I was very surprised when I found out at about ten years of age that Israelis were no good at skiing. I know what you're thinking, how can a desert country have any skiers? But I acquired this false notion because I thought that Slalom Skiing was in fact spelled Shalom Skiing. It made sense that my Israel-born friend and I would play Shalom Skiing on an Apple IIGS in the computer room of a Jewish Day School.

I was a very smart kid.