Homey

Screw Drivers, Ikea & Being Out Of Shape

Yesterday I spent most of the day with a screw driver in my hand. I built an Ikea dresser, I tightened all the screws in my house that need tightening and I built a couple shelves. By the end of the day, and even this morning, my hand feels like it is going to fall

Travels

Email Overload: Need To Stop Flying During Workdays

I simply need to stop flying during the workday or fly exclusively with flights that have Wifi. Yesterday, I took an 11am (Israel time) or 4am (EDT) out of Tel Aviv and to New York. The flight is about 12 hours, so I didn’t land until after 4pm (EDT). When I landed, I had 322

Motor VehicleTravels

Caught Speeding By A Robot

I received a nice letter in the mail from the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department telling me I was speeding. They even provided proof in the form of photographs. Truth is, I was not driving that car the day they said the violation happened. I was home, in New York – not in Washington,

FoodReligionTravels

Can Jews Checkin To Non Kosher Restaurants On Foursquare?

Orthodox Jews do not eat non-kosher food. Many also would not walk into a non-kosher restaurant because they don’t want a kosher Jew to see them going into the non-kosher restaurant and think that it must be kosher since that Jew went in there. So even to use the bathroom, many orthodox Jews wouldn’t even

Travels

Stuck On Amtrak Over Delaware River

I am on my way to a client in D.C. This is the first time I am taking Amtrak anywhere, I heard it is the smart way to go from New York to Washington, D.C. We made it to Trenton, New Jersey and stopped there. I’ve been sitting in Trenton for almost two hours. My