tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101959402024-03-13T12:03:53.117+02:00Weird thing of the day • דָּבָר מוּזָר שֶׁל הַיּוֹםThe weirdness of the World, worthy causes, and other stuff<br>Share and enjoy (or be scared or something)<br>© 2012 Aaron Solomon AdelmanRupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.comBlogger1860125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-33600490478647522332014-05-22T16:23:00.003+03:002014-05-22T16:23:59.257+03:00Beware of musical floppy drivesJewish date: 22 ’Iyyar 5774 (Parashath BeMidhbar).<br />
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Today’s events: Emancipation Day (Puerto Rico), Buy-A-Musical Instrument Day, International Day for Biological Diversity (UN).<br />
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Greetings.<br />
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In honor of Buy-A-Musical Instrument Day, today’s weird thing is a weird use of something which most of us would never think of as musical instruments: “<a data-jsb_prepared="z3yqnfjs1g" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enZ4P7Azxys&feature=youtu.be" rel="noreferrer">Doctor Who Theme on eight floppy drives</a>”.<br />
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Enjoy, share the weirdness, and beware of Daleks.<br />
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’Aharon/AaronRupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-3267007165949005332014-05-07T12:11:00.001+03:002014-05-08T09:07:37.916+03:00Beware of armed and dangerous mathematiciansJewish date: 7 ’Iyyar 5774 (Parashath BeHar Sinay).<br />
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Today’s event: International Tuba Day.<br />
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Greetings.<br />
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1) As I remind you every year, if you ever manage to get use of a time machine, be sure to attend <a data-jsb_prepared="34te24tzb4" href="http://web.mit.edu/adorai/timetraveler/" rel="noreferrer">the Time Traveler Convention on May 7, 2005</a> at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (East Campus Courtyard, 3 Ames St. Cambridge, MA 02142, USA) events starting at 8:00 PM. Note <a data-jsb_prepared="3o49yuwj10" href="http://weirdthingoftheday.blogspot.co.il/2008/05/2-iyyar-5768-yom-hazzikkaronday-17-of.html" rel="noreferrer">the unusual events that allegedly occurred there</a>.<br />
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2) Considering that I post rarely these days, today’s weird <i>things</i> are “<a data-jsb_prepared="k1ny4pmzrk" href="http://www.odditycentral.com/news/thriving-bottle-garden-hasnt-been-watered-in-over-40-years.html" rel="noreferrer">Thriving Bottle Garden Hasn't Been Watered in Over 40 Years</a>” (thank you, David) and the bizarrely improbable-sounding—but real—“<a data-jsb_prepared="vgj1rxxqpg" href="https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/c1eb776193ef" rel="noreferrer">How Mathematicians Used A Pump-Action Shotgun to Estimate Pi</a>”. Enjoy and share the weirdness.<br />
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’Aharon/AaronRupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-26212148472488099552014-04-04T12:26:00.002+03:002014-04-04T12:26:25.630+03:00Beware of guitar-playing robots, fake papers, and Darth VaderJewish date: 4 Nisan 5774 (Parashath Meṣora‘).<br />
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Today’s events: National Reading a Roadmap Day, National Repot your Plant Day, International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (UN).<br />
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Greetings.<br />
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It has been too long since I last posted, and I have too many things, including weird things, accumulating on my desktop. I therefore present you with <i>three</i> weird things:<br />
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1) “<a data-jsb_prepared="4m4n633cur" href="http://singularityhub.com/2014/03/01/squarepusher-explores-emotional-machine-music-with-78-fingered-robot-guitarist/" rel="noreferrer">Squarepusher Explores ‘Emotional Machine Music’ With 78-Fingered Robot Guitarist</a>”, which is arguably a defictionalization of <a data-jsb_prepared="3gmz9wrads" href="http://www.animusic.com/" rel="noreferrer">Animusic</a>.<br />
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2) “<a data-jsb_prepared="r071ikr3mv" href="http://www.nature.com/news/publishers-withdraw-more-than-120-gibberish-papers-1.14763" rel="noreferrer">Publishers withdraw more than 120 gibberish papers</a>”, the papers in question being generated by<br />
<a data-jsb_prepared="vsh0534dvh" href="http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/" rel="noreferrer">SCIgen - An Automatic CS Paper Generator</a>. This is the sort of hoax which reveals that some people are not doing peer review correctly.<br />
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3) For all you science-fiction fans out there, “<a data-jsb_prepared="kmq4ewy5z2" href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/31/ukraine-darth-vader-president-internet-party" rel="noreferrer">Ukraine's Darth Vader bids to lead nation to the dark side</a>”. As if there weren’t enough people in office who had gone over to the Dark Side already…<br />
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Enjoy, share the weirdness, and <i>Shabbath shalom</i>. <br />
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’Aharon/AaronRupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-15728982595663464462014-01-30T21:27:00.002+02:002014-01-30T21:27:30.566+02:00Beware of Pacific Northwest tree octopusesJewish date: 30 Shevaṭ 5774 (evening) (Parashath Terumah).<br />
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Today’s events: Inane Answering Machine Day, Escape Day.<br />
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Greetings.<br />
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I am sad to report that I am sick (upper respiratory infection according to the doctor), and my mind seems affected in now thinking up all sort of bizarre ideas, including fantastic creatures. This prompts today’s weird thing: “<a data-jsb_prepared="2ik13ns2mj" href="http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/" rel="noreferrer">Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus</a>”. This is a well-done hoax, with <a data-jsb_prepared="r7gql3ek8r" href="http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/links.html" rel="noreferrer">links to other hoaxed animals</a> as well. Enjoy and share the weirdness.<br />
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’Aharon/AaronRupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-9262630914785054092014-01-07T17:51:00.003+02:002014-01-07T17:51:55.643+02:00Beware of joke-telling androids and frozen soap bubblesJewish date: 7 Shevaṭ 5774 (evening) (Parashath Beshallaḥ).<br />
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Today’s events: World Asthma Day, Dress Up a Pet Day, Old Rock Day, Distaff Day.<br />
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Greetings.<br />
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I have way too many links open in Safari, and in the process of reducing them, I am going to post two weird things. <br />
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The first weird thing hearkens back to the <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i> episode “The Outrageous Okona”. In this episode, Data starts to tell Guinan a joke starting with “A monk, a clone, and a Ferengi decide to go bowling together—”, but he never finishes it due to being paged and having to leave. “<a data-jsb_prepared="x3vr45ul1f" href="http://www.fiveminute.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1373" rel="noreferrer">Finish Data's Joke</a>” provides a number of suggestions of what the rest of the joke is, some of which are actually funny. (Now if only someone would give me the start of the joke about the clown and the Ferengi in the gorilla suit…)<br />
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If that doesn’t suit your fancy, see “<a data-jsb_prepared="vvqagketai" href="http://distractify.com/culture/arts/frozen-bubbles-in-wintertime/" rel="noreferrer">While We All Hid Indoors, This Boy And His Mom Tried A Crazy Experiment In The Freezing Cold Weather</a>” for pictures of what happens when people blow soap bubbles in some of the crazy winter weather the US has been getting lately.<br />
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’Aharon/AaronRupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-15279130176941648082013-12-10T14:40:00.001+02:002013-12-10T14:40:53.611+02:00Beware of King James and Markov chainsJewish date: 7 Ṭeveth 5774 (Parashath Wayeḥi).<br />
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Today’s events: Human Rights Day (United Nations).<br />
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Greetings.<br />
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In the process of getting rid of open tabs in Safari, I bring you today’s weird thing: <a href="http://kingjamesprogramming.tumblr.com/">King James Programming</a>, which describes itself as “Posts generated by a Markov chain trained on the King James Bible and Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs.” The result is the periodic posting of such bizarrely silly things as “<i>And Satan stood up against them in the table used by the programs external to the enclosing procedure</i>” and “<i>Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means unique to computer programming.</i>” Your humble blogger has no idea what the point of this is beyond silliness. Enjoy and share the weirdness.<br />
