Dear America, I am writing to express my concern over the direction in which you seem to be heading. You used to be ‘the home of the brave, the land of the free’, the cool kid who the rest of… Read More ›
New York
Books I Read in December 2010
Weird New York by Christ Gethard Jason Cosmo: Hero Wanted by Dan McGirt Cats Creep the Fire to Art by Matthew Ward Related articles The Best of 2010 (brandsandfilms.com)
Barry Rubin in ‘The Tragedy of the Middle East’
“Bad policies can always be justified by good excuses, and solving problems can be made to seem very crass in comparison to defending noble ideals.” ~ Barry Rubin in ‘The Tragedy of the Middle East’
Me
Last night I completed my ice-breaker speech for toastmasters. Your ice-breaker has two purposes. Firstly, it ‘breaks the ice’ ie it gets you up there in front of people giving a speech. Secondly, it gives the club a chance to… Read More ›
Bingo!
Some interesting facts about your Gran’s favourite game: Bingo has existed in some form since at least the early 1500s, when there were already established lottery games played in Italy. In British slang, bingo wings is the name given to… Read More ›