Friday, 3 June 2016

I got up a little late this morning but still went out for a decent walk (after the now-traditional time spent with Pascal by the gate). I took some interesting pictures along the way. In particular, there was some kind of mountain bike event going on. I saw numerous bikers riding along a trail at the foot of the desert hills. The trail brought them to the dirt path that runs along the other side of Harim Road, and they continued northward on that path. I took a short video of them and also some stills. You can see a couple of the bikers in today's pic of the day:

Before returning home from my walk, I stopped by the bakery and bought challah and some cookies for Shabbat.

I taught 5 units of Berlitz lessons today: 9:00-9:45, 10:00-11:30, and 11:30-1:00.

I had weenies wrapped in tortillas and a large salad for lunch at home today.

In the afternoon, I watched the rest of the videos for week 5 of my regression class and passed the first quiz (on the 3rd try!). Tomorrow, I work on the programming parts. I also did the weekly household chores.

It was very hot out today. The predicted high was 43ºC (about 109ºF). I only went out very briefly (other than my early-morning walk) a couple of times.

In the evening, I lit candles, drank some sweet red wine, and ate a little challah, blessing the arrival of the Shabbat Queen.

I walked a total of 2.08 kilometers today.

I'll close with some interesting verses from the Book of Proverbs, in the original Hebrew, and in my translation (aided somewhat by the Jerusalem Bible):

שש-הנה שנא יי ושבע תועבות נפשו:

עינים רמות

לשון שקר

וידים שפכות דם-נקי:

לב חרש מחשבות און

רגלים ממהרות לרוץ לרעה:

יפיח כזבים עד שקר

ומשלח מדנים בין אחים:

These six the Eternal hates, and seven are abominations to the Divine Soul:

haughty eyes,

a lying tongue,

and hands that spill innocent blood,

a heart that devises wicked thoughts,

feet that swiftly run to evil,

a false witness breathing out lies,

and one who sows strife among kin.

Proverbs 6:16-19