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Reading Unfriendly: My Barnes & Noble Is Freaking Me Out

Reading Unfriendly: My Barnes & Noble Is Freaking Me Out

June 3rd, 2016 | business and finance, General, Health, literature and poetry, Popular Culture, Shopping, visual arts

Went to my local Barnes & Noble to pick up a couple copies of Dan Lyons, Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble (Hachette, 2016).  I had heard most of the interview he did with Terry Gross on NPR’s “Fresh Air” and immediately got the book. Just...
The Mouth That Would Be President, Take 2

The Mouth That Would Be President, Take 2

March 7th, 2016 | Education, General, Memory, Politics, Popular Culture, Society at Large, Women

It was August 13, 2015, exactly six months and twenty-one days ago as I write this, that I published my anxiety about the campaign of Donald J. Trump for the Republican nomination for President of the United States of America. I was told not to worry, that he was a...
The Mouth That Would Be President

The Mouth That Would Be President

August 13th, 2015 | General, Politics, Popular Culture, Society at Large, Women

I can’t get him off my mind. Normally I spend precisely none of my time thinking about him, watching his television shows or envying him his wealth. He’s bumptious and loud, though, someone more skilled in getting attention than a spoiled toddler in a toy store and...
In Flanders’ Cities 7: Zaventem is where they park the planes

In Flanders’ Cities 7: Zaventem is where they park the planes

June 2nd, 2015 | Europe, General, Popular Culture, Shopping, transportation, Travel

Brussels Airport (BRU), technically in Zaventem, [http://www.brusselsairport.be/en/] is busy enough. Brussels, the capital of the European Union, is a convenient crossroads from pretty much any point to any other point in any of the six inhabited Continents and enjoys...
Šeima Means Family 8: The Constitution of the Republic of Užupis

Šeima Means Family 8: The Constitution of the Republic of Užupis

May 29th, 2015 | Europe, Genealogy, General, Politics, Popular Culture, Society at Large, Travel

Everyone has the right to live by the River Vilnelė, and the River Vilnelė has the right to flow by everyone. Everyone has the right to hot water, heating in winter and a tiled roof. Everyone has the right to die, but this is not an obligation. Everyone has the right...
Šeima Means Family 6: In the Loops

Šeima Means Family 6: In the Loops

May 24th, 2015 | Europe, Gardens and Gardening, Matters of the Spirit, Popular Culture, Travel

You think you know what to expect but you really don’t. I had a vision of the Nemunas Loops Regional Park (Nemuno kilpų regioninis parkas) as a sprawling area, a place needing vigorous hiking skills or better yet a car. The park is 25,171 hectares—a quantity that...
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