April 09, 2004
Nachas Galore
Hooray for my family--or at least the women in my family. They have been acheiving up the freaking wazoo!
My wife got into the prestigious New York Teaching Fellows program. She works in the public school system for two years, goes to graduate school at night and during the summer. She gets a salary, city benefits, paid education and a small stipend for training this summer.
My little sister Tzipi became a Bronfman Youth Fellow. She gets a free six-week trip to Israel where she will get to meet important dignitaries and statesmen. She is, to quote the web site, "a real smartypants"
And my cousin Esther Sara won an online essay contest. Not surprising, as the entire extended family has proven to be proficient writers. Her father was also once a very talented writer; he actually made reading essays about actuarial science interesting. I remember he once wrote an acturial spoof of Alice in Wonderland.
Anyway, I'm shepping nachas like a mother (pun intended)!
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My wife got into the prestigious New York Teaching Fellows program. She works in the public school system for two years, goes to graduate school at night and during the summer. She gets a salary, city benefits, paid education and a small stipend for training this summer.
My little sister Tzipi became a Bronfman Youth Fellow. She gets a free six-week trip to Israel where she will get to meet important dignitaries and statesmen. She is, to quote the web site, "a real smartypants"
And my cousin Esther Sara won an online essay contest. Not surprising, as the entire extended family has proven to be proficient writers. Her father was also once a very talented writer; he actually made reading essays about actuarial science interesting. I remember he once wrote an acturial spoof of Alice in Wonderland.
Anyway, I'm shepping nachas like a mother (pun intended)!
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Has anyone seen Don?
April 05, 2004
iPod may not be the best gift...
I was actually thinking of getting a mini for the wife if a deal I'm working on pans out. (Don't worry, she never reads this. And of course I'll post the deal to FW.) But maybe I should reconsider.
Notice the wonderful use of targeted advertising on the page: "RELATED NEWS - Get great deals on the new Apple iPod mini. Starting at under $250."
But as someone pointed out: The iPod survived; the boyfriend did not.
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Notice the wonderful use of targeted advertising on the page: "RELATED NEWS - Get great deals on the new Apple iPod mini. Starting at under $250."
But as someone pointed out: The iPod survived; the boyfriend did not.
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