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Book (15 items)

	August 15th, 2010 August 30th, 2010	The Book Thief - Novel Genre: Novel \| Author: Markus Zusak \| Pages: 584 \| Language: English \| Comment: Very good. Read mainly on 2 buses and 2 trains a day. Highly recommended.
	July 15th, 2010 July 23rd, 2010	התאוריה האחרונה - Thriller Original Title: Final Theory \| Genre: Thriller \| Author: Mark Alpert - מארק אלפרט \| Pages: 364 \| Language: Hebrew - עברית \| Comment: Nice. Enjoyed it.
	July 6th, 2010 July 15th, 2010	Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stone - Fantasy Genre: Fantasy \| Author: J. K. Rowling \| Pages: 223 \| Language: English \| Comment: After hearing everybody talk about it, finally got the book from a friend and read it. Not impressed really. Wasn't boring, but doesn't even hold a candle to the Hobbit for example.
	June 24th, 2010 July 6th, 2010	The Dilbert Principle - Humour Genre: Humour \| Author: Scott Adams \| Pages: 336 \| Language: English \| Comment: Funny. Enjoyed reading. The main point is: "companies tend to systematically promote their least-competent employees to management (generally middle management), in order to limit the amount of damage they are capable of doing." :)
	June 16th, 2010 June 17th, 2010	האלכימאי - Quest, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy Original Title: O Alquimista \| English Title: The Alchemist \| Genre: Quest, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy \| Author: Paulo Coelho - פאולו קואלו \| Pages: 146 \| Language: Hebrew \| Comment: Highly recommended ! :).
	May 20th, 2010 June 4th, 2010	The ART of WAR - Military Science Genre: Military Science \| Author: Sun-tzu \| Pages: 324 \| Language: English \| Comment: Sun-tzu says: The Way of War is A Way of Deception Nice reading, like the verse like way of Sun-tzu, most of the commentaries are a bit annoying, yet the stories brought as examples were good :)
	May 13th, 2010 May 17th, 2010	אלף שמשות זוהרות - Drama Original Title: A Thousand Splendid Suns \| Genre: Novel \| Author: Khaled Hosseini - חאלד חוסייני \| Pages: 380 \| Language: Hebrew \| Comment: Good, like the kite runner.
	April 22nd, 2010 May 4th, 2010	נקודת האל חזור - Non-Fiction Translated Title: Point of No Return \| Genre: Non Fiction \| Author: Ronen Bergman - רונן ברגמן \| Pages: 607 \| Language: Hebrew \| Comment: Good and interesting. Learned many things I didn't know about Iran, hizballa, and the connections they had and have with Israel until this day.
	April 20th, 2010	השבוי - מבט מעזה - Non-Fiction Translated Title: Captive - A View from Gaza \| Genre: Non-Fiction \| Author: Sleman Al-Shafhe - סלימאן אל-שאפעי \| Pages: 188 \| Language: Hebrew \| Comment: Interesting. Shed some light on things I didn't know.
	February 1st, 2010 February 4th, 2010	והיום אינו כלה - Novel Original Title: И дольше века длится день \| English Title: The day lasts more than a hundred years \| Genre: Novel \| Author: Chinghiz Aitmatov - צ'ינגיס אייטמטוב\| Pages: 398 \| Language: Hebrew \| Comment: Good. Different. Sad. Fits the mood.
	January 20th, 2010 January 26th, 2010	גלנקיל - מותחן כבשים - Fiction Original Title: Glennkill - Ein Schafskrimi \| Genre: Fiction \| Author: Leonie Swann \| Pages: 357 \| Language: Hebrew \| Comment: Nice book. Different.
	January 10th, 2010 January 14th, 2010	גופנפש - New age Original Title: Bodymind \| Genre: Misc \| Author: Ken Dychtwald - קן דיכטוואלד \| Pages: 236 \| Language: Hebrew \| Comment: Interesting.
	January 6th, 2010 January 10th, 2010	זיהוי תבניות - Fiction Original Title: Pattern Recognition \| Genre: Fiction \| Author: William Gibson \| Pages: 348 \| Language: Hebrew \| Comment: Meh. Pass.
	December 25th, 2009 January 4th, 2010	ספר משפחתי - Humor Translated Title: My Family Right or Wrong \| Genre: Humor \| Author: Efraim Kishon - אפרים קישון \| Pages: 438 \| Language: Hebrew \| Comment: Good. When I started it, I realized I read it as a kid, in a hard cover. Nostalgic and funny.
	December 17th, 2009 January 1st, 2010	יש אלוהים? האשליה הגדולה של הדת - Philosophy, Science Original Title: The God Delusion \| Genre: Philosophy and science \| Author: Richard Dawkins \| Pages: 570 \| Language: Hebrew \| Comment: Very good. Should be taught at school, maybe it'll bring some sense to people.

