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I had a pretty busy week, all told. First off, we went to get our eyes checked and to get new prescriptions if necessary. On the strength of a friend’s recommendation, we went to the [https://www.jmc.ac.il/en/student-services/campus-services/eye-clinics/ Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College’s] eye clinic. It’s staffed with third and fourth-year students, supervised by their professors— and it’s ''much'' less expensive than going to a “regular” optician.

So you’re there for about two hours, while they do a ''very complete'' eye examination, including both vision testing and eye health. I was impressed by the thoroughness and professionalism of the student who took care of me. Esther was a bit less impressed with her student, but them’s the breaks.

After all that, my guy decided I needed a stronger reading prescription, but that my vision for distance didn’t need any correction; he also changed my astigmatism prescription. Esther’s student didn’t change her prescription at all.

Then, since I was there, I went to their glasses shop to order a pair. The cost was about a ''third'' of what I had paid for my previous pair. So I’ll be going back, sure enough!

Some stuff:
* Various nerd-news: 1: lcamtuf says [https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/when-it-comes-to-writing-llms-have LLMs have won], when it comes to writing. 2: Thousands of customers [https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/breach-of-f5-requires-emergency-action-from-big-ip-users-feds-warn/ imperiled after F5 network] ransacked. 3: You only need $750 worth of equipment [https://gizmodo.com/satellites-are-exposing-unprotected-cellphone-and-military-data-study-finds-2000672091 to pilfer data] from satellites. 4: Schneier asks, will AI [https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/will-ai-strengthen-or-undermine-democracy.html strengthen or undermine] democracy?
* Damned glad [https://www.timesofisrael.com/democratic-socialist-who-accused-israel-of-genocide-defeats-incumbent-seattle-mayor/ we left Seattle] when we did!
* Uri on [https://urikurlianchik.substack.com/p/the-most-insidious-trick-used-by the most insidious trick] used by Jew-haters.
* History buffs: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVK71ST4h4c soldier uniforms] in the (US) Revolutionary War.
* Jewish archaeology buffs: a fascinating [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1EwQAdCBhc overview with Dr. Joe Uziel], head of the Dead Sea Scrolls unit at the Israel Antiquities Authority.

I’d been complaining of tooth pain for a while, and finally went to the dentist this week. He probed around and noted two areas that need help. Then he took x-rays and exclaimed loudly, “Wow! You’ve got a hole in your tooth!”. I’d been told some time ago that there was an “incipient cavity” forming there, but I didn’t feel any pain and forgot about it. Well, sir, the bacteria didn’t forget about it!

So he fixed that up, saying he was cautiously hopeful I wouldn’t need a root-canal (he took almost half the tooth away). But now, thankfully, most of my tooth pain is gone! So, I suppose that one tooth was radiating bad vibes everywhere. I still have to take care of the other issues, but they’ll wait for now.

And then, we went to my half-second-cousin-twice-removed’s ''bar-mitzvah''. I think we’re wrapping up the visits-to-distant-cousins for the near future. I need time to reset my brain…

Though we had some real rain and cold last ''shabbat'', this time ‘round we’re looking at dry and hot (around 28/29C) which is unacceptable! We don’t have any cooling in the forecast until Tuesday. This just ain’t right!

We’ve got guests this ''shabbat''! They’ll endure:
 
homemade ''ḥalla'',
lentil soup,
barbecued chicken,
veggie ''pashtida'',
slow-cooker brisket,
various ''salatim'',
and fruit pastry.
 

Until next time, 
''shabbat shalom'' and ''ḥodesh ṭov''! 

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