The Mirror of Galadriel is one of my favorite parts in The Lord of the Rings story. The first time I read the book I was too young to understand its true meaning and hidden symbolism. I simply assumed it was an elven-made crystal ball of sorts, i.e., a mystical device that can pierce through …
A Question of Reflection – Between The Mirror of Galadriel and Neo’s Spoon Read More
A year ago today, Norm MacDonald – one of my favorite comedians ever, passed away from cancer. At that time, I was already playing with the idea of starting a blog and this actually was one of the events that really sealed the deal for me, because I it made it really clear for that …
I don’t believe in White Privilege. But if there’s anything that might change my mind on that, it’s how white “liberals” allow themselves to speak to anyone who disagrees with them. Rings of Power – Longform Debate As I said in my Rings of Cower post, Amazon’s new show Rings of Power, and the highly …
Amazon’s Rings of Power – Another meme another battle Read More
The Chinese word for city is 城市 (pinyin – chéng shì). The first character 城 means wall in the sense of a defensive wall, and the second character 市 represents market. The name Polis (πόλις) for the ancient city-states of Greece is believed to have derived from ptólis which means citadel or fort, but it …
Fenced Currency – Immigration, inflation and the lingo-economic war waged on your mind Read More
Gather around children! Today we are going to hear the tale of Ar-Amazôn and the Rings of Power. Oh, it is a tale as old as time itself. A story about a man who had everything, yet knew no satisfaction, and always craved for more. So vain a man Ar-Amazôn was, he gathered all his …
Rings of Cower – Why opposing Black Elves in Amazon’s new show is NOT racist Read More
Abortions is the only topic on everyone’s lips these days it seems. Not only in the US, but also in Israel and many other places, at least according to my social media feeds. Last week, in a giant act of virtue signaling the Israeli Ministry of Health, even announced they will ease abortion regulations in …
The Butterfly Effect – How Hebrew drastically changed my view on abortions Read More
I love dad jokes. The only thing better than hearing a good dad joke is coming up with a good one yourself. I am also sort of a geek so today I want to combine these two passion and share some of the best dad jokes I have come up with over the years. It …
Meet the Chinese character for friendship. It is written 友 and pronounced yǒu in standard Mandarin Chinese (sounds more like ‘yo’ than ‘you’). Though it is not so easy to see it today, this character was originally a pictograph of two hands. Since shaking hands as a form of greeting probably was not a thing …
Helping Hands – The amazing friendship between Hebrew and Chinese Read More
One of my favorite Modern Hebrew expressions, which I teach / review every year when Passover is around the corner, goes like this: What it means is we overcame (literally we passed – עברנו) the Pharoah (פרעה), we shall overcome or pass (נעבור) this (זה) as well (גם). The word את serve as the marker …
Past Intense – the perfect Hebrew expression for Passover Read More