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’Aharon/AaronRupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-44350782519682536022013-12-09T21:28:00.000+02:002013-12-09T21:28:46.274+02:00Beware of wizard climatologistsJewish date: 7 Ṭeveth 5774 (evening) (Parashath Wayeḥi).<br />
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Today’s event: National Pastry Day.<br />
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Greetings.<br />
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It has been <i>way</i> too long since I last posted on this blog (or my other one). I have been busy with other things, and I expect to be busy a lot for a while. Nevertheless, I ran across something totally weird I feel merits being shared: “<a href="http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2013/10013.html">Middle Earth climate</a>”. Someone (using the pseudonym of “Radagast the Brown”) was actually goofy enough to model the climate on <a href="http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/">Arda</a>, the fictional world of the past of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a>. Enjoy and share the weirdness with the hobbit you love.<br />
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’Aharon/AaronRupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-54587744116792670552013-06-03T13:15:00.001+03:002013-06-03T13:15:08.010+03:00The Time Traveler ConventionJewish date: 25 Siwan 5773 (Parashash Qoraḥ).<br />
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Today’s event: National Doughnut Day <br />
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Greetings.<br />
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Right now your humble blogger is testing a program he is writing repeats a specific action once per minute actually does that. This is fairly boring, so while waiting for something, anything to go wrong, I would like to remind everyone that if they ever get use of a time machine to attend <a href="http://web.mit.edu/adorai/timetraveler/">the Time Traveler Convention on May 7, 2005</a>. For a description of what allegedly happened then, see <a href="http://weirdthingoftheday.blogspot.co.il/2008/05/2-iyyar-5768-yom-hazzikkaronday-17-of.html">“Grandfather Paradox”</a>. Thank you for your attention.<br />
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’Aharon/AaronRupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-76695186833978427502013-05-31T14:29:00.001+03:002013-05-31T14:29:37.796+03:00“Star Trek: The High School Musical” and Wolfe+585, Sr.Jewish date: 22 Siwan 5773 (Parashash Shelaḥ).<br />
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Today’s events: Speak in Complete Sentences Day, World No Tobacco Day.<br />
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Greetings.<br />
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Today’s weird thing is “<a href="http://www.trektoday.com/content/2013/05/star-trek-the-middle-school-musical/">Star Trek: The Middle School Musical</a>”. <br />
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If that is not your cup of tea, you can read about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe%2B585,_Senior">Wolfe+585, Senior.</a> (Tip of the hat to Barry.)<br />
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Enjoy, share the weirdness, and <i>Shabbath shalom</i>. <br />
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’Aharon/AaronRupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-75924826485390171272013-04-02T15:37:00.001+03:002013-04-02T15:37:52.561+03:00Beat it all the way to the other side of the Misty MountainsJewish date: 22 Nisan 5773 (Parashath Shemini).<br />
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Today’s event: National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day.<br />
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Greetings.<br />
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It is the day after Pesaḥ (Passover), and your humble blogger finds himself scrambling to get everything in order that got put aside for the major Jewish holiday (as well as buying bagels and doing laundry). Today’s weird thing is a bizarre crossover he would like to get a link to off his desktop: “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o2ZkyMcDbUQ">THE HOBBIT - Misty Mountains Cold (Michael Jackson Tribute)</a>”:<br />
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Enjoy and share the weirdness.<br />
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’Aharon/AaronRupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-89292639274034714792013-03-20T11:44:00.000+02:002013-03-20T11:44:14.801+02:00The Force is strong with this blog; it keeps marching onJewish date: 9 Nisan 5773 (Parashath Ṣaw).<br />
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Today’s events: International Day of the Francophonie, National Quilting Day, National Agriculture Day, Great American Meat Out Day, Proposal Day, Festival Of Extraterrestrial Abductions Day.<br />
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Greetings.<br />
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Sorry to be posting sparsely, but I have other things taking up my time, such as iOS programming and getting ready for Pesaḥ. I do not expect things to get any better on this soon.<br />
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In the interest of not letting things pile up, today there are two weird things. The first is a song I remembered from <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Jewish-Humor/dp/0061138134">The Big Book of Jewish Humor</a></i>. The song came to mind recently, and I could not find the lyrics in my copy, but I did find the original song, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6VgLXJzFY8">Allan Sherman’s “The Ballad of Harry Lewis”</a>, on-line:<br />
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Today’s other weird thing is a mockumentary currently making the rounds which makes the argument that there was something very fishy about the destruction of the Death Star, <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2dvv-Yib1Xg">Luke’s Change: An Inside Job</a></i>:<br />
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(Tip of the hat to Barry.)<br />
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Enjoy and share the weirdness.<br />
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’Aharon/AaronRupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-42241283793572352182013-03-13T13:44:00.001+02:002013-03-13T13:44:55.639+02:00Oz the Great and Powerful (2013): A ReviewGreetings.<br />
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The following review was delivered to me by a short man in yellow who claimed he was acting as messenger as a favor for an old ally. He was holding a strange magical instrument and claimed that I would turn into an amphisbaena if I did not post this review. Enjoy (or have some other emotional reaction.)<br />
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’Aharon/Aaron<br />
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It’s nice to see writers try to keep up with the times. The first so-called Royal Historian, L. Frank Baum, bucked the trends of his days in 1900 when he published <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</i>. This “nonfiction novel” (as Truman Capote would put it) centers around Dorothy Gale, a simple country girl who finds herself in a fundamentally terrifying situation, being far from home. Instead of being a pushover or a pansy, she pulls herself together and does what she has to do to get home, facing dangers, making friends, and helping others. Even today, Gale’s example makes her a role model. There are other female characters in the story, from generous ones like the Witch of the North to grateful and helpful like the Queen of the Field Mice. Even myself, the Witch of the West, despite Baum’s attempt to rewrite history, can be seen as any good leader, trying to protect herself and her people from strange foreign invaders. In contrast, the famous MGM movie that came out 39 years later reduces all women to a few one-dimensional types, from an idiot version of Glinda to a pointlessly evil version of myself to a Gale so pathetic that the only time she stands up for anyone is when she slaps a lion on the nose to protect her dog. Today we’d call the movie sexist, but the earlier book is not.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Now in 2013, a lifetime after the MGM version, Disney has presented is own prequel. I won’t get into how this version differs from the real Oz or how these events supposedly occur after Baum published his first book; that’s only so much rigamarole. There are far more serious problems here. The movie attempts to expand on certain characters, giving them something of a past and reasons for why they did what they did. However, aside from being wildly untrue to life, these expansions are more than disturbing.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Let us start with the Wizard, Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs, or as I like to call him, OZPINHEAD (played by James Franco). That the man is a huckster and a fraud should be obvious, but the motion-picture-makers have added that he is highly promiscuous, trying involve himself with almost every woman he sees. However, a man capable of maneuvering himself into seats of great power ought to have some discretion, and OZPINHEAD doesn’t have any foresight in the matter. Is it possible that he first seduces one of the rulers of Oz, then openly courts the other? Yes, but unlikely. Even great rulers known for their indiscretion are usually a little more discrete with women of far less power.