tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224016582011-11-15T05:24:32.405+02:00Ramblings of an English-Speaking Native-Born Israeli GuyResident Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046550610396778829noreply@blogger.comBlogger491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22401658.post-46992936198636793702011-02-13T15:50:00.000+02:002011-02-13T15:50:49.302+02:00

Hi all! Yep, I'm alive and well. This is just to update that as I've gotten married, it seems my thoughts have shifted from those of the perplexed single (gone, but not forgotten), to that of human-rationality arbiter. If you're interested, I've picked this up on my new(ish) blog: http://factpinions.wordpress.com Same guy, different focus. Hope you enjoy both! RT

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Well, I've been away for a while. A loong while - I'd previously managed at least one passing thought worthy of comitting to silicon every month or two but poof, it's a half year gone by. Yes, this can only mean one thing: I'm in a relationship.Avid reader(s) may read enough between the lines of the previous 2-3 years to figure this hadn't really happened. And as my last post showed, I'd faced

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Turned 31 a couple hours ago. Some nice plans for the b-day: a show - one of 4 in a week(!), a planned "craaaazy" afterparty.. rehearsals, friends, music. stuff I like.Had written a post on my 30th which I'd evidently forgot to publish (a little late now, so.. never mind), but in it I tried to describe major changes from the previous year, or just stuff that was on my mind at the time. Let's have

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(literally)Can't really give a context for why this came up, nor claim there's any desperate need for this in the universe, but - I've just always felt there's been a line of true Rawkers; bands that, for their period, represent the true spirit of r'n'r, and that any given point in time, just frickin' ruled.This isn't easy to pin down. Remember, rawk isn't the same as "good". In fact, even just "

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Welcome to the boxing match inside my head: On this corner, weighing in at 300 pounds, pummeling anything in its path - it's Reality! And on this corner, weighing it at [intentionally left blank], looking like the most incredible woman I've ever laid eyes on, it's Dreams! And what a sweet talker she is.. sometimes she can bring reality to it's knees with a few suggestive promises...I've had this

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Unveiled earlier this year, the latest generation of atomic clocks have an accuracy of +/-1 second every 200 million years - as opposed to the previous, 80 million years. Now there's a relief!

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Resident Traveler's definition of campaigning: the process of a party or candidate disseminating the lies they think will get them the most votes.While this is true of all political campaigns, none have exemplified this more than the Porush campaign. His numerous lame attempts to buy votes through hollow verbiage is a test of basic rationality I pray we don't fail.The Porush campaign has been

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2-3 years after the rest of the world, I've finally caught up with the series "House, M.D." The bits and pieces I had seen of it before led me to severe bias against the show, what with the rapid-fire, "too cool to be real" dialog and the beautiful people on screen. "Blech," I thought, "more American non-realistic drivel." But now that I've finally been watching it - and this only applies through

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"Oh, that's not good..""What, what happened?""Your palms.. it's not a good sign." She'd read my palms a long time ago. Got quite a bit right, as well. Blind luck...Just that moment, someone walked in the room, and she turned to engage them in some mundane conversation. I hesitated for a moment, but decided to let it go. A few minutes later, she got ready to leave."That's it? You're just going to

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["About me" posts, despite their name, are meant to have some relevancy to the reader as well. you can see my introduction to them here, though this now reads to me as somewhat out of date and borderline naive. But hey, tradition is tradition, right?]A few days ago, I was sitting at a cafe1 and suddenly found myself in the throws of the aforementioned existential angst (just the angst, though -

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Sometimes the simplest things bring you down to earth.It's my birthday today - 30th. These past few days have had me thinking quite intently on where I am, where I'm going, what will be, what won't be. Existentialist pondering alongside existential angst. Coincidentally, I'd also thrown together a whole long post on where I stand in my romantic view, somewhat altered from where I stood a year ago

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It feels pointless at moments, like I'm on display. But then again - so is everyone else. We're even on that score.On select moments within the daily humdrum, when I free my mind enough to think, I feel a vague sensation of trying to unravel this big riddle. Except it's too difficult. Requires too much sustained concentration. So like a Rubik's Cube wasted on the impatient, I toss the riddle

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Rarely will I simply link to an article without, at least, some sort of (long-winded?) comment. But this one pretty much sums it up.Nice to know I'm not alone!

