Archive for March, 2007

preparing for pesach

It’s been a busy week here in Jerusalem, preparing for Passover.   On Tuesday, the company had a pre-Passover celebration (in my mind, kind of like the holiday lunch party in the US during Christmas).   The head of the company told a joke:
A Jewish CEO was hired by a company in Utah. The company were all […]

Posted by Marie on March 29th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

jan and peter

When I was in Jerusalem in November, people from other offices were here - the UK, German, others from the US, and every night we went out and did something.  Then, in February, I was the only foreigner in the office.  That meant I went to dinner by myself every night, it’s not so fun […]

Posted by Marie on March 26th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

update: bag

My bag has arrived. I feel like a new woman.

Posted by Marie on March 26th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

my taxi ride home

I worked a little late tonight, and then walked over to the mall to get a book on learning Hebrew.  It’s a pretty nice book - nice and easy for beginners like me.  Lots of practice with this new script, easy words and sentences.  I figured it would give me something to do, I seem […]

Posted by Marie on March 25th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

female overnight kit

So I have arrived in Jerusalem once again, but my luggage has not. It’s still in Frankfurt.  They think.  No, really, they’re pretty sure it will arrive late tomorrow morning - meaning I’ll have two full days at work with only my carry on bag. 
I almost felt like I was back in Peace Corps days, […]

Posted by Marie on March 25th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

the Brady Bunch

I’ve been working in the new office for about three weeks now (what with trips to Israel and a two-week vacation).  This is definitely a merger.  It’s a lot like the Brady Bunch, in my opinion.  Two groups of kids/people who think that the way they do things is the only way to do things.   […]

Posted by Marie on March 23rd, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

the education of kramer

Apparently I talk about my blog a lot.  At least that’s what my tell-it-like-it-is friend Kramer says.   It’s nice to have her around, none of this pussyfooting around.  “Oh, you and your blog,” she used to say.  She couldn’t even pronounce the name - it came out Hermione, Hermano, and then she’s revert to the […]

Posted by Marie on March 22nd, 2007 under Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

my favorite thing. ever.

Someone asked me a while ago, by way of getting to know me, what my favorite thing was.   I only had a few seconds to reply, and what burst out of my mouth was “Books”.  I’ve thought about that question on and off since, with a little more time on my hands, and I’ve decided […]

Posted by Marie on March 20th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

difference of opinion versus difference in facts

I always did better in school at math and the hard sciences rather than arts and social sciences.   I like being able to say “this is the way it is”.   I am a librarian and enjoy being able to point at something and say “it says here that this is true”.   
I do not enjoy, however, […]

Posted by Marie on March 18th, 2007 under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

next: the romans

I often remark with disdain the penchant for the British/Europeans to think that they owned the world when they started to colonialize.  In many senses, I think they ran roughshod over existing cultures - Native Americans, Africans (who did, however, succeed in throwing off the yoke), Aboriginal Australians, Indigineous Central/South Americans (who seem to be […]

Posted by Marie on March 18th, 2007 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

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