Movie (97 items)

	August 29th, 2010	Date Night - Comedy, Crime, Romance Good. Enjoyed and laughed :)
	August 28th, 2010	Inception - Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller Good. Not sure why they said it's too smart for viewers though.
	August 19th, 2010	The Heartbreak Kid - Comedy, Romance Rather amusing at times, and even though it's predictable, it still held some surprises :)
	August 16th, 2010	Dr. Seuss Horton hears a Who! - Animated Second time around. Still great :)
	August 13th, 2010 August 14th, 2010	The Karate Kid - Action, Martial Arts Meh. Much preferred the original ones.
	August 9th, 2010	The Book of Eli - Action, Mystery, Thriller Liked. Feels like fallout.
	August 6th, 2010	Sherlock Holmes - Action, Mystery, Thriller Enjoyed it. Even though I was falling asleep.
	August 3rd, 2010	Clash of the Titans - Action, Adventure C R A P .
	July 31st, 2010	Knight and Day - Action, Comedy, Thriller Great. Bit kitch, but highly enjoyable :)
	July 29th, 2010	Zombieland - Action, Comedy, Horror Great. Had to show it to a friend, and enjoyed watching it again :)
	July 26th, 2010	Walk on Water - Drama, Mystery, Thriller Liked it. Some things are bull, but nice all in all.
	July 10th, 2010	Toy Story 3 - Animated Meh. Wouldn't pay to watch it ...
	July 8th, 2010	V for Vendetta - Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller Great movie :)
	June 29th, 2010	Shutter Island - Drama, Mystery, Thriller Mkay.
	June 25th, 2010	The Adventures of Pluto Nash Mkay. Eddie Murphy, and many other recognized actors :)
	June 23rd, 2010 June 24th, 2010	Monster House - Animated Pass.
	June 20th, 2010	L4yer Cake (layer cake) - Crime, Drama, Thriller Good. Along Snatch and Lock Stock.
	June 19th, 2010	From Paris With Love - Action Nice. Nothing more, nothing less.
	June 12th, 2010	The A-Team - Action Great action movie :) Not too happy with the liberties they took with the series, still prefer the old actors, but hey, as I said, highly enjoyable movie.
	June 8th, 2010	Fearless (Huo Yuan Jia) - Martial Arts, Action Not too bad. Enjoyed it.
	June 5th, 2010	Taking Lives - Mystery, Thriller Mkay.
	May 29th, 2010	The Score - Action, Crime, Thriller Good. Robert De Niro & Edward Norton :) Seen it a long time ago & remembered some random bits, but still good.
	May 23rd, 2010	DOA: Dead or Alive - Action Amazingly filmed, but sadly this is in direct inverse proportion to the crap it is. No Plot, no interest, no nothing.
	May 18th, 2010	Lesbian Vampire Killers - Comedy, Horror Great, second time around :).
	May 18th, 2010	Robin Hood - Action The new one, with Russell Crowe. Not bad. Enjoyable.
	May 13th, 2010	Not Since You - Romance, Drama Hmmm, I thought it was a romantic comedy, but seems like my friend's girlfriend picked a romantic drama. Oh well, not too bad.
	May 12th, 2010	Lensman - Secret Of The Lens - Animated, Sci-Fi Nice. Very 80's.
	May 2nd, 2010	The Day the Earth Stood Stil - Sci-Fi, Drama Considering it's a 59 year old movie ... not too bad :). So many different things back then, and not only the obvious black and white obvious things.
	April 28th, 2010	Comedy Central: Last laugh '05 - Stand-Up Meh. Pass
	April 27th, 2010 April 28th, 2010	Desperado - Action Great film. Still enjoying him even though it's 15 years old :).
	April 27th, 2010	The Exorcism of Emily Rose - Crime, Drama, Thriller Liked. Been a while since I got goose bumps during a movie :) Based on true story that happened in the 70's.
	April 24th, 2010	The Science of Sleep (La science des rêves) - Drama Different. Weird.
	April 18th, 2010	Brokedown Palace - Drama Mkay.
	April 17th, 2010	Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics - Stand-Up Mkay.