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Each and every person in front of you is a person, not the sum result of all your generalized theories.You're looking for that special someone, not that special cross-section of society.

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So much girl, so little woman.

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"Look, you and I - we're businessmen..""All this violence. Why can't we just get along?""I hear Brangelina..""Wow, you guys were great! Very Pink Floyd-meets-Madonna...""It's not what you say, it's how you say it. Seriously.""Don't worry. I'm sure the government will take care of it."Things I may (sadly) never say:"I do.""Funny, we've been asked that a lot lately - but I'm afraid you'll just have

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I rent an apartment in Jerusalem. Came home today to find this letter (in Hebrew) on my door handle:"Dear bla bla,have you considered selling your apartment? We [are thieving bastards who want to make a killing off your already overpriced apartment, and] would be happy to help you. After years on the rise, real estate prices have reached an unprecedented peak [allowing your greed to far outstrip

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(I'll start by pointing out that I'm not religious. Just FYI... Still, I come from a traditional home, haven't an ounce of "anti", and get by just fine with my religious friends. Put another way, I'm not particularly gagging to move to Tel Aviv. :) )Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has been named "the most famous rabbi in America" by Newsweek. I first ran into his name through reviews of his bestseller

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This isn't going to be some feminist manifesto, nor some teenage-y "grrrls do it better" populist blather. It won't be in praise of any "innate" multitasking abilities at child-rearing or home keeping (it's not anyway), emotional depth, ability for compassion, "fairer sex" theories etc. The fact of the matter is, I haven't lived with you, nor been in a long-term relationship with you. I'm going

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I'm either a recovering romantic or a realist with a romanticism problem.Scratch that - cliched as it may be, I think it's both.

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After the last, gloomy post, hope for the future has been somewhat restored... It doesn't take much to put a smile back on my face after all. :)Apologies for the cry wolf...

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"I was wasting my time trying to fall in lovedisappointment came to me and booted me and bruised and hurt me""I was wasting my time praying for love /For the love that never comes from someone who does not exist."- Morrissey, "That's How People Grow Up"Many years ago, when I was a kid, I remember discovering what I thought was the most ingenious time-saving technique: when looking to cross a

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"Hi! Uhh.. cheers!" Man, am I rusty! Awkward glance. "cheers.."They're two ladies, one mid 20's, the other early 30's, dressed in a suspicious black-on-black - black tops beneath black vests, black stockings, (white-patterned belt), both in skirts."So.. I've got to ask you... out of curiosity.. are you two religious? or maybe ex-religious?"Younger one nods, older one says, "wait. Do I look

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The new, tougher smoking law that has gone into effect recently is completely justified. Not everyone seems to agree on this, though*.The naysayers generally fall into two groups:a) wishful thinkers, i.e. those that see the problem with exposing non-smokers to smoke in public, but oppose the law on the grounds of harm to personal property rights, andb) idiots, i.e. those that see no problem with

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In a previous post, I introduced the TGF - Two Girl Fortress - as the impregnable wall, the unsolvable riddle, the nemesis of Nice Guys the world over. No longer. Today, I've officially cracked it. Hurray, the king is dead!Quick recap: Often occurring at a night spot, a TGF is a situation where 1) two (or more) ladies are engaged in conversation, 2) you're interested in one of them, and 3)

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In an article that came out today, Jerusalem's glorious mayor, Uri Lupolianski, wrote Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz requesting that Road 9 not become a toll road. Road 9 connects those coming to Jerusalem from the direction of Tel-Aviv straight to the Begin thruway, and bypasses the traffic at the center of the city. I couldn't help but notice there was no mention of who had put such an

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Introduction here.That's the End of That - by Resident Traveler, CC 2007 (AKA "The Impossible Dream", AKA "She's a Frecha") They say every pot has its lid. But whenever I look around: She's a frecha* - and that's the end of that.If she's not a frecha, she's a neo-hippie - and that's the end of that.If she's not a frecha, nor a neo-hippie, she's either the over-driven career type, a scantily-clad,

