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Frequent travellers take note… If you ever need to sleep at an airport, I highly recommend SFO — not that you typically have much choice in the matter. What’s nice about SFO is that besides some relatively quiet music and an occasional page for a passenger, there isn’t much being broadcast throughout the [...]

So, I’ve found that for some Jews.. there’s a fascination with Christmas songs. I am one of those Jews. Ever since High School or so, I’ve fell in love with Christmas music. Thing is, I’m not talking about Christmas Carols or anything.. I’m talking about what I have dubbed ‘Alternative Christmas Music.’ What I mean [...]

From time to time, one thing I enjoy doing is going into Flickr and searching for places that I visited, lived or enjoyed. For example, searching for: Reims, I can view all of the photos of Le Place D’Erlon, Notre Dame de Reims, and the other places that I remember visiting when I lived there in [...]

Man, we’ve really lost our thick skin as we head into the winter season. It’s been “cold” out here for about 3 weeks or so now, and we’re freezing. Now, let me clarify what I mean by cold. It’s currently about 49 degrees here — with a low tonight going down to 36. 50 Degrees [...]

Man.. doing a wedding registry is hard work. We managed to brave the mall traffic today to register at what was originally supposed to be “a few places.” After 5 hours, we came close to finishing off our registry at Macy’s. We still have a lot of cleanup to do and adjusting of what was [...]