	April 16th, 2010	Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame - Stand-Up Like the animals one better, but still funny
	April 15th, 2010	Ricky Gervais Live: Animals - Stand-Up Funny :)
	April 15th, 2010	High Plains Drifter - Western Hmmm ... Old movie (older than me). Watched it as a kid. I still remember some scenes, but again, rediscovered many new layers (as the fake gun handle he used, and some other interactions between the characters).
	April 14th, 2010	Louis C.K.: Shameless - Stand-Up Funny. As the name suggests, dirty language and jokes aplenty :)
	April 12th, 2010	Road House - Action He he,seen this when I was a teenager. Seems there must be some things I've missed or didn't understand back then. Liked it :)
	April 11th, 2010	Nirvana - Sci-Fi Mkay. Highly talked about, but I wasn't too impressed. Maybe the fact that it's in Italian, and I had to keep manually adjusting the subtitles time had something to do?.
	April 11th, 2010	Vals Im Bashir (ואלס עם באשיר) - War, Drama, Animation Good.
	April 10th, 2010	Manhunter - Crime, Thriller Hmmm ... The movie "Red Dragon" is basically a remake of this one. This one's ok. Can't remember much of "Red Dragon".
	April 10th, 2010	Ninja - Action It might have had some story in between plot holes. Action was ok'ish. The highlight was the main character training without his shirt. This is how sad this movie is.
	April 10th, 2010	The Weather Man - Drama Mkay. Not too thrilled.
	April 9th, 2010	The X Files: I Want to Believe - Sci-Fi, Mystery Eh.
	April 8th, 2010	Ghost Town - Comedy, Romance Good. Wasn't expecting much, and was in a rather foul mood, but it turned out very enjoyable :)
	April 2nd, 2010	The Neverending Story - Fantasy, Adventure Hmmm, not too sure it stands the test of time, but still can be seen I guess.
	April 2nd, 2010	The Devil Wears Prada - Comedy, Romance Cute.
	March 31st, 2010	Coraline - Animated Errr .... highly disturbing, and I wouldn't recommend it to kids?.
	March 31st, 2010	Dog Day Afternoon - Crime, Drama, Thriller 1975. Based on true story. Not much to say. The FBI agent that drives the car @ the end is familiar, yet not sure from where. updated Yep, he is Bishop from aliens. He plays in the 2nd and 3rd, not the first :).
	March 30th, 2010	Carl Barron - Whatever comes next... - Stand-Up Mkay. OZ comedian. Some things were funny, most was meh.
	March 30th, 2010	The Blob - Sci-Fi, Horror 1958 movie. You can tell. Wouldn't work these days :). Amusing to see their solution to special effects before computers kicked in.
	March 29th, 2010	Blade Runner - Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller Good. Very different in pace than modern movies. quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? that's what it is to be a slave.
	March 28th, 2010	How to Train Your Dragon - Animated Great. Really enjoyed it.
	March 27th, 2010	Steel Toes - Drama Good movie. Liked it.
	March 25th, 2010	The Bottled Fools - Horror, Sci-Fi Meh.
	March 23rd, 2010	Meals on Wheels - Action, Comedy Great. Didn't expect much from it, and yet laughed more than I've laughed in a long time. Recommended :)
	March 23rd, 2010	Sometimen in April - War, Drama Depressing. Similar to Hotel Rwanda, and another one about that war.
	March 16th, 2010	The Way of War - Thriller, Action BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD. I can probably do a better movie by myself, doing the screen write, the acting, the special effects AND the publicity. Hmmm ... they had 2 songs that were okay though.
	March 16th, 2010	Green Zone - War, Action, Thriller Eh. Better yet: Eh at most.
	March 15th, 2010	She's the Man - Comedy, Romance Silly teenagers movie. So predicted that it's actually funny to watch
	March 14th, 2010	Love and Other Disasters - Comedy, Romance Hmm.... funny ... I can relate to some bits :). Enjoyable.
