Monthly Archives: February 2006

In the Streets of Bangkok

In the Streets of Bangkok

February 28, 2006

Now that late night TV no longer features the giant slalom, snowboarding downhill, curling, or any other winter olympics for that matter, I take in an extra dosage (to add to my already busting at the seems media diet) of BBC world in the evening. Last night I...

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Depressed A Nice Girl

Depressed A Nice Girl

February 27, 2006

I think things were going well, til I started talking instead of drinking and then I swear I saw tears well up in her eyes..... One thing you need to know, in case you didn't already, about the difficulties of expat life, is to have visitors that you really enjoy,...

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bm107 John Aravosis of Americablog on Ports and the World Bank

bm107 John Aravosis of Americablog on Ports and the World Bank

February 26, 2006

Washington DC based writer, political consultant, and blogger @ Americablog.com, John Aravosis has been in Amsterdam for the past few days. During a recent walk back from the Albert Cuyp market we recorded this talk about the Port Sale issue, the fatal errors of the Bush administration, multinational...

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Vacations Scare off Readers

Vacations Scare off Readers

February 25, 2006

.... that's the crux of one of the conversations we the bloggers have been having over the past few days. John says whenever he goes on trip somewhere, the less people read or comment. Tony has observed similar. Is it a coincidence? Maybe people don't like...

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Send Your ‘Dam Bloggers

Send Your ‘Dam Bloggers

February 24, 2006

You wouldn't have to dig very far into my archives to find a story about how I enjoyed meeting another blogger or podcaster in person. I would probably write quite a bit about how often it seems like we're old friends who have known each other for ages....

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