the world goes to… *drumroll please* The Desert Long-Eared Bat (Otonycteris hemprichii)! (Possibly the last thing a scorpion might see!) And what feats of bad-assery makes this little [...]

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British Campaign Furniture (and why I love it!)

British campaign furniture! (British Campaign Furniture) During the Georgian and Victorian periods (1714-1901), campaign furniture allowed military officers and gentlemen in the field to enjoy a similar standard of living as at home in Britain. They invested large amounts of money to enjoy a high degree of comfort, and this was enhanced by furniture made [...]

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Robo-Sex Vacation Tours!

OK… This is what I come home to after a nice time away for the Jewish holidays! Robo-Sex Vacation Tours! (The new Robo-Stud 3000) Tourism futurologist (how about THAT for a job?) [1] Ian Yeoman from University of Wellington, New Zealand, said that by 2050 mass tourism would spawn a range of new indoor tourism [...]

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Disturbing Revelation in Lugano!

Many years ago, I was travelling with family in Northern Italy and we went into Switzerland for a brief visit… a day trip around Lake Lugano. (Lugano, Switzerland) This is not to be confused with Lake Como, Italy, which is a different lake on the Italian side of the border. I’ve sometimes seen photos mislabeled [...]

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The Bumblebee Bat (aka Kitti’s Hog-nosed Bat)

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls… I present to you… (drumroll)… The Bumblebee Bat (aka Kitti’s Hog-nosed Bat)! (Craseonycteris thonglongyai – a big name for a little bat) The smallest mammal in the world is the bumblebee bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai), weighing in at just barely 2 grams – about the weight of a penny! – and [...]

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Exhibit One Returns from Israel

As I wrote about a month ago, my daughter, Exhibit One, “is returning to the Holy Land with the Aish HaTorah Jerusalem Fellowships. As part of the Jerusalem Fellowships program, she will be spending most of her time in Jerusalem and making day trips and overnight tours from there.” She stayed an extra week and, G-d willing, returns to [...]

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