	March 13th, 2010	Ghost World - Comedy, Drama Interesting / amusing movie. Some known faces.
	March 11th, 2010	Defiance - War, Drama K.
	March 9th, 2010	Avatar - Sci-Fi, Action Less impressive the second time around
	March 7th, 2010	Alice in Wonderland - Fantasy, Adventure Good ! Amazing visuals and great performance.
	March 5th, 2010	The Boondock Saints II: All Saints day - Action, Crime, Thriller Not bad. Not what I expected either. Enjoyable though.
	March 5th, 2010	The Boondock Saints - Action, Crime, Thriller One of my favorite movies :)
	February 25th, 2010	Secretary - Drama Good. Disturbing, but good :).
	February 23rd, 2010	Born to Fight (Kerd ma lui) - Action Thai action movie. Lots of plot holes, nice action. If you have nothing better to do.
	February 22nd, 2010	The Longest Yard - Drama, Sport The original (1974) version with Burt Reynolds. Nice.
	February 16th, 2010	Daybreakers - Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi Not what I expected. Can be seen I guess.
	February 15th, 2010	Edge of Darkness - Drama, Thriller Mel Gibson. Meh movie. Some nice bits, some boring bits. Not as good as I expected
	February 13th, 2010	Farinelly - Drama, Biography, Music Good. Sad. Disturbing at bits.
	February 12th, 2010	Rambo: First Blood Part II - Action Couldn't be bothered with a serious movie, so watched this. I think I prefer first blood. This is more about action and shooting (badly :).
	February 12th, 2010	Invisible Target - Action, Crime Nice action. Fun to watch
	February 10th, 2010	Dead Poets Society - Drama Good. Sad. Not sure the best movie for the mood I'm in though :). highly recommended though.
	February 9th, 2010	Superbad - Comedy Nice. Some funny bits. Different.
	February 9th, 2010	Marley & Me - Drama, Comedy K.
	February 8th, 2010	Russell Peters - Show me the funny - Stand Up Comedy Eh. Not as funny as the others. maybe it's just my mood
	February 6th, 2010	Cloud 9 - Comedy Meh. Can pass.
	February 6th, 2010	Fired Up! - Comedy Silly sport comedy. Oh, and Hiro from Heroes appears at the end credits :)
	February 4th, 2010	Bangkok Dangerous - Action Crap.
	January 31st, 2010	Russell Peters - Red, White and Brown - Stand Up Comedy Funny. Great imitations :)
	January 30th, 2010	Russell Peters - Outsourced - Stand Up Comedy Funny.
	January 30th, 2010	Russell Peters - Comedy Now! - Stand Up Comedy Funny. Somebody gonna get hurt ...real bad :)
	January 29th, 2010	¡Three Amigos! - Comedy Great movie & a classic. Only downside was the sms I got 15 minutes before it finished.
	January 29th, 2010	The Final Destination - Horror, Thriller Crap. As simple as that. Actually, I liked the animation of the last 10 seconds when the credits begin.
	January 28th, 2010	Public Enemies - Crime, Thriller, History Eh. Don't get the big fuss, and it's way too long.
	January 20th, 2010	Adam - Drama Cute.
	January 20th, 2010	A perfect getaway - Horror, Thriller, Mystery Nice cast, fine movie.
	January 20th, 2010	Thick as thieves - Crime Even though it has an impressive cast, the movie is rather shit.
	January 11th, 2010	Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball - Action, Crime Some characters from the first movie. Some effort was put into the movie, but it still feels like a high budget bad movie. If you have nothing to do, or trying to kill hours to forget the pain, might work.
	January 8th, 2010	Up - Animation G R E A T. Highly enjoyable.
	January 7th, 2010	Videodrome - Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller Bad. Heard it's great, and got highly disappointed.
	January 5th, 2010	The Secret - Documentary Interesting.
	January 5th, 2010	שלאגר - Hebrew, Humour Watched most, with my mom. The singing's a bit annoying, but the movie is hilarious

