Author Archives: jb

>Un Matin a Lourmarin

Posted on 21 May, 2011 by jb

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>Words aren’t adequate…

Posted on 12 May, 2011 by jb

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>Nobody

Posted on 11 May, 2011 by jb

> A classic from Seth Godin Nobody wears a watch any more. Nobody wears a tie either. Nobody shops at a bookstore, at least nobody I know. The market of nobody is big indeed. You can do really well selling … Continue reading →

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>And you thought the New Seekers were bad….

Posted on 10 May, 2011 by jb

> Look at this mob. If you must. Hopefuls in the Eurovision Song Contest Jedward (JEDWARD?) from Ireland singing “Lipstick” Anastasiya Vinnikova from Belarus singing “I love Belarus” (I suppose you have to go to these lengths to stay out … Continue reading →

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>Can we safely assume….?

Posted on 1 May, 2011 by jb

> The government ramped up efforts on Saturday to help thousands of homeless victims of the country’s second deadliest recorded tornado outbreak, which killed at least 350 people. Can we safely assume that Tea Party/small government activists affected by this … Continue reading →

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>90% won’t notice….

Posted on 1 May, 2011 by jb

> Grinding illiteracy on display at the National Bank of New Zealand

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>Being ignorant in America is now considered a virtue

Posted on 29 April, 2011 by jb

>“It takes hard work, years of religious indoctrination, the failure of public education and the fulfillment of Neil Postman’s prophecy about “entertaining ourselves to death” to get a country to the point where a Glenn Beck or Donald Trump is … Continue reading →

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>20% of Croation Catholics are atheists?

Posted on 24 April, 2011 by jb

>According to the 2001 census the majority of Croatians (87.8%) belong to the Roman Catholic Church.  In the Eurostat Eurobarometer Poll of 2005, 67% of the population of Croatia responded that “they believe there is a God”. Good to know…..

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>Woody Allen’s Posh and Becks through time

Posted on 23 April, 2011 by jb

> More here HT kottke.org  (Posh and Becks = specs )

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>What are those lumps on the water?

Posted on 23 April, 2011 by jb

> Jake used to work in tourism on Grand Cayman in the Caribbean and has been asked some very dumb questions What are those lumps on the water? (Um, waves). How deep do you have to go to dive under … Continue reading →

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