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  1. still working on the Italian article - tonight I start page 164 (out of 177)9:11 AM Jul 8th from web
  2. It's hard to translate an Italian article about bran, when their language academy is called "Academy of the Bran" (della Crusca)9:09 AM Jun 26th from web
  3. Just saw this: http://www.wordorigins.org/... - frustrating. I don't know if I can update all my links...10:01 AM Jun 23rd from web
  4. still correcting the OCR of an article in Italian about the word "semolina", so I can run it through Google Translate11:53 AM Jun 14th from web
  5. got the new Steinsaltz Menachot at Shavua HaSefer. Should be really helpful for the solet post!8:37 AM Jun 12th from web
  6. I'm excited to make my next (Blogger) post in Google Docs - it has all the functionality I've been look for (even footnotes)!12:00 PM Jun 1st from web
  7. working on ogen and aguna - and how they're likely NOT related...12:42 AM May 25th from web
  8. just found an article about the semantic shift of "semola"! who cares that it's 23 pages in Italian...11:18 AM May 17th from web
  9. solet & semolina should be next, but if i'm stuck - probably aluma12:20 AM May 13th from web
  10. wondering how semolina comes from an Italian word meaning bran, which comes from a Latin word meaning "fine flour"12:20 AM May 13th from web
  11. does anyone have access to a university library outside of israel? looking for a book and can't find it here...3:15 AM May 3rd from web
  12. i thought I'd be writing about aluma next, but i have to first deal with solet: fine or coarse flour?6:23 AM Apr 24th from web
  13. orzo and orez is done: http://www.balashon.com/200...6:22 AM Apr 24th from web
  14. finally has all his sources, he just needs to read them and then can explain orez and orzo.4:00 AM Apr 23rd from web
  15. finally finished omer! http://www.balashon.com/200...5:32 AM Apr 17th from web
  16. working hard on all the omer sources...12:50 AM Apr 12th from web
  17. maybe the start of an etymological hagaddah: http://www.balashon.com/200...12:39 PM Apr 6th from web
  18. i finsihed indexing a bunch of interesting pamphlets from the Hebrew Language Academy and "Hebrew in Jeans"3:54 AM Apr 2nd from web
  19. finished mitzrayim (and misirlou): http://www.balashon.com/200...1:21 PM Mar 31st from web
  20. off to the National Library (again) this afternoon to look up "omer" sources.10:42 PM Mar 29th from web