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What Hillary Clinton and I have in common
It’s those little things that make me smile… Outgoing Secretary of State Clinton and I make similar doodles. This article is from September 2012, but I feel it must still be shared with th… more →
At the Gates of the City
What Hillary Clinton and I have in common
wrote 4 months ago: It’s those little things that make me smile… Outgoing Secretary of State Clinton and I m … more →
oh, liberal arts
wrote 4 months ago: Being sick with pneumonia means amongst other things eating a ridiculous amount of chicken soup (and … more →
From all of us, to all of you - A Very Merry Xmas!
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wrote 5 months ago: Vera and I are wishing all of you celebrating Christmas a most merry and wonderful holiday. And what … more →
More M...
wrote 5 months ago: Remember how much M3 (the Judi Dench M of the James Bond universe) is loved by the Ladies at the Gat … more →
Chanukkah Sameach from the Ladies of the Gates
wrote 5 months ago: Seasonal greetings, part 1: Happy Hanukkah (nope, there is no good way of spelling חנוכה) to those o … more →
M - why James Bond is good for the gals
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wrote 5 months ago: As heralded earlier, this is an M appreciation post, and is part of a larger conversation about fema … more →
post-elections puzzlement
wrote 6 months ago: Did you ever wonder why the Democrats in the U.S. have a donkey for an icon – and the Republic … more →
With a song in my heart... Headlines in Israeli papers
wrote 6 months ago: One of the reasons you have to learn Hebrew to read newspapers in Israel is actually not that it … more →
What we can learn from music...
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wrote 8 months ago: A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to attend a lecture by Israeli conductor Itay Talgam. He … more →
007 - M tells it like is was...and is?
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wrote 8 months ago: It’s from 2011 and the numbers are from the UK. But there is no doubt that this is a reflectio … more →
Educating Sophia - another lesson in "things on the internet"
wrote 8 months ago: The journey of Vera teaching me tech-skills & knowledge of ‘things’related’to … more →
Post-Olympics post
wrote 9 months ago: So, the Olympics came and went, and the Gates didn’t devote too much attention to the event. B … more →
Don't be a lady...
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wrote 9 months ago: So, tonight Vera taught me how to EMBED a YouTube video on the blog. Whoah! Technological progress … more →
New feature at the Gates and a bit on Pankhurst and the Hepburns
wrote 9 months ago: A small window into our minds and how this blog continues to develop. We have a whole bunch of ideas … more →
BBC and the Olympics - the pathetic and the hilarious
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wrote 10 months ago: The pathetic: So, Israeli media has – rightfully – been exposing the BBC’s politi … more →
The history of English
wrote 10 months ago: another small item for the parking lot before we embark on this week’s news and thoughts. This … more →
Sorkinisms -- or how some stranger just made a YouTube video to fit an At the Gates of the City post
wrote 11 months ago: In a previous blog post (Aaron Sorkin’s Commencement Address At Syracuse Was A Thing Of Beauty (resp … more →
