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Archive for September, 2005 - אב / אלול תשס"ה

(recent read) The Amber Spyglass

By penny • September 29, 2005 - כ"ו אלול תשס"ה • Category: books

The Amber Spyglass
by Phillip Pullman
A wonderful end to the trilogy (see The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife).
I’m pretty sure my daemon is a cat. :) (though i’m pretty sure some family members will say my daemon is a tiger, at least when i’m first woken up)
I’m always sad when I finish a book series. [...]



(recent read) everything is illuminated

By penny • September 24, 2005 - כ"א אלול תשס"ה • Category: books

everything is illuminated
by jonathan safran foer
finally finished. not a subway book. but a good sit and curl up with a book book.



rita

By penny • September 21, 2005 - י"ח אלול תשס"ה • Category: misc

what is there to say? i am jaded.



ivy + child = home … good or bad?

By penny • September 21, 2005 - י"ח אלול תשס"ה • Category: misc

karen (who recently made aliyah, mazel tov!) posted on a ny time’s article about ivy league mom’s choosing to stay at home
lots i want to say on the subject, but i’ll wait until i can form complete sentences.
(in short, there needs to be more edu that there are a myriad of options)



ti-pad

By penny • September 21, 2005 - י"ח אלול תשס"ה • Category: misc

levano (who now owns ibm’s pc/laptop division) announced that select models of the new Z series could have a titanium special edition cover.
whatever.
anyway, ibm’s tech support is WONDERFUL. I called them monday morning for a new hard drive for a laptop (what is it with me and hard drives lately?) and i didn’t have [...]



arg!

By penny • September 20, 2005 - י"ז אלול תשס"ה • Category: misc

not prOn
semi work safe, i.e. it will suck you in. it will. i’m not responsible for missed deadlines. (thus far, i’m on 6 8)
it’s twilla’s fault!