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Personal News Embargo

I am forecasting unprecedented tsunami of uninteresting news over the next 24 hours.

Accordingly I will not be reading or listening to any news between 16:00 CET on Tuesday and 16:00 CET on Wednesday—which should, because of evening plans, actually be much later.

Somebody SMS me if real legitimate news happens.

Fix it or Forget it?

Shortly after I moved in, I realized that my doorbell is, basically, unreliable—boarding on totally broken.

On the one hand it prevents me from getting unwanted callers who don’t know me, while, on the other, it means that whenever a friend comes over they end up calling me on their mobile to tell me that […]

Immigration Sob Story

Love is in the hay!

These are, by any account, extraordinary times to be an American.

After 8 awful years, we have a president open to progress with respect to individual human rights, gay, straight, or transgendered. The GLBT community should be, by any reckoning, celebrating with wild abandon.

The most recent victory: The […]

Americana, at its best.

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Let’s Get Moist!

No Ego Here, Just Books.

Today is Canada Day, so to my Canuck Friends, and almost-Canuck Friends, let me wish you the very best.

Although I am from the States, I have to confess that I really like Canada. It wasn’t one of the listed options on my vacation suggestions post, but I have […]