Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 30th, 2008
I think I actually have to agree
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/8769
The ‘money shot’:
The man spearheading the case, publisher Dimitris Lambrou, claims that international dominance of the word in its sexual context violates the human rights of the islanders, and disgraces them around the world.
He says it causes daily problems to the social life of Lesbos’s inhabitants.
I would have to say….being from the island of Lesbos [...]
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
How do they hire for this one?
So right now I am being bombarded by a brutal cacophony of sound. There is construction going on in TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS from my place, both of which are less than 100 meters away (TESTIFY). Lucky for me, they began at different times, so they are able to make sure that on is going through [...]
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Someone’s thoughts on dieting
Ah love the internet. So while reading about the latest in all the offseason injuries here
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/hashmarks?tag=key%20injuries&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos1
I see that L.J. Smith of Philly is in amazing shape because he has been raining with Russian Kettle Bells, which can be found here
http://www.russiankettlebells.com/
The best part about them is that they will hack your fat off— without the dishounour [...]
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Great moments in BC management
[My sarcastic commentary in brackets]
Dear X
I’m afraid I will not be here to talk to you about this rather serious matter in the morning so I am writing a quick email. Can you please talk to Y bout this.
[if it is so important, perhaps you should handle it...after all..it is a serious matter...just the [...]
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
What did I miss?
My friend Roland invited me over to the great lady’s house. It was huge, she is old school wealthy Singapore, and she was a wicked lady to boot, who focused on relief work. By 11, since we all work today, I went home. A reasonable thing to do as everyone was going, but still a [...]
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
The hot neighbour
So there is literally a cavalcade of people coming in and out of next door. I finally stopped this hot girl (from Nepal…who knew?) how many people lived there. 16!!!! Is the same sized place as mine, all studying…..and I complain when there are three people home…..can someone say spoiled…
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
The End of the Affair: by Graham Greene
Ugh….what a tortured Catholic…what a tortured way to find faith: through hatred and despair due to unendurable pain. I don’t know if that is the message that Greene intended his book to have, but that is how it reached me.
I started this book due to my book club, and had no idea what I was [...]
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Yes, I’m worried by your child.
So I am just wrapping up a well run lesson (not too hard if you have done 4 before just like it) when a student starts crying: Ka Wang. I think I have had 4 incidents of tears in my entire time here, and they have all been with this boy. I see another student [...]
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Kicking a dead Clinton horse
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/11/183443/678/744/513868
One thing I never quite got along with everyone else was the idea that she had all this fabulous experience. She was given one very serious task, (health care) and she utterly train-wrecked it. The above link provides more details from a Dem. member of the House who was also interested in working on the [...]
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
The Botany of Desire: by Pollan (great name for a plant guy huh?)
The author begins this book by focusing on the bees circulating in his garden, pollinating the plants. He recognizes that the flowers have gone out of their way to develop trends/tricks that make them more appealing to the main pollinator of our age. Of course, the lack of agency in the bee (after all, it [...]
