Dive into the archives.
- Dear Abby…
These are allegedly “Dear Abby” letters that she admitted she was at a loss to answer. Whether they’re genuine or not is one issue, but they sure are funny.
Dear Abby,
A couple of women moved in across the hall from me. One is a middle-aged gym teacher and the other is a social worker [...]
- Bill Cosby Wisdom
Cosby is widely recognized as a sage of modern family life. Many of his choice quotes have a lot of application to global politics, which are included below for your own amusement.
A word to the wise ain’t necessary—it’s the stupid ones that need the advice.
Anyone can dabble, but once you’ve made that commitment, [...]
- On Leadership
I would like to open a discussion on the qualities of a good leader, based upon my experiences over the past few years. I know readers don’t want to hear me drivel on about my “feelings” or band class or the family cat. They want hard opinions on hard issues. Forgive me this one since [...]
- Return Round-up
Well, I am back. After spending 12 to 16 hours a day, 7 days a week on oil tanker barges for the past three months I am finally moving to part-time work which means I can start concentrating on my thesis and regular blogging. I will write up a proper post tomorrow about my experience [...]
- On Innovation
Recently blogfriend Elizabeth was paid a visit by Tom Shelley who is an 11-month-old member of my favourite newspaper. Tom represents a group of Economist staffers that have gathered together for Project Redstripe. The group has been tasked with coming up with The Next Big Thing™: “to develop something that is innovative and web-based and [...]
- Cake day
In descending order from Cool to Evil:
Chuck Norris
Kim Campbell
Prince Edward
Sharon Stone
James Earl Ray
Osama bin Laden
- This is not madness…
what’s maddening about 300 … is that no one involved … seems to have noticed that we’re in the middle of an actual war. With actual Persians. ... to cast 300 as a purely apolitical romp of an action film smacks of either disingenuousness or complete obliviousness. One of the few war movies I’ve seen [...]
- Foggy Bottom Backs Borat!
Well I’ll be damned:
Borat seen as human rights victim by U.S. government
ALMATY - Fictional Kazakh TV reporter Borat has made an unexpected cameo appearance as a victim of censorship in a heavyweight annual human rights report issued by the State Department. The 2006 report, released in Washington on Tuesday by U.S. Secretary of State [...]
- Cliches versus Reality
This isn’t something you’d expect out of Germany. It’s currently Carnival time in which people run around in costumes and various festivals and parades are held. Today is Rosenmontag. Parades, which are often political, featured a variety of politicians from America, Germany, France and Iran. In Düsseldorf, quite an uproar occurred because of the following [...]
