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The circus is in town and the landscapers are out and about…That and a predicted 15° tells me it’s springtime

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I’m sure this interests almost nooone…but this is 2/5 of the greatest swiss band ever!!! Ha….If you don’t know the band then you probably don’t want to bother…if you do know the band you don’t want to bother…it’s just a moment in time!

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Went to Viareggio last night with Leo, Daniele and Jenny. Saw some clowns. Ate some fish! It was fun! I barely made it into the photos

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Someone from wordreference linked to my site…(http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=576864)…haha….ummmm….I’m not sure if this is a proud day or not…but it’s kinda funny!
Note to self – try to make more sense when writing

and continuing the dribble from the past few weeks….Two articles I enjoyed today.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-x-li/globalization-20-democrac_b_1278784.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-moyers/obama-contraception-compromise-freedom-of-and-from-religion_b_1281942.html

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I went outside and thought to myself “it’s ridiculously warm”…
I realized it was still cold enough too see my breath, but it seems really really warm! It’s springlike at 5°

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From the language that gave us schadenfreude, kindergarten and strudel they take something back now…
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/02/14/shitstorm_was_english_s_most_helpful_contribution_to_german_last_year.html

An Italian colleague used shit-tsunami today (or was it “tsunami of shit”? – can’t recall now)….I was momentarily confused!

and now for the “politico-socio dribble” (Matt)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/noam-chomsky/us-iran-israel_b_1278865.html
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/02/14/how_blue_america_subsidizes_red_america.html

AND I heard this yesterday…
“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”
Epictetus (Greek ACE 55-c.135)

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For the first time in a few weeks it sorta seemed warm when I left work…Love it! Supposed to be up to 10° tomorrow Great! About time…

Interesting article. I would have thought if it’s the dehydration theory that it would be easily replicated as a test…I shall await more data, but probably never see it!

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Has Angie considered just trying to make an example out of greece? Could that be better for long term health of the E.U.?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/09/greek-debt-deal-_n_1265067.html
I suppose that would mean the banks are taking a close to 100% cut instead of 70% (after devaluation and default), but it would send a signal…it would only be a few days of panic
<UPDATE> Here’s Monti (our PM) talking about the EU:
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/02/monti-warns-of-european-disintegration/252786/

Looks like the “Socialist hero” aka “The great leader” is backtracking on contraception…that’s BS!
There’s your single best way to reduce abortions (which the americans are so concerned about). I guess it’s not abortion they really care about…it’s the pill?!? REALLY???

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More snow coming I guess….It’s gotta be below 0° (c) and that drive home was a doozy! Not sure I’ll leave the flat this weekend…

Good article about currency…at last an end to waste, fraud and abuse
http://gizmodo.com/5882836/lets-kill-cash-qa-with-author-david-wolman-on-our-moneyless-future

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AND completely unrelated….For the americans with curious minds and an interest in politics…

http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/the-cheney-fallacy

http://www.salon.com/2012/02/08/repulsive_progressive_hypocrisy/

and my favourite…a conservative writes in 2006
http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/02/do-bush-followers-have-political.html

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