Rare reader and longtime blogging pal Snoopy-the-Goon in Israel had a heart attack today. His son emailed me about it and said a stent had been put in the offending artery and the recovery seems to be going okay.
He also advised I should cancel my plans to come visit them in October, but I’m going to think about that before I do it. I might book a hotel and plan to take buses, etc. Maybe pay a short visit to the patient. In the meantime, please say a prayer for Snoop’s continuing recovery.
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Posted in Blogosphere, Israel, Rancho Roly Poly
Tagged heart attack, Simply Jews, Snoopy the Goon, stent
A friend who has a license-to-carry—mainly because he’s in the diamond business—was the other evening extolling the virtues of the AK-47 for home protection. I said what do you want that peasant gun for, when you could have a nice M-4?
Upon which he began a woeful tale of reduced powder in the 5.56 cartridges, and why the 7.62 has more stopping power. Nevertheless, I like the Tavor TAR-21, made by Israeli Weapons Industry Ltd., much better. Compact enough to fit under the night stand, too.
Via Simply Jews.
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Posted in Blogosphere, Israel, Rancho Roly Poly, Science/Engineering, Texana, The War
Tagged Israeli Weapons Industry Ltd., Simply Jews, Tavor TAR-21
My Israeli friend “Snoopy the Goon” (he prefers anonymity on the Web) has written a nice review of my Civil War historical battle novel and posted it on his blog with links to the Amazon sales page and the book’s new blog, “Knoxville 1863, the novel.”
Thanks, Snoop. Considering that you don’t normally like military history (and that you even had to Google Tennessee to see where Knoxville was), I admire your persistence and I’m very pleased that you enjoyed the story.
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Posted in Blogosphere, Civil War, Israel, Library
Tagged American Civil War, Knoxville 1863, Simply Jews, Snoopy the Goon
Well, it’s official. I have bought the airline tickets for my solo trip to Israel in the fall. Planning to spend about ten days with my good blog- and Skype-friend STG who has offered to show me around. I’m looking forward to the visit, though not the trip itself.
Indeed, it brings to mind these lines from The Jade Owl, a good adventure yarn I recently finished: “He viewed the twenty-hour haul to China like a middle passage—voluntary bondage in the hull of a modern metallic slaver.”
Just so. Fortunately, the flight to Israel (counting the in-country one to the East Coast first) is only thirteen hours. But the principal is the same. Meanwhile, I am collecting the necessary documents for my first passport since I was a college student in Germany back in the Dark Ages. Hope to have that done by July.
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Posted in Blogosphere, Israel, Library
Tagged Israel, long-haul air travel, Simply Jews, The Jade Owl, the middle passage
Photo by Snoopy-the-Goon’s son. Taken in the Angels (Malachim) Forest.
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Posted in Israel, Scribbles, Weather/Climate
Tagged Israel, Malachim Forest, Simply Jews
The post-Groundhog Day edition. Lots to choose from, including three of my own. But my favorite is: How many rocket attacks are there in a cease fire? Although the link seems to be broken. Hope it will be fixed soon.
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Tagged Haveil Havalim, Simply Jews
Wonder why the, ahem, security bureaucracy failed to stop the PantyBomber from boarding the jet? Despite his own father’s advance warning?
Other than for the usual reasons of its own ineptitude. Well, No Good Boyo has the explanation. Imagine you are an FBI agent on the receiving end of this: "Hello, I am a senior Nigerian banker. I have important information for you…"
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Tagged Nigerian banking scam, Nigerian scam, No Good Boyo, PantyBomber, Simply Jews, Snoopy the Goon
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 