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It's moving season, and this time I decided I'd rent on my own (I'm 29, figured it's time). The hunt is thankfully over, but while I was searching, I noticed a pattern: the landlords, in their 50s and 60s, would ask whether I am, indeed, looking just for myself. When I'd answer in the affirmative, they'd give me a cockeyed look and ask, "you're single? Really? How come?" This happened several

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I'm all of 29, but the technological changes my generation has seen make for some strange memories.Just around a half hour ago, walking home on the same path that's spawned other trips down memory lane, I saw I'd received a call to my cellphone from a number I didn't recognize. Calling back and telling the complete stranger on the other end of the line, "I got a call from this number", I was

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It's been ages, I know. Lots going on, so I'll just quickly point out one peeve and leave it at that:I live in Jerusalem, and I happen to like this city. Lots of my friends do too. But we all know plenty of people who don't, which is fine. I can even see why they don't - it just doesn't bother me as much.Every year on Jerusalem Day, and several times in between, an article comes out with doomsday

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It was enough to stand in line for a bus at the Jerusalem Central Bus Station to see how wide the spectrum of people was for the demonstration on Thursday. In the long queue for Tel Aviv, an obvious old-school Jerusalem-intelligentsia left-winger was having a low-level argument with a family of settlers, even as they were headed to the exact same rally. No point in specifying types: everyone was

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I've been nominated in some JIB Awards categories - more so than I thought I could be considered for, but hey - I'm hardly complaining..So if you think this is somehow a really good personal blog, small blog, "of the rest" or overall blog, not to mention if you thought this was a good post, head on over to the awards site and vote. It's your chance to make a total stranger feel good about himself

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"Hiding in my room / safe within my wombI touch no one and no one touches me"Simon and Garfunkel, I am a Rock.Men. We've done some horrible things in our time. We've cheated, looted, raped and pillaged. All things being equal, we're more likely to lose our temper and resort to violence. We can be sophomoric and inattentive. We've mismanaged countries and instigated wars - one of us had Rome burnt

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[not for the faint-hearted, this]Going to the Jerusalem Shuk today, I saw quite a sight - a worker marching into the shuk (market) area, carrying a giant hunk of cow on his back. This enormous ribcage, that looked like it must weigh as much as the worker, went flying right by the face of one girl, who shrieked in terror.There he went, behind car exhaust fumes, by overstuffed garbage receptacles

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"Why not go after her? what have you got to lose? What have you got to lose?"I had been feeling a sort of angst, an impatience, all evening. Some friends invited me to a jazz show near my house, but when I showed up I couldn't stand being there. Normally I'm fine with some live jazz, but at that moment it irritated me to no end. It seemed so soft, just some polite, mood-setting background music;

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(warning - rant coming up)A friend of mine was kind enough to fly me on a business trip with him once. We were going to have a stopover in Europe, and I wanted to duck into the city for something. I was certain I could do it and come back in time for the connecting flight. He wasn't too thrilled about my plan, but I kept pressing - "It'll work out, c'mon!".He then asked me The Question - the one

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["About me" posts, despite their name, are meant to have some relevancy to the reader as well. See my introduction to them here.]I'm a punk. No, I've never worn a torn shirt with safety pins, nor contemplated a mohawk (and not just because I couldn't grow one if I tried). I've got a college degree. I didn't grow up "on the streets". I haven't touched a single (non-musical) drug in my life. I've

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..even as you're pinned to the floor - by their singer.Had this whole post on agnosticism and faith ready, but forget that.. Every once in a while I see a band I'm happy just to know exists. Quick background: I'm a huge music fan - first and foremost, though not reserved to, rock music. listen to tons of it, Play in two bands.. Big on all things with an independent bent and strong emotion, but

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["About me" posts, despite their name, are meant to have some relevancy to the reader as well. See my introduction to them here.]Yet another unexpected twist.. this was not what I had prepared as the first "about me" post, but regular readers (all, like, two of you) already know my best-laid plans consistently seem to combust before they've ever been made. In this case, I'll even say what

