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From the altfriday5:

1. How mindful (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness) would you say you are in general?
I was born mindful.

2. At what times are you most mindful? When I'm by myself with no or little outer influences. And in large crowds.

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In Madagascar, traditional families dig up the bones of dead relatives and parade them around the village in a ceremony called 'famadihana'. The remains are then wrapped in a new shroud and reburied. The old shroud is given to a newly married, childless couple to cover the connubial bed.

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So according to this CNN Money article, European megalopoly Unilever swallowed up American icecream brand Ben & Jerry's a few years back, and states that a handful of giant companies -- including Unilever and arch-rival Nestlé, also European -- dominate the $20 billion ice cream industry in the US. I did not know that. Also interesting:

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So I never liked turkey much. They're nuts about it here. It's everywhere, and even more so on the holidays. While I love chicken in almost unnatural ways, I think turkey is boring and really has little flavor, especially the *huge* birds they make here in the US. I've never seen a turkey sold whole in Europe. A goose, perhaps, but never a turkey. ( Read more... )

I didn't get enough sleep and it shows. I'm mixing up people and pages and feel blah all around. I tried for some sun and a swim to wake me up during lunch but the pool was too warm so it was like floating in a bathtub - ugh. I hate warm pools, not refreshing at all in this heat. Must tell pool guy to make it cooler. He's creepy, by the way. Old ( Read more... )

1. If I were a planet, I would be: Venus ( Read more... )

I'm in a hurry today so will get to LJing/comments later. As I decided some time ago to aim for an entry a day, here's a blah one just because of that. Let's call it Momentaufnahme. Business is busy, another biz trip about to happen. The nice weather draws me outside, and the Harry Potterness of LJ annoys just slightly. There doesn't seem to be a ( Read more... )