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Curious News, Diary

18 Days of Eqypt: NY Time Photo Diary of the Remarkable Events

by: PeterFebruary 11, 2011

Click on photo to start the gallery. The AP reports on Mubarak’s final hours: Desperate bids to stay By MAGGIE MICHAEL and HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press – CAIRO – Hosni Mubarak was supposed to announce his resignation on Thursday. The Egyptian military expected it. The new head of his ruling party pleaded to him face-to-face to do

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Music, Pop

Listening to the Magnificient Voice of Adele

by: PeterFebruary 5, 2011

Drama, Movies

Madame Bovary

by: PeterFebruary 5, 2011

Madame Bovary is a masterpiece. I mean both the BBC film adaptation of Flaubert’s famous novel as well as the story itself. First a few words about the film and then about the story. Especially in the first half, the director moves us quickly through the life of Emma Bovary. The 19th century setting is

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Diary

Democracy Watch: In the Middle of the Struggle in Egypt

by: PeterFebruary 3, 2011

NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF files this dramatic report from Cairo for the NY Times. Watching Thugs With Razors and Clubs at Tahrir Sq. Pro-government thugs at Tahrir Square used clubs, machetes, swords and straight razors on Wednesday to try to crush Egypt’s democracy movement, but, for me, the most memorable moment of a sickening day was one

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Diary

Miami Concert Hall: The Best Reason to Head South Soon

by: PeterFebruary 1, 2011

The Economist reports on the new Miami Concert Hall WHEN Michael Tilson Thomas was a boy growing up in Los Angeles, the young Frank Gehry sometimes acted as his babysitter. Since then Mr Gehry has become one of the world’s most famous architects and Mr Thomas a prominent conductor, and the two have remained friends. Now

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Humor, Situations

Barney Frank: Clinton Is ‘Cool Kid’ at Davos

by: PeterJanuary 29, 2011

I like Barney Frank more and more. When he retires, he can perhaps tour the country as a stand-up comedian. Here is his most recent humorous press interview courtesy of the WSJ. Barney Frank, the witty Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, held forth on a number of topics during an impromptu question-and-answer session with reporters Saturday morning

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Diary

A Widow’s Story

by: PeterJanuary 22, 2011

Joyce Carol Oates has written a moving story about the last week of a long mariage. It reminded me a bit of the feelings I had when some years ago my best friend died in front of my eyes although the young body continued to walk on this planet as if nothing had happend. February

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Diary

Storm Jameson on Happiness

by: PeterJanuary 7, 2011

Marageret Storm Jameson said:

Happiness comes of the capacity

to feel deeply,

to enjoy simply,

to think freely,

to risk life,

to be needed.

Drama, Movies

Apocalypse Now (Redux)

by: PeterJanuary 4, 2011

The first 10 minutes of Apocalypse Now are magnificent. My eyes were glued to every pixel on the screen. But following Captain Willard on his long journey from Saigon up a river to Cambodia where he is supposed to assassinate a U.S. general gone mad becomes tiring. The Redux version of the 1979 film

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Diary

Let’s Dance through all of 2011 like James Brown

by: PeterDecember 31, 2010