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First Snow Boston 2010

Ikea Sune ver 2.0 (Herbert Marcuse was absolutely right and all i have left to do is be ashamed of my self)

we got these Ikea Sune chairs at a yard sale for 6$.

they were wobbly when we got them but it got worse after we actually used them.

the screws that connect the legs of the chairs are METRIC hex screws. they were probably made in taiwan with the rest of the chair, as the hex socket did not really fit any of the Allen wrenches i have both metric and american. the socket of the screws was getting chewed up pretty easily whenever i put pressure on them, and the drill bits went right through them. 

After two visits to home depo, where they regularly stock strange metric bolts and stuff (but no fasteners) they had just the cure for the wobble, 8 hex 10mm head 6mmX30mm 1mm thread bolts in individual  heavy duty nylon packaging for ease of use, advancement of the petroleum industry and betterment of american landscape and recycling programs. lucky for me i have a few metric sockets that fit my ratchet.

 the original ikea screws were eased out slowly, and replaced with the ikea allen key of all things, and after some persuading they all came out.

the new zync plated bolts went in with left over washers fromt he newly built shelve and the chairs now stand strong once more, perhaps forever. IKEA Sune chairs ver 2.0.

Abatment

So and so inches, and so many feet. what the fuck is an inch? what the hell is a foot? how many feet in an inch? on the things i love the most about america is the accuracy and precision craftsmanship. they have all kinds of accurate measurments, like 15/16 or 11/32, they also use fractions of inches to define precise sizes, one inch and 3/16. all very logical and easy to calculate. 

this shelf is fully suspended with no drilling, and only one pressure screw to keep it aloft. all DIY stuff, and i dont even have a hammer.

its my aggressive driving style that gets me there faster

Tertiary Confections

Hezbollah, Boston, Borders.

How far is kiryat shmona from marj ayyon? how far is downtown jerusalem from downtown ramallah?
in any case there is some mental distance between the poeple on either sides of the fence. Esther Hecht writes in her blog about connections between palestinians and israelis, in the past wild fires, and in relation to a desert monastery that is not in israel but the road that leads to is was paved by the israeli ministry  of tourism.
it takes an something as colosal as an uncontrolled deadly wild fire or something as esoteric as an ancient monetary to have the mere glimps of acknowledgment that there are poeple on both sides of the fence.
any old casual day to day life of the two sides never crosses paths in a formally or socially accepted way. the grocery shopping, food and for that matter any other cultural or commercial exchange one might find exists between two neighboring communities does not exists between israel and arabs. sure, yuppi telavivians eat hummus in Jaffa, and every israeli has been to east jerusalem for one reason or another.i doubt many poeple in the northern part of israel would casually walk around a village that is spitting distance across a fence, even if they could. that is a distance they cannot cross. the distance to the mental enemy is far greater then the actual physical distance.
its strange to find that this distance is immediately dissipated when the same poeple meet else where.
In boston, all of a sudden, ex patriot israelis are happy to shop at a local Lebanese run grocery shop and are happy to find and Egyptian flalfel joint (even if it is really bad). every time we buy a product of syria, we say to ourselves that it all proabably goes towards buying another katyusha. every just of olive oil we buy funds another volly. i am sure this is no different then anyone buying any israeli made product (since 16.5% of every sale of israeli products fuels its government and military, and in turn funds the occupation). i guess thats the real distance.a syrian made container of pickles will always be something from the other side, something i could only wish to be able to buy direct, and not have to be in america to do that.
on the other hand, who the fuck wants to live in israel? or syria for that matter...

actually this seemed profound to me just the other day and makes little sense just about now.

Numero Uno on Google.com - Edut mekomit 2010 !!! עדות מקומית מקום ראשון בגוגל

Unbelievable, My esoteric, uninteresting and mostly internetically unseen blog, is now the first and highest rated search result for the Israeli Local Testimony 2010 (Edut Mekomit) Photojournalism show.
The search refers to this post, a statistical analyses of the strange selections by the jury.
Perhaps this serous and well established show, would benefit  from having proof readers for their website.
For instance, that might prevent a double first place slot in the sports category, and a strange double last name  for photographer/videographer Jonathan Weitzman (Weitzman).
I would like to thank my friends and family that have brought me fourth, google.com for this honor, but most of all i would like to thank the local testimony photo 2010 show.