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TMC...
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Cleaning day in tau's corner
A dust up of the f-list is in order as peeps have dissapeared or become non-responsive over time. I duly apologize for any inconvenience caused. -
Poetry Contest !
Poetry Contest from the 'Washington Post':
The following are entries to a contest by 'The Washington Post,' in which respondents had to write a two-line romantic poem..........
except that the last line had to be unromantic, as unromantic as the first line was romantic. 8~))
1. My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife,
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The Manifest Destiny and Breaking Through the News Filter
Hiya folks!! Long time, no see. How have you all been?
Today, I feel like I'm more politically inclined so here are a couple of articles that may be of interest.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19696.htm
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8657.htm
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Happy Holidays!!
I wish all of my friends here on lj, a happy belated hanukkah, a happy belated solstice, a happy belated eid al-adhan and a merry Christmas; in other words happy holidays all around y'all!
May the new year bring a much needed peace, joy, happiness and prosperity.
Keep warm and safe, wherever you are. :)) -
Movie Review
Eastern Promises
Naomi Watts
Viggo Mortensen
Vincent Cassel
Armin Mueller-Stahl
I and my wife were invited to the premier showing of the movie "Eastern Promises", the latest by director David Cronenberg, on Tuesday night. The story revolves around the Russian mob in London.
Plot Outline:
The film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai (Viggo ( Read more... ) -
Movie Review
3:10 to Yuma
Russell Crowe
Christian Bale
Ben Foster
I saw this movie over the weekend to kill time and wasn't expecting much but as it turned out it was really good! I was pleasantly surprised and perhaps a bit nostalgically, it reminded me of why I used to love westerns so much.
Here's a good review of the film by one John DeSando, much better than ( Read more... ) -
Not Only In Turkey
Apparently it's not only in Turkey that you come across such a fluke of linguistical nature :)))
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