Saturday, December 22, 2007
At last, I think - or rather hope - I can say that I have finished making amends to the State of Israel for the accident that I was involved in two years’ ago, and although my license is tarnished with fourteen points that will only disappear after two years of a squeaky clean record, [...]
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If you wake up one morning, and you are feeling less than chipper about living in this country of ours, after opening up your mail to discover that you are being screwed by Bituach Leumi, and owe them a million shekel, or go to the mechanic, and find out that they are charging you four [...]
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I recall that the first time I spoke to my husband on the phone, before we even met for the first time, I got off the phone and told my friend that for the first time, I was speaking to someone who was even funnier than I was!
Well, five years later, things haven’t changed. Go [...]
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Women are like teabags. We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water!
~Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eric Hoffer.
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
The holiday of Pesach (Passover) is fast approaching, and this year, the concept of deliverance from slavery will take on a new personal meaning. I have to meet three deadlines in the week before Pesach, so when Seder night comes round, I will not have to work very hard to summon up emotions of relief as I experience my own delivery [...]
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
Henry Ward Beecher
US abolitionist & clergyman (1813 - 1887)
Yeah, I’m with you there, Henry.
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
If you have any questions that relate to editing and writing, and the English language in general, I am at your service. I can’t promise that I will be able to answer all your questions, but sometimes it helps to hear another perspective.
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Monday, February 26, 2007
If you are an editor or proofreader living in Israel, and would like to share or receive information about all editing-related topics in this country, there is an email list to which you can subscribe - COandPI@yahoogroups.com.
You need not be embarrassed about asking the most simple of questions on this list. There are editors who ask for help [...]
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Thursday, February 22, 2007
As I sit here at 10 p.m. on Thursday evening (quite sad, really), willing myself on to edit just another couple of chapters, fuelled by a “supersized” mug of coffee, it brings to mind an astoundingly fresh historical novel that I read last year called The Coffee Trader by David Liss.
The novel takes place in [...]
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