Tag: random musings
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April 11, 2006 01:43 PM EDT --
originally posted at The Agonist
Yesterday the San Antonio Express-News' Ombudsman, Bob Richter, asked, "You want more titillating stories -- or less?"
And today, on CNN, Kira Phillips' . . . more
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February 28, 2006 02:34 PM EST --
These days, nobody writes letters anymore. With Internet and telecommunication technologies, we have emails, IMs, and better yet, my folks in China are mostly writing SMS on mobile phones.
My dad in China, . . . more
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August 05, 2006 10:41 PM EDT --
Just a short notice: odds are now in my favor that I will go to Afghanistan in the October-November timeframe (Iran is pretty much a done deal before Afghanistan). I don't think I'll travel from . . . more
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August 25, 2006 07:23 PM EDT --
The trip my father and I have planned for Iran is now a virtually certainty, as we just received final visa approval from the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I haven't been this excited about . . . more
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May 04, 2006 05:51 PM EDT --
OK, I guess I will join this foray of "interesting things about me." I think it's a great way to get to know each other on Gather.
I married a wonderful gentleman and I love my husband; . . . more
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September 20, 2006 12:18 PM EDT --
As a rookie reporter, I once received a letter – and a lasting lesson -- from a great American. It may seem odd in this highly partisan political age, but I was a war-protesting radical rabble-rouser . . . more
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April 27, 2006 07:38 PM EDT --
I used to smoke. I used to climb mountains. I used to climb mountains and smoke.
Now I don't smoke, but I will climb mountains when I get to China next week.
more
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July 22, 2006 06:16 PM EDT --
There is no way to justify or rationalize this:
But she confirmed that FEMA does not allow the media to speak alone to residents in their trailers.
"If a resident invites the media to the trailer, . . . more
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August 15, 2006 04:29 PM EDT --
A landmark attraction in Palo Alto, the Stanford Theater is a cinema treasure by all accounts. Its splendid Greek/Assyrian style interior is dazzling enough; the mighty Wurlitzer theater organ, played . . . more
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December 27, 2006 09:48 AM EST --
I've noticed lately a number of articles from fellow Gatherites relating to getting points, how to best redeem, etc. Maybe I'm naive, but I communicate with all of you (and started doing . . . more
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February 18, 2007 04:00 PM EST --
Two nights ago, I saw an ad for this web site (eons.com), which advertised itself as a Gather-like site for 50+ years old folks.
I thought I'd give it a try, and I was sorely disappointed. Although . . . more
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April 13, 2006 10:38 AM EDT --
A must read post over at the WaPo's Early Warning blog. I'm going to re-read the piece again and come up with some cogent thoughts, but for now I will just say this: I like it. It's a good . . . more
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April 24, 2006 11:28 PM EDT --
E&P writes today on how "God Shapes His Foreign Policy."
Sayeth our George W. Bush:
I base a lot of my foreign policy decisions on some things that I think are true. One, I believe there's . . . more
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August 23, 2008 01:54 AM EDT --
I'm inclined to extend this analogy a little further when it comes to the US versus the Russians in strategic terms: it's more like chess players versus checkers players. But still, this graf . . . more
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April 11, 2006 08:16 PM EDT --
Spent a lot of my day thinking about Iran. Spent a lot of my day reading about Iran. Here's where I am: first off, the trip. Because of personal commitments I made earlier this year, if I don't . . . more
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July 23, 2006 12:56 PM EDT --
More importortantly, what type of music do you listen to? Is it just radio? XM? Sirius? A particular genre? Newsradio? CD collections?
For instance, in my case, right . . . more
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December 20, 2006 09:51 AM EST --
Let me start by saying that I have thoroughly enjoyed the entire Rocky series for these thirty or so years -- the somewhat predictable story lines, the underdog winning, etc.
Having said that, I . . . more
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February 27, 2006 12:35 AM EST --
When I first came to the United States, in a social event, someone asked me:
"What's your name?"
"Helen," I answered.
She looked at me ambiguously???. Her eyes were clearly telling . . . more
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June 06, 2006 02:44 PM EDT --
A small group of tea lovers gathered at NEOTTE – a newly opened tea bar in downtown Palo Alto to listen to Mathew Hui, the founder of NEOTTE, to describe the origin of different teas, methods of . . . more
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April 21, 2006 04:40 PM EDT --
Sometimes I read stuff that just amazes me, especially as it is clearer and clearer that Ahmed-i-Nejad is Bush's doppelganger. Seriously, just read it and insert Bush for Ahmed-i-Nejad and it sounds . . . more
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