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Banality warning: this will be one of those posts...--------Yeah, I haven't posted in a while, I know. In explaining this to a good friend, he suggested I post about that. Touche!The thing is, after returning from the gigantic tour (mentioned briefly elsewhere), I had been incarcerated at my folks home for a few weeks as I'd badly sprained my ankle. This meant, among other things, watching stairs

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OK, I know I said I'd post more about myself, but it's a fast-paced world out there. If something springs up urgently, well, damned if I don't write about it! Fear not (I'm sure you do..), the first "about me" post is under construction, awaiting my next stretch of concentration... Anyway:I'm going to give you a puzzle to try to solve, and I welcome any and all attempts to crack it, ok?here's the

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I'm really quite new to this whole blogging thing.. I've started reading a few to get a sense of how things work, and one nagging feeling keeps popping up: who are you? I never feel I know the person writing.. I don't mean I need to know anyone's shoe size or inclination on Nietzschean theories of Transgressive Ethno-Hippopotamy, but I'd like to know a little about the person who took the effort

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Was horrified to see my last two posts were political, as if what I really care about isn't what all my fellow male hetero 28-year-olds care about: women.Or can I use "girls"? "women" sounds so old to me - when I think of that word, I see a faded, 1910's photo of a girdled 55-year-old with a shower cap on. But can I use "girls" without sounding patronizing? I'll go with that term simply because

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..said Ahmed Tibi. This is in response to various proposals for electoral reform that suggest raising the electoral threshold to five percent. Tibi's claim is that the Arab sector is harmed in that the three major Arab-sector parties - Rahat-Ta'al, Balad and Hadash - will be forced to merge, thus proving anti-Arab electoral tinkering. Without getting into politics (though, I suppose, who am I

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Politics. Who knew I'd end up writing on it.The deaths of 60 civilians at Qana on Sunday was a serious blow. I think every Israeli knows to stop and recoil from such a horror. While the Israeli army does not target civillians, and has actually refrained from firing in situations of reasonable likelihood of innocents in the crosshairs unless it's a "ticking bomb", Israel still cannot but take a

Resident Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046550610396778829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22401658.post-1141954646247403282006-03-10T02:45:00.000+02:002006-12-06T17:45:08.558+02:00

I'm writing on a topic that was in the news! Allright! I celebrate this fact, since I've been reading other bloggers do this with a fair degree of envy.. "They've SO got their shit together", I'd figuratively say, "they're well enough informed and opinionated to draw out a complete theory, analysis and/or rebuttal in an organized, linear fashion". Now I'm doing it too... well, trying anyway..Ynet

Resident Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046550610396778829noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22401658.post-1140105728643141662006-02-16T17:54:00.000+02:002007-01-10T21:08:41.920+02:00

More from that memorable trip, this time in LA.My buddy Q and I spent some time there last month, where everyone seems to think they're either a rock star, a very personal friend of a rock star (by virtue of some work they did for the rock star's label back in '02), or god - meaning several levels below a rock star.In this strange, strange place, truth is secondary to attention-grabbing

Resident Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046550610396778829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22401658.post-1139866649135787832006-02-13T23:33:00.000+02:002007-01-10T20:47:02.496+02:00

A tale of loss, the human condition and irresistable urges, all in beautiful London.I love London. I've been to New York and LA, but London just cries out "me!" like no other. Everything a through-and-through urbanite like myself would want, without the loneliness and insignifigance I feel radiating from the other two. On the way back to Israel, my friend - we'll call him "Q", heh heh - and I had

Resident Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11046550610396778829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22401658.post-1139854948813445992006-02-13T19:51:00.000+02:002007-04-05T01:33:35.162+03:00

It's gotten a hold of me! AHHH! get it off!I'm 27 (in 2006), single, male, Jewish, am relatively not messed up by organized theologies or crashing, failed relationships (by which I mean there haven't been any), am completely incapable of bullshitting. You'll probably see that here. Love music of the more independent rock variety, and play in several bands. I find partisanship and deceitfulness to

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