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>The objects of his affection in Oz are three of the most formidable witches who ever lived. Glinda (played by Michelle Williams), correctly identified as the Witch of the South, in real life has been the most duplicitous, always seeming calm and serene, but constantly keeping herself informed on everyone’s doings and working behind the scenes on long-range plans to ensure the safety of her people. In Oz, she is the last opponent anyone wants to tangle with. However, in this movie she is much more dim, showing a naïve faith in the inner goodness of OZPINHEAD despite him being so promiscuous and clueless and a little dim himself. None of the intelligence or planning she is known for ever appears. In this version, she gets all her power from her magic wand, and if a woman getting all her power from a phallic symbol is not disturbingly Freudian, I do not know what is. As the daughter of the former king, Glinda ought to be the rightful heir to the throne, but inexplicably she is not, nor does she ever seek to wrest the central power away without OZPINHEAD’s help.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>In charge at the Emerald City is Evanora (played by Rachel Weisz), who is not explicitly called the Witch of the East but must be by process of elimination. She is the only one who seems to understand what a Lothario OZPINHEAD is and acts accordingly to manipulate all involved. She is intelligent, forceful, and shows initiative, perfect to be a leader. Her sister is Theodora (played by Mila Kunis), who will become the Witch of the West. Theodora starts off as a beautiful, innocent (that is, utterly stupid) young woman whose shirt always seems on the verge of falling off. Despite being a powerful witch, she shows a lack of initiative and a weakness of will, not so much the kind of woman documented by Baum, but a clingy, helpless woman-child that seems more of a throwback to the pathetic version of Dorothy played by Judy Garland, or worse, the kind of princess “heroine” in early Disney animated features.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>It is with this that we reach the crux of the problem. Like Queen Zixi of Ix in Baum’s eponymous book, Evanora is actually ugly and disguises her appearance to look beautiful; the equivalence of beauty with goodness is a sexist cliché that trivializes a woman’s worth to a single dimension, and Disney films are rife with it. The situation is even worse for Theodora, who becomes infatuated with OZPINHEAD at first sight and allows him to seduce her. She mistakes their night of bliss for real love and commitment, and foolishly believes that he wants her as his queen when he takes over the rule of Oz. The revelation (real or fake, it does not matter) of his infidelity upsets her, of course, her tears literally burning her as they run down her cheeks. No one can blame her for being upset and angry, and this is when her true powers show. Unlike Glinda’s phallic symbol, the powers of Theodora and Evanora come from within, and unlike Glinda’s powers for good, they are controlling and destructive. Theodora is tricked into taking a spell which withers her heart, turning her ugly and setting her loose to wreak havoc on the world with her magic. The situation suggests the descent of Anakin Skywalker in the <i>Star Wars</i> prequel trilogy, in which an initially good character becomes the evil Darth Vader. However, even that involved unusual traumas, with Skywalker starting as a slave, enduring the murder of his mother, and finally trying to save his dying love. Anyone suffering all that could go mad, and we sympathize with him despite his becoming a monster. For Theodora, what she goes through is horrible but nowhere as bad, and while the typical woman might scratch up the seducer’s car or defame him in country-western songs, turning into an evil dictator seems a little out of proportion. The character in the 1939 movie, played by Margaret Hamilton, at least was smart and thoughtful, but this version seems mercurial and out of control, fundamentally unstable and mentally ill.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>This is not the Oz documented by Baum, where OZPINHEAD was eventually succeeded by Princess Ozma, the daughter of the former king who, after many bumpy years, finally proved her worth. In the movie, powerful women are dangerous, and when they’re intelligent like Evanora or emotional like Theodora, everyone is at risk. Far better is a limited woman like the dumbed-down Glinda whose only power is borrowed from a phallic symbol, and better yet is the authority of a man in charge, even a deceitful impostor like OZPINHEAD. The special effects are fantastic, but the story is even more regressive than the 1939 movie, filled with not the innocent sexism of fools who knew no better, but a willful hostility to powerful women who would not accept their place. The writers (Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire, both men) knew full well the emotional damage that a cad can inflict upon a fool, and if OZPINHEAD really wanted to make amends, he should have presented himself in person, begging for forgiveness, the way a real man does. Instead they let off OZPINHEAD easy, making a token offer of acceptance to Theodora if she ever changes her mind, then graciously allow him the throne and a clear conscience, a complete injustice. More than anything, this trivializes the harm OZPINHEAD has done, shifting the blame from action to essence, ergo, women with their own power are bad.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>As documented by Baum, Oz became an immortal land, and it is hard for anything there to truly die. That is most fortunate for me, and even though I was melted once by an angry girl, that hasn’t killed my resolve. Much as I hated the lies told about me by Gregory Maguire, they are nothing compared with the character assassination in this movie, or more properly, character rape, as bad that of some of the worst, most amateur fan fiction. Those who have read Baum will remember that I have one eye, but it can see anywhere, and through anything, even as far as from Oz to Kansas and beyond. I hope those motion-picture-makers will remember who is watching them, or what one intelligent, powerful woman can do.Rupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-44086228168759302422012-12-19T13:22:00.002+02:002012-12-19T13:22:41.880+02:00Authorized guest post by Larry Adelman: Lewi ’Eshkol Alley, part 2<div style="text-align: center;">
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I wasted the next morning at the police station. After tripping over a rock near the front, I had a hard time convincing the police that I was working with Israel’s greatest detective, even after I showed them a business card. Even when they talked, the news was depressing. There weren’t a lot of murders or missing people in Giv‘at Shmu’el, let alone any bodies lying in the morgue, and no one who had been reported recently missing had any resemblance to the mysterious Mr. Pinchas Abramowitz. For good measure I checked the wanted posters and found no matches either. My next stop was the library, on the way to which I tripped over another rock and seriously questioned whoever’s responsible for decorating the town. Once there, I did find mention of a painter of that name who died in 1986, but obviously he was not the man in question. The Internet provided nothing of use, so I looked up the phone numbers of every Pinchas Abramowitz in Israel and called them, all to no fruition. For lack of anything better, I confirmed the address for Ms. Bluma Pomares, and then I was off again to trip on another rock.<br />
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Why are there so many rocks like this in Giv‘at Shmu’el?</div>
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On a hunch, I returned to the Bar Mitzvah, where I showed around the picture of Mr. Abramowitz to no avail. Few if any remembered him, and none could tell me more than he had been there a few times, always in the company of Ms. Pomares. On thinking about it, that did make sense. Since she was dating the man, staying in a public place such as this, surrounded by so many reputable men and women, that would satisfy any religious requirements against them being alone together. I tried one last time at the bar, where my waitress, an old grandmother who encouraged me to finish my soup, looked suspiciously at the picture.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Who is this man?” she asked, and I gave her a quick outline, something which she gave a disgusted snort. “I have this boy in my apartment building who resembles this man. Perhaps they are brothers.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“An Abramowitz?” I asked.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Who knows his name? But this boy, he is always is trouble, his parents are always yelling at him. If his brother disappeared, this is the one you should look at.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Shortly I was off down the street, and cutting across a back walkway I soon reached the apartment building. The giant concrete structure might hold dozens of families, all stacked on top of each other. There were buttons near the entrance, labeled with apartment numbers but (sadly) not names. I pressed them all, and soon somebody buzzed me in. The inside felt foreboding, too sparse and sterile, no common areas outside of the dreadful halls and lobby to bring the residents together. A short elevator ride and I reached the proper floor.<br />
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A picture which shows my incompetence as a photographer because the apartment building I was trying to capture is pretty badly centered.</div>
