Oh my goodness! Goats in Trees!

Also, his oldest son is about to go to jail (for some elections-money fraud. The son claims his father hadn't known anything. Nobody velieves him, and lots of people were angry at Sharon for letting his son take the blame and pay for something he was a part of, for his own political strenght), and that's been a really big issue, as well.

I hadn't heard about this at all. Oh dear.

There was a thing on public radio this morning, about Sharon's new party, and whether it will collapse without him. I expect it's a little different in a parliamentary system, but third parties never survive for long around here.

signed,
never voted for that big-eared Texan crazy, but was a resident of Conencticut when Lowell Weicker got a bug up his butt.

The holiday that has lots of special cookies is Purim (at least for some, if not all, Sepharadim).

Hamentaschen!

My internet is sloooow. I'm blaming it on humanity.

It is making googling hard, which is making it hard to work (no, really. I'm trying to diagnose a firewall issue and need to learn something, anything about macs and firewalls.)

I expect it's a little different in a parliamentary system, but third parties never survive for long around here.

Well, there are so many here. A few years ago, people from both biggest parties tried to create a new one, the "Center" party. It got nowehere. A little later, another new party was formed based on, to put it blantly, opposing religious people. It went stronger and stronger with each election, but it didn't manage to do much, so I guess it'll get fewer votes in the upcoming elections. Those are the biggest new parties that I can remember, so things can go either way. Well, could. Without Sharon himself, I really don't think this new party has too much to offer. [Edit: more often than not, the people who joined it are considered opportunists who ride on his coattails, not like even pretending to follow some sort of ideology.]

Hamentaschen!

Oh, yeah.

My mom also makes 5 or 6 different kinds of cookies, especially for Purim (and hardly ever, any other time of the year). They're awesome. In Purim, one of the things you do is trade dishes with friends, send a little basket with goodies to a few friends. My roommates can't wait each year for the one from my mom.

Note to self: If I go to Israel, go during Purim.

Hey, Nilly!

My neighbors were screaming their heads off last night and woke Li'l Sphere up over and over again. There was some sort of game on, right?

It was boring though. You just knew how it was going to end.

If I go to Israel, go during Purim.

There are also costumes. And drinking wine (um, not for me. I'm too vanilla for that, which is the less (!) embarrassing way of writing tha tI fall asleep after two sips).

Corwood Industries! How are you doing? Did your baby-son get you anything fun for the holidays? Like a particularly gorgeous smile?

You know what's annoying? A friend I haven't seen in forever asks what I'm doing Friday, then says she was thinking about meeting for drinks at 11. ELEVEN! On a Friday? I'll be asleep by then! Friday is for after-work plans, not late night plans!