Music (7 items)

	July 17th, 2010	Jarabe de Palo - La Flaca (CD) - Spanish Great album. The funny thing is it came out before the other one I really enjoy from him, which I discovered while being in Spain.
	July 16th, 2010	La Flaca (clip) - Spanish Love this song :)
	June 2nd, 2010	Angus & Julia Stone: Down the Way - Quiet, Unplugged Love this album. Thanks for the recommendation :)
	May 21st, 2010	Ministry of Sound: Uncovered - Chill Out 2 CDs with great covers :)
	May 15th, 2010	Sting - Shape of my heart - Pop, Jazz Known this song forever. There's a great card trick on youtube with this song as theme. Really listened to the lyrics only a couple of days ago. Got a bit of a goose skin. Love it.
	May 3rd, 2010	Como Abeja al Panal - Bachata He he ... great bachata. Had it for years and only realized it after I've seen one of the choreos at the Bachata Festival.
	March 29th, 2010	Decisiones - Ruben Blades - Salsa Feels right at the moment. Even though it's salsa, you should listen to the words (if you speak spanish I guess).

PC Game (2 items)

	October 22nd, 2009 August 18th, 2010	Warzone 2100 - Real Time Strategy Genre: Real Time Strategy \| Developer: \| Comment: Hmmm ...nice ... Free game. Funny how many things changed from the day I started it to the day I finished it ...
	March 3rd, 2010 March 18th, 2010	Homeworld 2 - Real Time Strategy Genre: real-time strategy \| Developer: Relic Entertainment \| Comment: Nice :). Stated the same day as I started watching BSG S04, so it got me in the mood.

Show (1 items)

June 9th, 2010

Glow - Romance, Comedy
Good :). Israeli show. Amused by the fact that I watched an Israeli show based on a Japanese game show, in Australia :).

TV Series (7 items)

	March 3rd, 2010 March 8th, 2010	Battlestar Galactica, Season 4 - Sci-Fi Season: 04 \| Episode(s): 20 \| Comment: Amazing series :).
	February 12th, 2010 February 17th, 2010	The Tripods - Sci-Fi Season: 1 & 2 \| Episode(s): 25 (in total) \| Comment: Old sci-fi serie made in 1984. Not very hi budget but a good one. Highly enjoyable. A friend corrected me about the "low budget" comment. I take it back :)
	June 1st, 2009 February 6th, 2010	Spooks, S02 - Drama, Thriller Season: 02 \| Episode(s): 10 \| Comment: Watched first 6 eps in new zealand, and finished the last 4 now. Fine. Ended up good. Wonder how to get season 3.
	January 31st, 2010 February 3rd, 2010	Generation Kill - Drama, War Season: 1 \| Episode(s): 7 \| Comment: Good and different serie about the war in Irak. Another one of HBO's production.
	January 27th, 2010 January 29th, 2010	Heroes - S02 - Sci-Fi Season: 02 \| Episode(s): 11 \| Comment: Eh. Not as good as the first season I guess.
	January 24th, 2010 January 26th, 2010	True Blood S02 - Fantasy, Horror Season: 02 \| Episode(s): 12 \| Comment: Another short marathon. Good. Guess I'll have to wait for season 3.
	January 21st, 2010 January 23rd, 2010	True Blood S01 - Fantasy, Horror Season: 01 \| Episode(s): 12 \| Comment: Good series. Just like Rome, they're not shy about blood and sex.

Video (Misc) (5 items)

	June 5th, 2010	TED Talk: Malcolm Gladwell- What we can learn from spaghetti sauce - Ted Talk Mkay.
	May 23rd, 2010	Ted Talk: Larry Lessig- How creativity is being strangled by the law - Ted Talk Eh. Nothing shocking or really worth watching. A couple of amusing analogies though.
	May 21st, 2010	TED Talk: James Randi's fiery takedown of psychic fraud Great :). He's the man.
	May 21st, 2010	TED Talk: Evelyn Glennie- How to listen to music with your whole body Hmmm ... won't ruin the surprise, but let's say I didn't expect this one :). Worth watching, even if it wasn't what I thought it'll be about.
	May 20th, 2010	TED Talk: Mary Roach: 10 things you didn't know about orgasm Nice :)

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