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My plan had been simple: I would go to the apartment the waitress described, and if Mr. Abramowitz was not there himself, perhaps this brother of his might be. The problems with my plans began to sink in: what if no one was home, or the resident became violent? I was not an expert at <i>krav maga‘</i> as my brother was, and should a gun be brought into play, the situation would become deeply unfortunate for me.<br />
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I came to the correct door number and had to check it twice to be sure. To my surprise I heard yelling behind the door, though who it was or what they were saying were lost to me.. I even tried putting my ear to the door, hoping for a clue, but an old lady came out of a nearby apartment and chased me off with her walker. So much for a clue.<br />
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That afternoon I met up with Aaron again at his favored café and related everything I had experienced. “Entirely unsurprising,” he said in between sips. “Everything is exactly as I expected it.”<br />
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An extremely bad picture of behind the café which shows absolutely nothing except my dire need to take photography classes.</div>
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“What, that there’s no missing person who matches Abramowitz?” I asked.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“When someone expects something to happen to them, which is more likely, a premonition or a plan to disappear?”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“But why should he want to disappear?”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Perhaps the problem is with her, our client.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“I can’t imagine such a thing. Ms. Pomares is quite an agreeable woman.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“I expected that opinion from you, but not everyone shares it. Even if Abramowitz is interested in Ms. Pomares, there may be other factors involved.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“But what could possibly keep him away?”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Quite a few possibilities come to mind. But let’s not worry about that. All will be clear this evening.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“So you’ve solved the case?”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“A minor puzzle, but not without its charms. Come, Larry. We must prepare.”<br />
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I expected Ms. Pomares to join us that evening, but Aaron did not think it wise. “A case such as this is bound to be trying,” he said. “I believe certain facts should be brought to light before all is revealed. Fortunately that should not be long.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>It was only a few minutes before there was knock at the door. Two young men stood on our doorstep, skinny, college-age, and fidgety. “Ah, so kind of you to come as invited,” said Aaron. “Larry, allow me to present Mr. Dror Pomares, Ms. Pomares’ brother, and is his best friend, Mr. Rafael Lifshitz.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Where exactly where did you bring us?” asked Dror, the one with more gel in his hair. “I thought you said they had a keg!”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“That’s what the guy from the radio told me!” insisted Rafael. “So where’s Nickleback?”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“I’m afraid you’ll have to forgive me for the ruse,” said Aaron. “Aaron Adelman, private detective, and this is my brother Larry. We have been retained to investigate the disappearance of one Pinchas Abramowitz.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>The two of them stiffened up, glancing at each other. “Dror…” Rafael began.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Shut up, Rafi!” insisted Dror. “Look, Mr.… Mountain Man, there’s obviously been some kind of misunderstanding.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Hey, he knows!”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“What did I tell you? He knows nothing!”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Perhaps you should let me tell you what I’ve surmised, and then you may tell me how much I know,” said Aaron, stepping in front of the door. “Or perhaps I could be the first to tell all this to Ms. Pomares, and we shall see how well she handles this.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>The two bickered a little more but at last assented. “Ms. Pomares’ religiosity has been quite a source of friction in your family,” Aaron suggested. “Some learn to accommodate, while some never manage, even become resentful. Let us suppose then that you are of the latter, and being such, decide to have a little fun at her expense. You know she’s attending matchmaking functions, and as you attended the same university, you easily learn the where and when. Obviously if someone threw himself in the pool, there’d be opportunities to gain some embarrassing information, or perhaps even make a fool of her. You of course could never be there yourself, Mr. Pomares, but if you had a confederate in the dating pool… Mr. Lifshitz, I presume, or is it Mr. Abramowitz?”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Rafael spat out a profane Arabic loanword.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“That’s enough,” said Dror. “You have no proof!”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“On the contrary,” continued Aaron, “the convenient overly long beard, certainly false, and the sunglasses would both serve well to hide one’s identity. Padding within the clothes could easily serve to give the appearance of greater weight. Ms. Pomares may not have recognized him; I presume she avoids your friends, Mr. Pomares. No surprise there. However, Mr. Lifshitz, someone at the Bar Mitzvah identified you, even so far as to point out your apartment; a simple check of the listings confirms the match. Of course, instead of a single meeting, you had to keep seeing her. Perhaps you genuinely liked her. And that presented the problem of what eventually happens when she wants to move to the next phase. Impossible, of course, so you arrange to break it off. I can’t imagine she will be pleased with either of you when learns the truth of the matter. Have either of you anything to say for yourself?”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“He said it would be funny!” cried Rafael, and soon the two were rolling on the floor, trying to kill each other.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>We eventually sorted it out. The two miscreants apologized under duress, which was not to Ms. Pomares’ liking. Aaron, of course, quickly became engaged in the next mystery to come along, typical for him, though not always using what services were available. For once, I actually had little problem with this, especially as now Ms. Pomares was open to my attentions.<br />
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<br />Rupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-45175837337456395082012-12-18T10:46:00.000+02:002012-12-18T11:03:14.610+02:00Authorized guest post by Larry Adelman: Lewi ’Eshkol Alley, part 1<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">The Adventure of Levy Eshkol Alley (Part 1)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Larry Adelman</span></div>
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As is well known, the Adelman family is very extensive. From the same set of parents came first the twins, Aaron Solomon “Nails” Adelman and Barry Eshkol Adelman, then two years later their brother David Eli “Snake Eyes” Adelman, then a year later our brother Fred Mortimer Adelman. After another few years came our sister Adele Adelheid Adelman, then another brother, Reuben Z. “Ripper” Adelman, and then finally me, the youngest, Larry Adelman. We, of course, all went our separate ways: Barry is a psychologist, Davey Snake Eyes a mechanical engineer, Fred runs a sporting-goods store in Bangor, Maine, Adele is a pediatrician, and Ripper (having taken his nickname from a pet rabbit) is serving five to ten for grand theft auto. Aaron had been a puzzle, and for the years he lived on our parents’ couch, I had the impression that he did absolutely nothing with his degree in epidemiology. It was not until six months ago, when I came to live on his couch through no fault of my own, that I came to know what his real profession was, and that was being Israel’s greatest private detective.</div>
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“Greatest detective in all of Israel, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, probably Lebanon” he told me, showing me a business card which said as much. I wasn’t in a position to argue, but there was always a stream of clients through his door, a strange assortment from the poorest of new immigrants to the highest officials in the Israeli government. Much of what I’ve seen I’m not at liberty to reveal at this time, but of the remaining cases there are quite a few which are quite instructive of his methods, and of which I am happy to relate for the education of the reader.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Our story begins after a particularly harrowing case. We had wandered over half of Israel in just under two days, following clues from Bethlehem to the Negev and all the way back to Ramat-Gan. Having saved the Israeli government from a scandal, once we returned to our apartment in Giv‘at Shmu’el, we set out again for a little relaxation. I had wanted to take Aaron to a restaurant in Tel-Aviv called Super Sushi, but Aaron had his strange, squeamish ways that he was loathe to give up. The compromise was to head for the nearby Levy Eshkol Alley, which held the town’s only Orthodox Jewish bar.<br />
