38 posts tagged “gripe”

Don't read this post if you're in the middle of a meal! Yesterday we took Sumsum for his yearly vaccination and checkup with the vet. The doc asked if he was acting normally: eating, playing, sleeping, etc, and we said he was just fine. There was just one thing: every once in a while the dog would seat himself firmly on his ass, and drag himself with his front paws across the rug in the living room. The vet said he knew exactly what it meant. The scent glands in his ass were filled up. What?! Yes, there is such a thing, and those things need to be emptied from time to time, comme ça. If you think that cleaning your dog's shit is disgusting, you have another thing coming. The fluid that comes out of the dog smells like a thousand rotten eggs concentrated in 2 cc's. I thought I was gonna faint right there in the examining room, but the vet says this is something that just has to be done. The dog didn't seem to mind. He got sprayed with some special dog deodorant, and was sent to his way. I hope I never have to be present at this procedure again. Bllah, disgusting!

One of my Postcrossing cards, intended for Brazil, made a 4-day round trip, and ... landed back in my mailbox. There were no postal marks to explain the non-delivery, just lots of orange bar codes at the bottom. Without thinking twice, I threw the card back into the mailbox. Now I'm having seconds thoughts about this. I should have taken it home, and removed those codes. The card is bound to bounce again :(

The Academy backs up my fight against the riffraff.

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Sometimes if feels just great living in Israel. Especially when you get this kind of messages from the government.This is a color chart that explains how much time you have when the missile alarm sounds. Got it this morning via snail mail. The table on the right reads: "How much time do you have, to get to the sheltered area? 30 seconds, 60 seconds, 2 minutes, 3 minutes". Then there are special provisions for those close to the Gaza strip: 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 45 and 60 seconds. We personally have 2 minutes to get organized. Very encouraging.

Twitter Crazy 1

First it announces that I have 0 persons who want to follow me (which is kinda special, usually there are none). Then, when I want to authorize Ed, I get Meg instead. Hello Meg!

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When you see that the addressee of your Postcrossing card (maintaining the "traveling" status for 40 days), has not logged in for the past month and/or never registered a single card.

What a stupid election day. Okay, so you vote, then what? No work, no kindergarten, and no school, but also - no decent weather. Rain, wind and cold appeared from nowhere. The missus says we should stay in and play board games. The kids will go postal. Blah.

Every time I write a postcard to the States, I have a dilemma - should I cross my 7's, and should I flag my 1's? Living in Israel (or in Europe for that matter) I am used to writing that way. In my handwriting, 7 looks like , and the 1 has this little flag on it. In the US, on the other hand, the 7 doesn't have a crossbar, and the 1 looks like ┃. The two systems are so different, that Americans get totally confused by the way that we write. From my viewpoint, it requires a conscious effort to adapt to their style, producing numbers that look weird on paper. But do I have a choice? Probably not.