Gary’s shared linksStratford, NJ, USA Just like writing on my website, when it comes to reading books, I go in spurts. It’s not uncommon for me to read 5 books in a month, and then not crack a book for a year. That can be a good thing or a bad thing. When I get on a roll, [...]
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Stratford, NJ, USA I haven’t posted that much in the past week. Part of it might be laziness, but I really don’t have all that much to say anyway. Well, let me re-phrase that. I haven’t come up with many ideas to write about. Maryland Macaca, however, has. I mean, she has come up with [...]
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I found this blog earlier today, and it’s REALLY cool for anyone interested in political/human geography (ME!) and/or cartography (me, to a lesser extent). Strange Maps. Just thought I’d pass it along.
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA My Background Junior year of high school was a pretty big year for me. I was learning that I really enjoyed TV production, and my history teacher thought I had a real knack for the social sciences. In fact, she was so impressed that she had my high school nominate me for the New Jersey [...]
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“We work hard; we play hard” The last time I saw a hockey game with the Swiss, I posted a really long, rambly entry that I don’t think anyone read. This time, I think a long, rambly photo essay might be more enjoyable! Wednesday night, I packed my bags for my mini-trip to Pittsburgh. Since [...]
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Link du jour: Newshour with Jim Lehrer takes an in-depth look at the Voice of America. I could have thought of a few more issues to raise, and a few more angles too look at some of the issues already presented, but all in all, this is exceptionally well done. (And it’s cool to see [...]
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Currently Watching Lagaan – Once Upon a Time in India By Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley, Paul Blackthorne, Suhasini Mulay, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Raghuvir Yadav, Rajendra Gupta, Rajesh Vivek, Shri Vallabh Vyas, Javed Khan, Rajendranath Zutshi, Akhilendra Mishra, Daya Shankar Pandey, Yashpal Sharma, Amin Hajee, Aditya Lakhia, A.K. Hangal, John Rowe, David Gant see related [...]
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http://www.amazon.com/Russian-Dolls-Romain-Duris/dp/B000GBEWP2/sr=8-1/qid=1168676034/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-3926068-5647626?ie=UTF8&s=dvd Continuing upon my Netflix binge, I just watched The Russian Dolls (Les Poupées Russes), and man was it ever good! Russian Dolls is the sequel to L’auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment), a movie that I saw two or three times in two or three different French classes in college. It was good, and I even [...]
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Currently Watching War Photographer By James Nachtwey, Christiane Amanpour, Hans-Hermann Klare, Christiane Breustedt, Des Wright (II), Denis O’Neill see related Stratford, NJ I was never really for the Iraq war, but now I feel guilty that, before it all started, I wasn’t more vocally against it. I’ve always liked our idea of a republic–a country [...]
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In case anyone still bothers to check this out from time to time, I thought I better update you now on what I’ve been up to the past few months, because I really hae no idea when I’ll be able to do this again. Anyway, I think everyone knows that I went to Dustin’s wedding [...]
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