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“Levy Eshkol Alley</div>
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1895-1969 head of the government of Israel</div>
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during the period of the Six-Day War.”</div>
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Officially known as the Bar Mitzvah, it is more commonly known as the Two Parrots Bar because of the two fake parrots mounted in a tree outside. The inside is comfortable and well-lit, with plenty of simple wood panelling and furniture that suggests more of a European shtetl than the modern world. A large table in the back is reserved for study, and some of the top religious scholars at Bar-Ilan University regularly show to participate in a Talmud study group which has so far completed the entire seven-and-a-half-year cycle three times. The food is kosher, of course, serving not just a variety of beers, wines, and spirits, but also several appetizers and snacks such as matzo-ball soup and their famous mini-kugels. The atmosphere is heavily religious; not saying a blessing is considered highly improper, as is swearing and rude behavior. Everything stops for the daily prayer services, and of course all the major holidays are celebrated, including a costume contest on Purim.<br />
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The fake parrots outside the Bar Mitzvah.</div>
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Sitting at the bar, I ordered us some beers (Aaron, who rarely drank, had no idea what to order) and we talked for a bit. After a variety of religious topics (Aaron’s favorite pet peeve), we came to the topic of why such a successful detective was not married yet.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“My work does keep me busy, it is true,” he admitted. “But I have also yet to find the right woman.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“That is just an excuse,” I claimed.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Certainly not,” he countered. “I assure you, my powers of observation are as keep as ever on the matter. If I can tell, for example, that the gentleman sitting to the left of us is a left-handed Radziner Hasid who has compulsive tendencies and regularly does his morning prayers near an east-facing window—”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“How could you possibly know that!” I exclaimed.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“The same way I know that you are wearing blue striped underwear, Larry: mere observation. Note the faint bands on his right arm which are lighter than the rest of his skin. Obviously the result of the strap of the <i>tfilin</i> he wears for his morning prayers. However to obtain such a result he would have to be near an east-facing window so the sunshine could reach him. Morning prayers, however, typically do not last long enough for significant tanning in any one day, so he must also be compulsive as the strap must be put back exactly the same way every morning.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Splendid! But how about him being a Radziner Hasid?”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Note the blue thread of his <i>tsitsit</i>. The majority opinion is that the dye to be used comes from the banded dye-murex snail, <i>Hexaplex trunculus</i>, this being chemically identical to indigo. That man’s <i>tsitsit</i>, however, are dyed with Prussian blue, which comes from the common cuttlefish. That is from a minority opinion by the Radziner Rebbe Gershon Henoch Leiner, which is thus followed by the Radziner Hasidim. And since he wears his <i>tfilin</i> on his right arm, he must be left-handed.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“And what about the underwear?”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Your fly is unzipped.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Aaron took a swig as I remedied the situation. “The same methodology can be applied to selecting women as potential matches,” he continued. “For example, that woman over there.” He indicated one sitting at a small table by herself. “She has obviously been waiting for her fiancé, of whom she has been having doubts and today is much later than expected. But still, attached, so don’t get your hopes up.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Now you’re just making stuff up!” I insisted, but Aaron shook his head.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“The hair is uncovered,” he noted, “and that is clearly not a wig, suggesting an unmarried woman. No recent haircut obviously, no makeup, no particularly attempts to look especially attractive, so she is definitely considers herself off the market. That and the ring, which has a diamond, appropriate for an engagement ring but not a wedding ring. All those point to a fiancé. Note what is in front of her, just a glass of water the waitress has brought, nothing more substantial, as if she were waiting on someone to order. Also note the lack of a book or other activities, and the way she glances around the room and at the clock over the door. Clearly she expected someone to be here who is now unusually late.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“But how do you know she is having doubts?”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“How else would you explain her taking off her ring and repeatedly looking at it?”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In a moment I was up and out of my seat. After spending time with Aaron, I had developed a better sense of justice, and the thought of leaving her there alone seemed callous. Perhaps the thought of taking her out if her current engagement didn’t work out crossed my mind, but I sure wasn’t about to admit that. “Hello,” I began, and her eyes fell upon me, brilliant hazel of all colors. “My name is Larry Adelman, and this is my brother, the famous detective Aaron Adelman. Tell me, how late is your fiancé?”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>The woman’s jaw dropped. “How could you possibly know I had a fiancé?” she gasped.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>And then Aaron, in his typical style, went over every picky detail of his reasoning. “As you can see, it is all quite obvious,” he concluded.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Well, it is true,” she admitted. “He was supposed to meet me over an hour ago, and now he is dreadfully late. Oh, he said that something like this could happen!”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Fortunately you have the services here of Israel’s greatest detective,” I said, and Aaron took me by the ear and dragged me halfway across the room. “We’ll only be a moment!” I assured her. “Detective business!”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Pardon,” said Aaron, “but I am running a business. If you’ll notice, the shoes are a few years out of date and the coat is worn. I doubt she is terribly well off.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“After the handsome reward you got for returning the Immovable Ladder? We can afford a few pro bono cases.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“That is not the point. You are not at liberty to bestow my services willy-nilly.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Please, I’m asking you.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“And who’s paying for it?”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Um, I will.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“You sleep on my couch.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“I’ll make it up to you somehow, I promise.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>As for the fiancé, the story of their meeting was an interesting one. It happened at a religious speed-dating event, only the second she had ever attended. At the first one, sponsored by her favored synagogue, she had been strongly discouraged by what she saw as a poor selection. Whether her expectations were off or it was simply a bad night, she couldn’t be sure, but it was almost bad enough that she felt like giving up. Oddly enough, it was her brother’s friend Rafi who encouraged her to go to another event.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Ms. Pomares went on to explain that Mr. Rafael Lifshitz, one of Dror’s childhood friends, was also a student at Bar-Ilan. Back when they were younger, Ms. Pomares had babysat for him once or twice, but that ended badly when he developed a crush on her. However, things had settled between them since, and in fact he had been the one to encourage her to try again. So, showing up at the local Melon Hotel just down the street, she first met some of the same disappointing men she’d met before, and then the one who became her fiancé, the amazing Pinchas Abramowitz. Pinchas was a graduate student like her, attending the Jewish Studies program. Unlike the other men attending, she found him funny and engaging, maybe not the most knowledgeable about his program (he claimed to have gone religious rather recently), but certainly never boring.<br />
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“And what exactly does Mr. Abramowitz look like?” Aaron asked.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“Well, he is a bit scraggly,” she admitted. “Quite a large beard. Maybe a little portly. Would seeing a picture help?”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>He hadn’t. Whatever it was, Mr. Abramowitz was so engaging that she soon began to see him regularly, even agreeing to marry him after a few dates. But then the last time he’d seen her, there’d been a change, with him talking about a fear that he might not be seen again, that something would happen to him, and if that happened, he wanted her to wait for him.<br />
