My ISP, XNet, appears to be undergoing some kind of catastrophic malfunction at the moment as my home DSL and home telephone are down; none of their web sites are…
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I still fully expect to dance down the street singing "Ding dong, the witch is dead" when she finally snuffs it, but I was still quite moved when I read…
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It's the same wherever you go - that desperate search for a pub when the All Blacks are playing. Even if you are Archbishop Desmond Tutu: We meet the irrepressible…
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What have I learnt this week? During study, when noting an important part of a book, write the page number beside it. You know, so you can find it again…
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I love this idea: Speaking of caring, though, no discussion about coffee would be complete without mentioning the Neapolitan tradition of the "caffè pagato", the paid-for coffee. What happens is…
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Roger Ebert repeats an anecdote told him by Marcello Mastroianni about filming the famous Trevi Fountain splashabout in La Dolce Vita: "The water, it was-a very cold," He said. "Fellini,…
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