Archive for November, 2007
Monday, November 12th, 2007
Recycled Post of the Week: Regeneration
I suppose that it may be more than a coincidence. This morning I happened to notice that while my fingernails were regenerating, the tooth paste in my bathroom was depleting. I, therefore, decided to use a post on this very subject for this Recycled Post of the Week. When I looked it up today, I […]
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Almost That Time of Year
I just got back from a weekend in Paris, and it was the first real cold weather that I have experienced in a long time. It was kind of a strange sensation, especially considering that we haven’t even reached Thankgiving yet, but my body was trying to tell me something.
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
10 Most Ridiculous British Laws
Besides our foriegn policy, gun laws, capital punishment, punitive damages (which I support), obesity, and a host of other things, the U.S. is often ridiculed abroad for many of its absurd and antiquated laws. Many of these silly laws (generally civil causes of action) continue to exist, such as Alienation of Affection. Although they are […]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
M11: Mass Trial, Minor Justice
Last week, a Spanish penal court finally gave its verdict in the “Mass Trial” of 28 criminal defendants accused of partaking, in greater or lesser part, in the March 11, 2004 train bombings in Madrid, Spain. The outcome of the verdict was that 22 of the 28 were found guilty.
Now, I am no criminal law […]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Recycled Post of the Week: The Lottery
On Thursday, I bought two lottery tickets and was pyschologically transported to that dangerous world of hope. In my mind, I wasn’t going to work on Monday or ever again. I was planning, relocating, and making a better future for everyone in this world by first thinking about número uno — myself. Yet on Friday […]
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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
Wanted in Lebanon: Lips and Bzazel
My friend, Fadi, just emailed me the following article from the AFP on how Lebanon has become THE PLACE for plastic surgery in the Middle East. I have already referenced the stereotype in the region of the Lebanese Mona Lisa, and with altered stars like Haifa Wehbe and Nancy Ajram, Lebanon is getting quite a […]
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Straight to Brooklyn
ReWrite is about to move to Brooklyn across from Prospect Park, near the corner of Flatbush. It’s too late to stop the genetrification now!