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“I will be going to Bar-Ilan University,” he answered. “So far I have my own suspicions about Mr. Abramowitz. Have a look at the picture again, Larry. What else do you notice?”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>I took from him the same picture that Ms. Pomares had given us, but so far nothing especially odd struck me. “He has incredibly poor fashion sense?” I suggested. “That and his beard could use a trimming. Not that the same doesn’t apply to you as well.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>“You don’t know how close you are,” pronounced my brother. “Cheer up, Larry. I expect the whole mystery cleared up by this time tomorrow.”<br />
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Rupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-14665995303940783312012-12-02T18:34:00.003+02:002012-12-02T18:34:44.688+02:00The Boring 2012 conferenceJewish date: 19 Kislew 5772 (evening) (Parashath Wayyeshev).<br />
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Today’s events: National Fritters Day, Special Education Day.<br />
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Taking a break from the series on Giv‘ath Shemu’el, today’s weird thing is the Boring 2012 conference, a conference dedicated only to boring things, documented in “<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2012/11/boring_conference_a_dispatch_from_james_ward_s_annual_celebration_of_banality.html">Boring Conference: A dispatch from James Ward’s annual celebration of banality</a>” and “<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/nov/25/boring-festival-brings-unexpected-intrigue">Boring festival brings unexpected intrigue</a>”. Enjoy and share the weirdness.<br />
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’Aharon/AaronRupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-20848723277159576772012-11-25T17:05:00.000+02:002012-11-25T21:23:37.224+02:00Unauthorized guest post by R2-D2: “Star Wars: The Musical"Beep beep hoop beep whirl gurgle gurgle beep. Boop gurgle whir boop beep whoa beep buzz. Ooh hoop beep buzz buzz whir whir gurgle. Beep beep whir gurgle ooh, <a href="http://vimeo.com/album/1569575">“Star Wars: The Musical”</a>:<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="375" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/22019808?badge=0" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/22019808">Star Wars the Musical: Act 1, Part 2</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/funnyfarmfilms">Funny Farm Films</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="375" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/22019890?badge=0" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/22019890">Star Wars the Musical: Act 1, Part 3</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/funnyfarmfilms">Funny Farm Films</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="375" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21995764?badge=0" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/21995764">Star Wars the Musical: Act 2, Part 1</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/funnyfarmfilms">Funny Farm Films</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="375" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21995630?badge=0" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/21995630">Star Wars the Musical: Act 2, Part 2</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/funnyfarmfilms">Funny Farm Films</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="375" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21995539?badge=0" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/21995539">Star Wars the Musical: Act 2, Part 3</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/funnyfarmfilms">Funny Farm Films</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Bip fuzz,<br />
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Bip beep hoop hoop whirl whirl gurgle.Rupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-80512195995709688742012-11-18T10:48:00.001+02:002012-11-18T10:48:41.221+02:00‘Uzi Ḥiṭman Street<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Continuing the series on the streets of Giv‘ath Shemu’el, today’s street of interest is ‘Uzi Ḥiṭman Street. As usual, while the pictures are all real, the comments may be wildly inaccurate for entertainment purposes. This includes the previous comment about unauthorized “guest” posts.</div>
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One of our imaginatively decorated trash bins.</div>
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One of our parks. What looks like exercise equipment was really left behind by aliens to examine human physiology.</div>
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The Giv‘ath Shemu’el land whale. She is a very happy character, wears a flower on her head, and sells encyclopedias door to door.</div>
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Puny humans, kneel before your future empress! I am Charchoose, the most famous supervillain on Earth, and I will not rest until I have conquered the planet. I cannot do less than ridiculous superheroes, such as Batbear and Sour Cream, or pathetic excuses for supervillains, such as that idiot ∀≸∦⨏, for that would imply I am on their lowly level. I am thus continuing the tradition of hacking this blog and reporting on a street in Giv‘ath Shemu’el. But first:</div>
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1. ∀≸∦⨏ really is an idiot. Anyone can tell from his writing, which is full of misspellings and grammatical errors. Not to mention he has mastered anticlimactic writing.</div>
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2. ∀≸∦⨏ clearly failed Genetic Engineering 101, a subject yours-truly got an A+ in. By the way, my killer amoebas ate his ridiculous purple paramecia.</div>
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3. ∀≸∦⨏ was obviously mixing up the Beatles and beetles, showing that he does not know how to spell in at least two languages. Everyone knows that the giant beetles in Giv‘ath Shemu’el do not sing and never play guitars left-handedly.</div>
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4. ∀≸∦⨏ thinks the War of the Small Magellanic Cloud is still going on, which shows he does not pay any attention to the news.</div>
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5. ’Aharon has never seen ∀≸∦⨏, despite the latter’s claims. If ’Aharon had ever seen ∀≸∦⨏, he would have died laughing from the latter’s atrocious taste in clothing.</div>
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6. ∀≸∦⨏ was not present at any of the events he wrote about, despite his claims to the contrary. I know this, because I frequently monitor what happens in Giv‘ath Shemu’el as part of my evil plan, and he was <span style="font-family: inherit;">nowhere near <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Ze’ev Reḥav‘am Street when ’Aharon was photographing it. He was, in fact, in the Neghev Desert being stomped on by a rogue camel.</span></span></div>
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Today’s street of interest in Ḥayyim Wayṣman Street, named after the first president of the State of Israel (something which ∀≸∦⨏ might know if he ever bothered to read a book).</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">∀≸∦⨏ originally thought these things were computer displays and stared at them, waiting to see them change. Ha!</span></div>
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’Aharon thought this was a haunted house. This is actually where ninjas hide out. I beat up several ninjas and stole their wallets while ’Aharon was photographing this street. He only noticed one ninja, and he did not notice me at all.</div>
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I have no idea why there are so many of these Intefe robots around here. I picked up this one and used her to beat a ninja silly.</div>
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Boring, boring, boring. I have no idea why ’Aharon takes these shots down the entire street. Even the barber shop he did not photograph is more interesting than this.</div>
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Behind this wall and door is the lair of <span style="text-align: left;">∀≸∦⨏. I jumped the wall, tickled his little sister until she let me into the house, and started zapping down walls with a laser gun until I found the dufus himself. Then I forced him to tell me where the babka-making machine he stole from me is. (Babka sells very well, and every supervillain can use the extra cash.) I took my babka-maker out of his attic and left.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">And, yes, some creatures that walk on their breathing tubes have a lot of gall and sticky lips. Getting the slime off the babka-maker was a big pain in the neck.</span></div>
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Right after ’Aharon took this picture, I was attacked by a dozen werewolves wearing invisibility cloaks. Of course, ’Aharon did not notice how I thwarted their scheme to capture me and keep me from putting my evil plan to take over the Earth into action. Though he did wonder the next day who put all those werewolves in the dumpster.</div>
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In summary: I, the supervillain, go fight various twerps who need pounding. ’Aharon, the photographer, notices nothing. Or rather, it took him a while for him to notice me putting my evil plans into action. But that is a story for another time.<br />
