Food presentation by Mum

We went to dinner at my parents' on Monday.

I noticed a salad on the table from an angle and didn't think too much of it.

But then someone (Orly, my sister-in-law, I think) drew my attention to it and I realised that it was quite innovative...

You can see the time I took the photo (we adjusted it just before)



Well done, Mum!

לימות השנה בלבד

Since I mentioned לימות השנה בלבד I should add:

Every time I see those badatz hechsherim which say that, I think of Ben Zoma in the Hagadda: ימי חייך", הימים; "כול ימי חייך", הלילות" (courtesy of Mechon Mamre).

I mean, Pesach's during the year, isn't it?, so do they mean their hechsher doesn't cover night-time??? ;-)

Not so deadly but even more kosher

Simon wrote recently about caustic soda.

I just noticed a similar hechsher. And this one says it's Kosher for Pesach... (year round, or is it a special run???)



This is on a spray can of air freshener, by the way.

I can't help but wonder if they'll decide they want to have an Eida Chareidis hechsher or suchlike. We might end up with a case where something in the fragrance is grain alcohol based and the better hechsher will disagree with the rabbanut hechsher, saying לימות השנה בלבד...

Phases of help desk call resolution

The first stage in help desk call resolution is to translate what the user is telling you (if taken literally) into what is actually happening.

I can sympathise with the following problem but if we took it as written we'd be astounded to see that this user consistently finds it easier to print with her computer turned off than with it turned on:

Israeli sights no. 2

Bodywork people in this country take great care to restore a damaged car to as-new condition, it's quite difficult to tell when a car has been repaired (tongue-in-cheek alert!!!). I have very sharp eyes so here and there I do manage to spot tell-tale signs of repair work.

Here are two similar cars (one of them belongs to a neighbour - my photo was taken without permission but I hope it's OK with them). One has been repaired but it's almost impossible to tell. Which one do you think it is?

Israeli sights no. 1

Here's a positive sighting. A very nice idea. For those of you who don't read Hebrew, the sign says:

Every Jew is invited to lay tefilin! as a support for our victory over our enemies. Please come in!

I hope it's OK that my picture shows whose sign it is...

Saudi Clerics Urge Ban

OK here I am again, catching up

Here's one of today's headlines from foxnews.com



It's a stretch but I can understand them wanting to ban "Music on TV". But to ban "Women"? That seems a bit much :-)