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Archive for April, 2005 - אדר ב' / ניסן תשס"ה

last loose change…

By penny • April 29, 2005 - כ"א ניסן תשס"ה • Category: misc

Ok, I’m a comic lover. Some manga (megatokyo, doraemon, astro boy and yes, *sigh* chobits (but from a humanoid robot perspective and that I got the books from a half price sale…).
Pictures say things words never can.
I wish I could draw.
Until then, I give you this …



w-o-d : it’s a waste of time

By penny • April 29, 2005 - כ"א ניסן תשס"ה • Category: misc

my hebrew leaves much to be desired so I subscribe to several word of the day/expressions/etc…
My favorite came and a particulary interesting time at work: אין רגע דל
and now this as well.



random loose change …

By penny • April 29, 2005 - כ"א ניסן תשס"ה • Category: books

Tons of articles in the NYT today that I found interesting and other stuff… except for the TIMING of all of this. *sigh*
1) Simpsons & Family Guy. Set your VCR (or TiVO)! Sunday. *sigh*
2) smoke jumpers help trees
3) tiger is released tonight *sigh* i chose a quickbooks upgrade instead. maybe soon.
4) cu [...]



planes…

By penny • April 27, 2005 - י"ט ניסן תשס"ה • Category: misc

ok, i guess i’m not fair on e… this is for him:
airbus a380 completed maiden voyage



delays abound

By penny • April 27, 2005 - י"ט ניסן תשס"ה • Category: misc

mta to delay renovations of 12 stations .. (nyt article). no surprise here.
i really really would love to see a PA system for the el stations. and i want to know why after 6:30 AM on Wed 13 Apr the ave J entrance on the manhattan bound side was still locked.



acela issues

By penny • April 26, 2005 - י"ח ניסן תשס"ה • Category: misc

yeah, i’m slow. blame pesach.
NYT article 300 brake pads, all cracked. Firm has 80 in stock. (or so I’ve heard)
Yeah. Brilliant I say. Brilliant.
Or the fact that there is only about a 30 minute difference between Boston and NY IIRC?
I don’t even want to start on Amtrak turning a profit/monopoly thoughts… I don’t need [...]