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PS: Groveling to me now, before the United Nations surrender to me, does not hurt.Rupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-47464633096843857822012-10-22T22:26:00.000+02:002012-10-22T22:26:42.352+02:00Unauthorized guest post by ∀≸∦⨏: Ze’ev Reḥav‘am Street<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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⫙⦜⦴⧫⦆ ⟢ ⟠⟕⫍, ⪇⩅⩖ ⩉ ⩘⩙ Ze’ev Reḥav‘am (Gandi) Street. ⨇⨩⋆⊍ ⨎∦ ∭≷≸⊋ ∪−−×, ∋≭≰∷∷≇⊮⋩ ⋸⋱⩆⩎⪇.</div>
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⫸⫱⪌⩻ ⩯⩀⨶⨴ Terra ⨭⋦⋦⋕ ⋩⋝ ⋲⨈⩣⪤ ⪹⪽⟔⫿⦙ “Larry”, “Daryl”, ⦬ “Daryl”. ⦘⦟⦯⧗⧪ ⧴ ⧾ Intefe ⧻⁻⧁ ⦸⦴⦫.</div>
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⦀⦌⦍⫢⫃ ⪙ ⪛ ⪵⪳⩣ ⩩⨱ ninja ⨢⨄ ⋼⋐ ⋅⊠ antidisestablishmentarianism ⊝.</div>
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Babka ≛≋≗ ⊙⅋⊲⋌⊰⋊ ⋌⋎⋓⨇⨀ Bar ⨮⨀⨵ ⨲⨨ ⋸ ⋾⩷⪂.</div>
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Rupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-82440294730665907992012-10-03T22:00:00.000+02:002012-10-03T22:00:58.596+02:00Unauthorized guest post by a ninja-in-training: Zhabboṭinsqi StreetOrdinary mortals:<br />
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I am a ninja-in-training, and I am breaking into ’Aharon’s computer and Blogger account as a test of my infiltration skills. Today’s post will continue the tradition of past infiltrators and comment on the next street on ’Aharon’s list: Zhabboṭinsqi Street.<br />
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See the two ninjas hiding in the arch-shaped bush? Of course not. Ninjas are not meant to be seen.</div>
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This style of pay phone was invented by ninjas to prevent superheroes from changing into their silly costumes without us ninjas noticing. We remain unseen. We do not wish anyone else to remain unseen.</div>
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See the ninja hiding behind the lamppost? Of course not.</div>
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“Caution: jumping kangaroo!” The kangaroo, inspired by us ninjas, always remains on the far side of cameras. Once two photographers tried to photograph her from different directions at the same time, and she knocked them both down and stole their cameras.</div>
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Vicious guard plants. These are no match for a sword-bearing ninja. Though some secret Israeli laboratories are trying to breed guard plants that can use firearms.</div>
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The secret laboratory is behind this fence and over the hill. No one gets to keep secrets away from us ninjas.</div>
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This looks like electrical box art. And it is.</div>
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This traffic circle is being remodeled by the flamingos.</div>
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A tortoise who works as a construction engineer.</div>
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The end of the street, where ninjas always manage to enter Giv‘ath Shemu’el unseen. At least twelve were around when these pictures were taken.</div>
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A snail clinging to vegetation, very easily overlooked. Mollusks may yet evolve into ninjas.</div>
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As you can see, ninjas are everywhere in Giv‘ath Shemu’el. Be wary and stay out of our way.Rupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-71677267269241391792012-10-02T21:31:00.000+02:002012-10-02T21:31:12.939+02:00Authorized guest post by Sour Cream: HatTamar Street<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hello. My name is Sour Cream, and I’m a polar bear superhero. I work with Kenneth “Batbear” Wayne. In <a href="http://weirdthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2012/09/authorized-guest-post-by-kenneth-wayne.html">the last installment</a>, Batbear, ’Aharon, and I had been knocked out by the evil alien Beepbeepbeep on HatTomer Street, and when we came to, we were on HatTamar (Date/Date Palm) Street.</div>
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Note that the pictures are right side up. ’Aharon hasn’t mastered upside-down photography yet. He took the pictures afterwards.<br />
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We were hanging upside-down from some date palms, and Beepbeepbeep was laughing her vocal apparatus out. Her pet something-or-other Salle was calibrating a piece of machinery.<br />
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“Prepare to meet your doom, silly Earthlings!” said Beepbeepbeep.<br />
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“What are you going to do?” asked Batbear. “Every week someone tries feeding me and Sour Cream into a diabolical death machine. That never works. I was Harry Houdini in a previous life.”<br />
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“Don’t be ridiculous!” exclaimed Beepbeepbeep. “We read all the <i>Batbear</i> comic books, and we don’t plan on copying the mistakes of such minor villains as Dijon Demonspawn, Brandy Bloodsucker, and the quartet of Conspirators-R-Us. Instead of dropping you into a death machine, we’re bringing mechanical death to you.” And then she laughed maniacally.<br />
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“Everything’s ready, Beepbeepbeep!” said Salle. “Can I turn it on now? Please please please!”<br />
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“Of course,” said Beepbeepbeep.<br />
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And so Salle turned the machine on.<br />
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Suddenly every Intefe robot in Giv‘ath Shemu’el came creeping.<br />
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“When the Intefe started making sentient robots, they feared a revolution,” began Beepbeepbeep.<br />
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“Isn’t that a cliché from science-fiction stories?” asked ’Aharon.<br />
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“Shut up, foofoohead!” snapped Beepbeepbeep. “Cliché or not, the Intefe put in a failsafe override code so the little twerps could be shut down in case of an emergency. And Salle here took advantage of the mechanism to turn Intefe robots into zombie slaves.<br />
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“BRAINS!” called out all the Intefe robots at once.<br />
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“Of course,” added Beepbeepbeep, “they’re programmed only to attack Earthlings.”<br />
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“You forgot one thing, Beepbeepbeep,” said Batbear.<br />
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“What’s that?” asked Beepbeepbeep.<br />
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“I just managed to reach one of the utility pockets in my cape and activate my plant caller.”<br />
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“Hah!” spat Beepbeepbeep. “There’s no such thing as a plant caller.”<br />
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Little did Beepbeepbeep realize that Israel is Earth’s leader in breeding vicious attack house plants, such as these. And suddenly a whole bunch of vicious attack house plants came running and started fighting with the Intefe robots.<br />
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Some the robots got forced up these steps or tripped in the process.<br />
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Some of the robots got jumped on by more plants from above.<br />
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By this time, Batbear got loose and landed by this Pac-Man bait.<br />
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Thus the day was saved, and Batbear got me and ’Aharon down from the trees.<br />
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Sadly Beepbeepbeep and Salle broke into this van (the text reads “Ashram in the desert”) and made a getaway. (’Aharon photographed the van after they abandoned it.) But Batbear and I remained on the case, seeking to brink Beepbeepbeep and Salle to justice.<br />
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What happens next? Tune in next time on <i>Weird thing of the day</i>!<br />
Rupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-53190112589749340832012-09-07T12:04:00.001+03:002012-09-07T12:04:33.778+03:00Authorized guest post by Kenneth Wayne: HatTomer StreetHello, Earth.<br />
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My name is Kenneth Wayne, and I am a polar bear. When my home in the Arctic started melting, I realized that something was very, very wrong with this world, and that we needed more justice. And so I put on a blue cape and now travel the world with my trusty sidekick Sour Cream, fighting crime and righting every wrong possible. They call me “Batbear”.<br />
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Today’s post deals with something which happened this summer. We had heard much about a pair of evil aliens, one with a name which sounds like “Beepbeepbeep” and the other going by the nickname “Salle”. They had wrought much mischief in Giv‘ath Shemu’el, Israel, stealing buildings, blowing things up, and frightening the citizens. And so when ’Aharon wrote about the diabolical duo’s doings, Sour Cream and I knew we had to act.<br />
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Traveling to Giv‘ath Shemu’el, ’Aharon led us to the last place anyone had seen Beepbeepbeep and Salle: HatTomer (Palm Tree) Street.<br />
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This rare albino dwarf bowl-backed elephant whispered to us that he had seen Beepbeepbeep down the block.</div>
