I passed Hebrew I. Now, in the spring semester I will be taking Hebrew II. I am more hopeful about the second semester of Hebrew due to a different professor (recently retired from teaching Hebrew for two decades), who I hope will test us in a way to which I will respond better [hard not to end that sentence in a preposition].
Christmas was quite good. Sarah and I had money this year to get others gifts whereas we didn’t last year. I got pretty upset at the commercialization of Christmas. Fighting for a place in traffic while people run red-lights and almost hit you do not lead you to love your neighbor. For me, Christmas shopping can be quite a stumbling stone.
Yet, I enjoyed giving gifts that people enjoyed. I also enjoyed getting some things. One thing that bears mention is a safety razor, shaving soap, and shaving brush.
I have gotten the best shaves ever with this. I think I will only have to shave maybe every three days with this. I had done every other day before, but I would look a bit scraggly and I didn’t mind since I hated shaving so much. But now, shaving is actually enjoyable. It takes longer, but it is a pleasurable experience and the results are just fantastic. Multiplicity of blades is just a marketing gimmick (how many will the next one have plus vibrating plus whatever else they can con men into buying). Multiple blades are not used to cut multiple times. The first blades in fact pull the hair out and then the following blade(s) cut it and allow the remainder to the hair follicle to go back under the skin. Sure it gets fairly close, but it agitates the skin so much that you can’t shave well. Safety razors shave with only one blade. Refills are cheaper (how would you like to stop paying for Mach 3 refills and start paying only $0.25 per blade?).
If you are interested in this you can read about it here [via artofmanliness.com]
If you want to see some videos on it, start here [via mantic59's youtube]
I also got a few books such as The Karamazov Brothers by Dostoevsky. That will take me a while to read, but what I’ve read so far (~3% of the book) is good.


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