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Archive for July, 2008

Fire in Firenze!

My last night perhaps in Florence. The heat has been off the charts, so I think… dizzying…. I’ve been lying low, indoors though have taken some photographs in the past day, might take some more if it cools down tonight. This is a pretty city. Unfortunately, full of spoiled, pissy  [ Read More ]

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Oops! I Left My Heart Here….

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On the Clouds Again

Rather than spend the last 10 days trapped in Poland, which was great for the prior 10 days, I am now working my way back to London for the flight home. First stop, too late for my conference unfortunately, but nonetheless a requirement, is Italy. So another 10 days left,  [ Read More ]

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Cracking Up in Cracovia

There is something sobering and ironic about riding on a bus in Poland that is taking me back to Krakow and noticing that the fabric on all of the chairs is advertising the Strand movie theater’s marquee for the film STRANDED. This afternoon when I went to Track 1 to  [ Read More ]

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South Carolina Tourism: Gay? Stay Away!

The recent flux over grossly misleading ads proclaiming one of the most homophobic states in the US as ‘so gay’ has resulted in South Carolina refusing to pay for its ads that ran in London and select US cities. You can read about it here: Gay people who work hard  [ Read More ]

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New Media Wars: How and Why The Guardian O

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Why I Deactivated Facebook

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A Time To Rule and A Time To Resign

UC Davis Assistant Professor Nathan Brown has demanded the immediate resignation of ...

On the Clouds Again

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