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We ran into Beepbeepbeep—literally. She was wearing an invisibility cloak and standing between two of the palm trees. We judged she was there because she was giggling, but got the distance wrong. And so a fight ensued.</div>
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Beepbeepbeep tried to escape through this hatch, but Sour Cream blocked her way and punched her with an accompanying “POW!” visual effect.</div>
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Beepbeepbeep tore this tree out of the ground and threw it at us, but she missed.</div>
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Beepbeepbeep pulled some fruit off this citrus tree and threw it at us.</div>
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When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. And so Sour Cream and I threw the citrus fruits back at Beepbeepbeep, and she stumbled backwards and almost impaled herself on this plant.</div>
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And then she picked up this flowerpot and threw it at us, knocking us unconscious.</div>
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When Sour Cream and I came to, we were hanging upside-down on a different street, Beepbeepbeep’s hideous giggling taunting us.<br />
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Is this the end of Sour Cream and myself? Of course not! Dead bears tell no tales. But you’ll have to wait for the next post to find out what happened.<br />
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<br />Rupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-51424982423069192962012-08-23T13:04:00.000+03:002012-08-23T13:04:35.524+03:00UNAUTHORIZED “GUEST” POST BY SALLE: HATTE’ENAH STREET<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; line-height: 19px;">HI. MY NAME IS ◯▛┲╢┃◑▶, BUT I LIKE TO BE CALLED SALLE. I’M ◳◳◳’S PET ◪◬◘, AND LIKE ◳◳◳ I’M VERY NAUGHTY. AND I ALWAYS TYPE IN CAPITAL LETTERS, BECAUSE I THINK THE CAPS LOCK LIGHT IS VERY PRETTY. ’AHARON HASN’T POSTED IN A WHILE—I THINK HE’S WORKING TOO MUCH ON COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND WRITING ABOUT NEOPAGANISM—AND I ASKED </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; line-height: 19px;">◳◳◳ IF I COULD HACK INTO HIS BLOG AND POST ON IT, BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE THE FREE PUBLICITY I GET, AND SHE SAID, “OK, GO AHEAD.” AND I SAID, “YAY!” AND NOW I’M WRITING THIS POST. I’M VERY HAPPY. TODAY I’M WRITING ABOUT HATTE’ENAH (FIG) STREET. THEY SURE NAME A LOT OF STREETS AROUND HERE AFTER FRUIT. I DON’T KNOW WHY.</span><br />
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I KNOW THIS ROBOT. HE OWED ME MONEY. I TURNED HIM UPSIDE DOWN AND SHOOK HIM UNTIL THE MONEY FELL OUT OF HIS POCKETS. LATER ON I BOUGHT SOME BUBBLEGUM, WHICH IS REALLY FUN.</div>
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THIS GNOME TRIED IGNORING ME, AND I TURNED HIM UPSIDE DOWN AND SHOOK HIM UP AND DOWN UNTIL HIS LUNCH MONEY FELL OUT OF HIS POCKETS. I’M A VERY NAUGHTY <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; line-height: 19px;">◪◬◘.</span></div>
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I BOUGHT BUBBLEGUM AT THE WORLD AT THE OTHER END OF THIS PASSAGEWAY. AND THEN I STOLE THE BUBBLEGUM SALESBEING’S WALLET.</div>
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THE BUBBLEGUM SALESBEING CHASED ME DOWN THIS PASSAGEWAY, AND HE OR SHE OR WHATEVER (I’M NOT SURE) HAD TO RUN AWAY, BECAUSE THERE’S A PACK OF <i>VELOCIRAPTOR</i>S AT THE OTHER END. THEY’VE GOT REALLY PRETTY FEATHERS, AND THE BUBBLEGUM SALESBEING’S FEATHERS ARE AN AWFUL SHADE OF ULTRAVIOLET.</div>
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I TOLD THIS INTEFE ROBOT THAT IF HE/SHE DIDN’T GIVE ME HIS LUNCH MONEY, I’D MAKE HIS HOUSE GO <b>BOOM</b>. SADLY, HE/SHE GAVE ME HIS/HER LUNCH MONEY. I REALLY WANTED TO BLOW UP HIS/HER HOUSE, BUT MY PROFESSIONAL ETHICS DON’T ALLOW IT. SOMETIMES ETHICS SUCK.</div>
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PRETTY, PRETTY CITRUS FRUIT!</div>
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PRETTY, PRETTY POMEGRANATES!</div>
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THIS THING BLEW UP WHEN I WALKED PAST IT. GOOD THING I WAS WEARING A BLAST-PROOF ┙╱╱┽╰╬▬► AT THE TIME.</div>
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THIS INTEFE ROBOT WAS SHOCKED THAT I SURVIVED THE BLAST. I TOOK HIS/HER LUNCH MONEY.</div>
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THESE ROBOTS RAN AWAY BEFORE I COULD TAKE THEIR LUNCH MONEY.</div>
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DO YOU KNOW ANY TWERPY ROBOTS WHO NEED THEIR LUNCH MONEY STOLEN? IF SO, PLEASE SEND ME E-MAIL AT <a href="mailto:SALLE@xn--kwhc0a0lqd6dsz0byfsaa.ORG">SALLE@▿▿┋▽▪┺┕▱╜╌┌.ORG</a>. IF YOU DON’T, I’M GOING TO STEAL YOUR LUNCH MONEY, BECAUSE I’M FEELING ESPECIALLY NAUGHTY TODAY.<br />
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I’M GOING TO MAKE THINGS GO <b>BOOM!</b> NOW. I LOVE YOU. BYE-BYE.<br />
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Rupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-11753269607527107222012-08-02T16:42:00.001+03:002012-08-02T16:42:29.706+03:00Te’odhor (Binyamin Ze’ev) Herṣl StreetJewish date: 14 ’Av 5772 (Parashath Wa’Ethḥannan).<br />
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Today’s events: International Dadaism Month, National Night Out, Poet’s Day.<br />
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Greetings.<br />
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Resuming the series on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giv%27at_Shmuel">Giv‘ath Shemu’el</a>, today’s installment is on Te’odhor (Binyamin Ze’ev) Herṣl Street. As usual, the descriptions may be inaccurate for the sake of entertainment.<br />
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I have no idea why this fence has a wagon-wheel theme. I have seen it elsewhere in town.</div>
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I blame ents for all the shadows. You beat them in poker once, they never let you forget it.</div>
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One of our famous riding chickens.</div>
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A playground.</div>
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Intefe robots mourning an ent which had just passed away.</div>
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One can find graffiti in any city, but only in Giv‘ath Shemu’el have I seen graffiti with copyright notices.</div>
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Sometimes I have no idea what someone was thinking.</div>
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More of the riding creatures at the playground.</div>
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A creative way to get out of ever having to mow the lawn.</div>
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’Aharon/AaronRupert Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625972476470777797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10195940.post-39593387741886995732012-07-19T14:58:00.001+03:002012-07-19T14:58:25.169+03:00Rav Yiṣḥaq Herṣogh StreetJewish date: 29 Tammuz 5772 (Parashath Maṭṭoth-Mas‘e).<br />
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Today’s event: Ze’ev Zhabboṭinsqi Day (Israel).<br />
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Greetings.<br />
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Today’s installment of the series on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giv%27at_Shmuel">Giv‘ath Shemu’el</a>—the last until after the <a href="http://www.ou.org/holidays/C473">Fast of ’Av</a>—is on Rav Yiṣḥaq Herṣogh Street, which stretches from Qadhesh Campain/<a href="http://weirdthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2012/07/hashshahar-street.html">“HashShaḥar” Street</a> to Bar ’Ilan University. As usual, captions may be inaccurate for your amusement, so, no, if you visit Giv‘ath Shemu’el, you will not be kidnapped by pirates and held for ransom.<br />
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One of our painted electrical boxes, depicting cypress trees.</div>
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Various little creatures gathered at a window to taunt me.</div>
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One of our playgrounds.</div>
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A giant frog at the playground. He was surprised to see me and stressed out from paying his taxes.</div>
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A very happy giant beetle.</div>
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Ancient Egyptian Smurfs were here, and they built this very short obelisk.</div>
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A traffic circle right be Bar ’Ilan.</div>
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I was warned by these owls not to pollute.</div>
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“Pay attention! Children on the road.” “To pay attention” in Hebrew is expressed by an idiomatic expression which literally means “to put heart”, which is expressed graphically on this sign.</div>
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Oh, no! Escaped convict Intefe robots, still in their prison uniforms.</div>
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No, ◳◳◳ and Salle did not take the house that was here. The convict Intefe robots did it and tried to cover their tracks by planting grass. The police caught them and threw them in prison. The house reportedly is in Zeelandia, and the rightful owners are trying to have it shipped back. In the meantime, the police are trying to recapture the escaped convicts.</div>
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