the price of tea in china?*

30Jun08

* bragging rights to the first reader that solves this riddle-ish title.

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29Jun08

lots of art outdoors in Rotterdam.  This “tree” held up by trees was one of my favorites.

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i can only imagine what would happen to me…

29Jun08

…if I were a TV news presenter. Click on the wormhole and see the best tv news slip-ups.

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euro 2008

28Jun08

I was in holland for a dutch game, held in Paris during a French game, but not rained on during the Spanish game. My money is on Spain.

[Ed: Kottke ref. says: "In celebration of Euro 2008, public prankster and more-than-fair soccer striker Rémi Gaillard made the following video of himself using [...]

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questions after Paris?

28Jun08

Why did the Parisian mosquitoes only bite my elbows? I sought an answer, and only found this somewhat dire article, on the “mosquito menace” and Chikungunya Fever. Which does not tell me much, except that there is general agreement on their menacing nature.
when someone makes it clear that they do not speak English [...]

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HM 3002.ACK01 2008

27Jun08

Is it correct to claim that Pere-Lachaise Cemetery has a “social science section”?

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a prelude to a series of posts in which my own cultural ignorance is laid bare, or, are cover songs transformed in translation such that they constitute a genre type?

27Jun08

In 1969 the Dutch band Shocking Blue had a No. 1 chart hit with “Venus”, better known to us from its catchy chorus: “She’s got it/ Yeah, baby, she’s got it”; the Bananarama cover (that also topped the charts, but in 1986); and the Schick razor ads that use it as soundtrack. What may [...]

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16Jun08

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genius

16Jun08

i’ve been using this packing method and added to it one of those air removal vacuum pack thingies (i got a pair of two from Rite Aid for about eight dollars) and am just over the moon about the whole deal.
i’m sharing a picture of ALL the clothes I’m bringing for two weeks abroad (and [...]

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i, robot.

15Jun08

there is some suggestion that i could be usefully replaced by this robot type thing.  i could keep up with the ladies who lunch and pay remotely. 

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