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February 7, 2007 Correspondence

London – A Nigerian Nightmare

One of the more interesting aspects of some of the clubs I’ve frequented in London is the part of the night when the DJ

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February 5, 2007 Correspondence

Superbowl XLI at Battersea Evolution

“I think it’s safe to say that these people came here today to watch a game of FOOTBALL!!  FOOTBALL!!!”  The immortal words of John

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January 29, 2007 Correspondence

Roma – Impressive Things Built by Dead White People

Rome, Italy.  Roma, Italia.  Or if you want to be stupid like they were in naming the last Winter Olympics, you can try Rome,

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January 27, 2007 Correspondence

Roma – Loose Thoughts from a Light Notebook

– Italiano is an interesting language, so sing-songy.  Methinks, though, that one of the reasons American English is rather flat is because so many

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January 22, 2007 Correspondence

Malta – Still Not Back in London

You are not reading a post about my past weekend in Malta.  I do not hear the sound of sirens in the dreary London

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a Turbah or Mohr from Qom, Iran. It shows a prayer to Fatimah, daughter of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, and mother of the third Shi'a Imam, Husayn ibn Ali. It reads: "Ya Fatima al-Zahra" which translates as: "Oh, Fatima, the Splendid One"
December 31, 2006 Correspondence

London – What’s the stone for?

Eid mubarak. There’s a mosque about a block away from my flat here in north London so I decided to go there for Eid

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December 30, 2006 Correspondence

London – Good time busting

I’m not sure if it’s possible to have a good time on a cold, rainy, windy London night when you never actually get into

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December 21, 2006 Correspondence

Barcelona – Of pre-emptive Santa’s & battles in heaven

Greetings from España.  I’m in Barcelona for a few days vacation.  My original plan was to spend a few days here then head south

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December 14, 2006 Correspondence / Of cabbages and kings

London – Punk

I think there´s more of a punk sensibility here in London than back in the States.  Not that Pgh isn´t devoid of alterna-life but

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December 7, 2006 Correspondence / Of cabbages and kings

London – Booking booking booking

It seems that most international travel originating in the US or Europe is intended primarily for going to… the US or the rest of

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