Of Mad and Men
I love Mad Men. I love coincidences. What could be better than the two coinciding? The two coinciding twice! I’ll start with the more recent: ♦ Yesterday, I had a conversation with [redacted] concerning the show’s March 25 return. [Redacted] was surprised I knew of it, since the announcement was made on January 11 (when … Read more
A reminder that, more often than not, journalists don’t really know what they’re talking about: Passover edition
I write this post from the comfort of a Philadelphia-to-New York BoltBus (on which I have successfully achieved the holy trinity: a working plug, wifi, and empty seats on every side*). That means my short time at Penn has officially drawn to a close – but not before I had the opportunity to enjoy one … Read more
turn [my vocal cords] to stone
I’m in the midst of visiting Penn for the first time in almost exactly a year, and as anyone who attended the school knows, one of the great pleasures of such a visit is surely reading The Daily Pennsylvanian - in the flesh. It is in this way that I came across this gem of an excerpt … Read more
I don’t always google myself…
…but when I do, I tend to discover something new and amusing: Dear Google+, If your best sales pitch is ‘Stand out from other people named Mordechai Treiger’, I think I’ll stick with The Facebook. Sincerely, The Mordechai Treiger
Israel & the Media, or A few likely unrelated issues I hastily attempt to put into some context while using the free internet at Ben Gurion
You may recall Nicolas Sarkozy’s open-mic dis (‘liar’) of Bibi way back in November. Well, Netanyahu had a bit of an awkward media leak of his own in recent weeks. Take it away, Jerusalem Post editor Steve Linde: ‘You know, Steve, we have two main enemies’… And I thought he was going to talk about, you know, … Read more
My profile picture makes considerably less sense in Hebrew
English: Hebrew:
Alcohol.edu short enough for you to pay attention to
As has been related elsewhere, the frequency with which I post is directly proportionate to the degree to which I have nothing better to do. While staffing My Bus (/Best Bus/Drunk Bus) for Birthright over the past few weeks, I’ve had many better things to do. Lucky for you (not so much for me), that … Read more
Wet Hot American Senate
When the New York Times publishes an article entitled Study Says Looks Matter as TV Covers Congress, it’s sort of begging for my two cents. So take it away, paper of record: Two Israeli professors concluded that members whom a student survey judged to be better looking appeared more frequently on television — but not radio … Read more
Who said it?: “Terror organizations need to know that kidnappings don’t pay off for them”
Give it your best guess and then click through to the Jerusalem Post for the answer.
Paranoia doesn’t mean Facebook isn’t really out to get you
Sometimes people do things with computers that make you think they’re sort of clever. Those people typically don’t work for Facebook.
