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2010.04.02 : Good Friday Fun Break! - Cutesy Animal Videos
Plus: Flyleaf Makes A Joyful Noise

So what better cutesty animal video to kick off Good Friday with than Christian the Lion! (No, he didn't get the name from eating Christians.)... (read more)

2009.07.07 : 2005.07.07, Four Years On
Plus: UK Sharia Courts, First Report
Plus: Hitch on King Gordon
Plus: The Digital Death of Literature Snobbery

I'd forgotten, until reminded late this morning, that today is 7/7 - the fourth anniversary of the London Tube and bus bombings. So today seems a good, if not entirely un-controversial, day to point up the recent report: Sharia Law or 'One law for all'? from the think-tank Civitas... (read more)

2009.06.23 : Oh Well, Whatever, Never Mind

I've never been a die-hard Nirvana fan, nor really much of a grunge-head. But I do remember exactly where I was standing when I first laid ears on "Smells Like Teen Spirit."... (read more)

2005.11.16 : Cold Lampin' With Flavor

I went and saw Public Enemy at the Forum last night. That might be 'nuff said.... (read more)

2005.09.02 : The View from 'Marchers'
Brief Comments on Brideshead Revisited

"'Just the place to bury a crock of gold,' said Sebastian. 'I should like to bury something precious in every place where I've been happy and then, when I was old and ugly and miserable, I could come back and dig it up and remember.'"... (read more)

2005.07.16 : The Spotless Storyteller

Clementine: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon. Joel: I know. Clementine: What do we do? Joel: Enjoy it.... (read more)

2005.03.16 : Considering Myself a Londoner

What I love about London: I love walking a single block and hearing 5 languages and 12 accents. I love that feeling of dread that I'm irretrievably missing out on the raging river of cultural opportunities that's constantly racing by.... (read more)

2002.12.10 : Meet the Zanzibarans

If Africa is the continent the world left behind, but can't stop thinking about, then Zanzibar is the Arab world's Africa. Across oceans of time (as well as the Indian Ocean), the Sumerians, Assyrians, Egyptians, Phonecians, Indians, Chinese, Persians, Portuguese, Dutch, and English have all dropped in here.... (read more)

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	Dispatches tagged as: culture (8) 2010.04.02 : Good Friday Fun Break! - Cutesy Animal Videos Plus: Flyleaf Makes A Joyful Noise So what better cutesty animal video to kick off Good Friday with than Christian the Lion! (No, he didn't get the name from eating Christians.)... (read more) 2009.07.07 : 2005.07.07, Four Years On Plus: UK Sharia Courts, First Report Plus: Hitch on King Gordon Plus: The Digital Death of Literature Snobbery I'd forgotten, until reminded late this morning, that today is 7/7 - the fourth anniversary of the London Tube and bus bombings. So today seems a good, if not entirely un-controversial, day to point up the recent report: Sharia Law or 'One law for all'? from the think-tank Civitas... (read more) 2009.06.23 : Oh Well, Whatever, Never Mind I've never been a die-hard Nirvana fan, nor really much of a grunge-head. But I do remember exactly where I was standing when I first laid ears on "Smells Like Teen Spirit."... (read more) 2005.11.16 : Cold Lampin' With Flavor I went and saw Public Enemy at the Forum last night. That might be 'nuff said.... (read more) 2005.09.02 : The View from 'Marchers' Brief Comments on Brideshead Revisited "'Just the place to bury a crock of gold,' said Sebastian. 'I should like to bury something precious in every place where I've been happy and then, when I was old and ugly and miserable, I could come back and dig it up and remember.'"... (read more) 2005.07.16 : The Spotless Storyteller Clementine: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon. Joel: I know. Clementine: What do we do? Joel: Enjoy it.... (read more) 2005.03.16 : Considering Myself a Londoner What I love about London: I love walking a single block and hearing 5 languages and 12 accents. I love that feeling of dread that I'm irretrievably missing out on the raging river of cultural opportunities that's constantly racing by.... (read more) 2002.12.10 : Meet the Zanzibarans If Africa is the continent the world left behind, but can't stop thinking about, then Zanzibar is the Arab world's Africa. Across oceans of time (as well as the Indian Ocean), the Sumerians, Assyrians, Egyptians, Phonecians, Indians, Chinese, Persians, Portuguese, Dutch, and English have all dropped in here.... (read more)