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I know, I know, there are serious wars going on in the world: Iraq and Afghanistan, the Russians invading Georgia, etc., so why is all the news around the world about Lin Miaoke and Yang Peiyi?  Or more importantly why is the world in an uproar over the Chinese decision to use pretty little Lin […]

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Mia and I have been discussing a number of New Age concepts on my blog lately and Dr. Masaru Emoto just happened to come up in our comments.  Now if comments were any indication of who was reading my blog, I would assume that I have only two readers: Mia from Sweden and Tina from […]

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I like Christiane Amanpour and have admired her as a serious news reporter for quite some time.  That said, I find that CNN’s chief international correspondent was vying for tabloid sensationalism when she asked French President Nicolas Sarkozy whether he regretted calling Black and Arab youths rioting in the streets of France a few years […]

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As someone who is still sitting on the fence, it’s interesting to watch Barack Obama on his international tour.  Obama is charismatic and is a great speaker; anyone who watched his speech today in Berlin before a crowd of over a hundred thousand people will attest to that.  Obama, none the less, is saying what […]

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When I started reading what I thought was an autobiography by Goldie Hawn, I was prepared for a funny, nonsensical, blah, blah, blah tale about her Hollywood life. What I found instead, was a book about a hardworking, sensitive, intelligent woman on a quest for happiness. Although I was looking for a light and easy […]

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I wrote in my last episode of American Idol that I was hoping to be pleasantly surprised.  I was!  David Archuleta finally put emotion into his singing on the big night that it counted the most!  His first and last performances of the night were great.  The second song didn’t blow me away, but it […]

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Paris is made up of a collage of images so beautiful and unique that it seems as though some are just a backdrop for a movie set. The ever present booksellers along the quays are a perfect example.  One wonders, do they really sell their goods?  Are they able to make a living on what […]

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This has nothing to do with the French, but rather with Anglophones who write about France.
I started reading a book recently and after the first few pages I had to stop and get myself another book to read!  I won’t even mention the name of the book, or the author, because it annoys me, well […]

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How do we justify the fact that Carly Smithson was eliminated from American Idol, while Brooke White and Jason Castro are still in the running?  Simple!  Most of these reality shows have nothing to do with talent, but more to do with a popularity contest!  As far as talent goes, Carly was by far the […]

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