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This week was a pretty calm and normal one ''chez'' Aaron. Esther worked, I worked, Mom did her thing, Sarah sold books, Daniela taught reluctant teenagers. Nothing too exciting to report… except for bagels!

I made bagels for the very first time this week, from an adaptation of [https://www.baking-sense.com/2019/05/16/homemade-sourdough-bagels/ this recipe] (my adaptation: replacing half the bread flour with whole-wheat, rye, and some gluten). Some of them [http://ronware.org/img/bagel1.jpeg got a bit toasty] but the [http://ronware.org/img/bagel2.jpeg texture was great]! Mom was thrilled to be able to have bagels for breakfast, so sourdough-rye bagels will be appearing again, soon! They’re really not difficult to make, but you do have to boil them before baking, to get the proper result.

And: there is absolutely ''no comparison'' between these properly chewy, crusty bagels, and the bread-doughnut bastardized things you get in a store. Don’t settle for cheap imitations!

I was also busy working on getting cost estimates for a client, and doing some work for another client, and in making progress on removing JUCE from 8th. It’s been a busy week for me.

In Israel news: this week was the deadline for political parties to finalize their lists and register for the March elections. One poll (get ready for the onslaught!) says [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/274690 there’s no significant change] in the distribution of votes, despite a few parties merging and a few people jumping ship. I’m going to invest in a big tub of popcorn and a bucket of beer, so I can watch the upcoming disaster in comfort. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHL5iQJLvNU Vote for Pedro]!

Around the bend:
* The PA finally [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/274473 pays part of its electric bill]. They were only 1.8 ''billion'' shekels in arrears, nothing to be concerned about.
* The NSA [https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/researcher-develops-working-exploit-for-critical-windows-10-vulnerability/ revealed a Windows vulnerability], a very serious one. But since they revealed it, it means it wasn’t a useful exploit for them. One wonders just how full of holes the Windows 10 cheese is?
* Yay for the EU bureaucrats! They are as usual, doing [https://www.zdnet.com/article/as-apple-plots-to-drop-iphone-ports-eu-plans-law-to-give-all-phones-same-charger/ too little, too late], but they ''will'' raise costs for everyone. As usual.
* The “Progressive Left” in the USA is [https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/politics/sanders-warren-fight/index.html watching, horrified], as Warren and Sanders duke it out. It’s getting real, people!
* Last but not least: [https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/After-mishap-with-Boeing-spacecraft-NASA-faces-a-14962939.php Boeing screws up], again. Would you go up in a Boeing-designed shuttle, knowing that they’re sub-contracting the cheapest possible engineering teams? Bad move, Boeing, bad move.

I’ve been finding more far-flung cousins as I slowly continue my family-tree research. Now I’ve found someone who’s got my great-grandparents in his family-tree, but of whom I’ve never heard. Now I’m trying to get more details as to how and if we’re actually related.

It’s been seasonably cool and clear this week, but we’re supposed to have a rainy ''shabbat'', with rain continuing into the coming week. Time for soup!

This ''shabbat'' the three of us will have:
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homemade ''ḥalla'',
brisket,
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzimmes ''tzimmes''],
mushroom soup,
roasted potatoes,
various ''salatim'',
and “black and white” cookies.

Until next time,<br>
''shabbat shalom''!

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