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:: Wednesday, July 31, 2002
:: terror bombing kills 7, wounds 85 at jerusalem university ::
a bombing in a crowded cafeteria at the mount scopus campus of jerusalem’s hebrew university killed at least seven people and injured at least 85, 14 seriously ... some of those in the cafeteria were foreign students taking summer school classes.
hamas claimed responsibility for the attack! [via ha’aretz]
search the web a lot? ... me too ... like me, you probably use google ... well i am now trying alltheweb and it’s looking good ... something for other search engines to oogle over!
at least three people were killed in two explosions near the old central bus station in south tel aviv. about 30 people were wounded ... two different suicide bombers carried out attacks ... the explosions took place on neve she'anan street at 10:25 pm ...
phoot note :: i was on the phone to my brother [in south africa] ... we were discussing the very issue of the ‘current situation’ ... we then checked our time [they’re one hour behind us] ... “it’s 9:25pm here”, he said ... and i answered, “here, it’s 10:25pm” !!!
isca greenfield-sanders is a hot digital artist whose work doesn’t look like digital art ... the 23-year-old new york native is beginning to make a splash on the city’s art scene with her giant mixed-media paintings of nostalgic family settings.
a recent series of paintings depicting family picnics and seaside outings mixes the traditional skills of painting in oil and watercolor with cutting-edge image manipulation on a macintosh computer ...
seven people were killed and at least 20 people were injured when an explosive device was detonated near a bus and shots fired at passengers shortly after 3 pm, near the west bank settlement of immanuel ... eight people were in serious condition and eight sustained moderate injuries.
according to initial reports, the bus was first hit by several roadside devices, and passengers were then fired on as they left the vehicle. eyewitnesses said that the terrorists who fired on the bus were dressed in idf uniforms and escaped in the direction of nablus.
in a technological breakthrough for licensed prop replicas, ‘master replicas’ is proud to announce the force fx anakin skywalker lightsaber from ‘star wars: attack of the clones’. besides a polished metal hilt, this lightsaber also features a glowing electro-luminescent blade and authentic sound effects pulled directly from the movie ... oh, i’ve gotta get one ...
i’m mobile again! yes, after spending almost four months ‘phlat on the phloor’ i’ve started sleeping in my bed again ... and it feels great! i still have to be careful not to put any pressure on my spine at all ... for another two to three months ... but, as i said, i’m mobile again!
and hence the reason there have been so few ‘phlogs’ lately ... but don’t worry, that’ll change ...
to all americans ... enjoy, have fun and celebrate ... it’s the best way to say “up yours” to the terrorists ... just like we have to here in israel where i live. we are stronger than them ... let’s teach them that ‘love and caring’ is so much stronger than ‘hatred and violence’ ...
yes, brasil are the soccer worldcup 2002 winners ... for the fifth time ... what a game it was. do you watch it? and ronaldo ... both goals! he really is the ‘golden boot’.
but the real winners are brannon, jace, kobi, david [my son] and jarred!
soccer has that ability and power to bring people together ... can’t wait till 2006 ...
