Yom Ha'Atzma'ut and Pain

Firstly, please note that I will still be taking questions via the comment box on the "YOUR Questions, MY Answers!" post.

With that announcement made, I am once again merging two topics into one blog post for the sake of, well, only writing one blog post.

To get the bad news out of the way...

My RND has taken another turn for the worse. I have not been to the gym in months for various reasons, so this is partially my fault. Still, it is now worse than worse.

To the casual observer, there is nothing wrong with me. A slightly more careful observer might notice something on my bad days--the fact that I lean on the left-hand banister going up and down the stairs, or the way I step carefully down off step stools etc. left foot first--or maybe not. With rare (if any) exception, however, nobody comes close to knowing how bad this feels until I tell them, and that's the way I like it.

That said, let's move on.

Today is Israel's independence day! The country is still young, at only 64 years old! I was there in 2009, folks; Israel is BEAUTIFUL. Let the celebrations ensue!