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Elsewhere: Terrorist in Love

Posted by on Apr 26, 2010 in Elsewhere, Observer | 0 comments

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Elsewhere: Camera Obscura: Honey in the Sun

Posted by on Apr 13, 2010 in Elsewhere, Observer | 0 comments

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Failing at Fondue

Posted by on May 7, 2009 in Missionary, Observer | 4 comments

The Daily Mail has published an article about yet another retro-living woman who has spent a week pretending to live with the resource limitations of another era. We’ve seen women of the 1930s and 1940s, and couples of the 1950s… today, however, we are graced with the attempt by one woman to live in the 1970s of Britain. Not the full range of retro elements, mind you – no bell-bottomed leisure suits for her! Just the cooking. The woman in question bemoans the loss of her microwave, her bread maker, her coffee maker, her electric scales… and even her food processor....

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The Katherine Card

Posted by on Mar 3, 2009 in Observer, Scholar | 0 comments

The Katherine Card

I’ve decided that Katherine is not allowed to come to Bolivia. This is a significant change in plans, since Katherine is scheduled to arrive in Bolivia on Friday and she intends to stay through August. Here’s the problem. I will lose the Katherine Card. The Katherine Card works all manner of magic. Observe: Convincing Teenage Sister to Accept Medicine Lorien: “Staton, you have to take this medicine.” Staton: “Um, no. It does nothing for me.” Lorien: “It doesn’t matter if you think it does nothing for your symptoms, because it’ll stop you...

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How to Bake Monkey Bread

Posted by on Nov 2, 2008 in Explorer, Observer | 0 comments

How to Bake Monkey Bread

A ridiculous amount of time has been spent baking this week. Breads with and without yeast (with is superior, apparently), plain breads, flavored breads, sweet breads.

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Analysis of Bolivia and How Evo Could *Truly* Win

Posted by on Sep 19, 2008 in Designer, Explorer, Missionary, Observer, Scholar | 3 comments

We heard some fascinating political and legal analysis on current events from a top-notch specialist in Bolivian law. I’m not naming him here simply because I didn’t get his express permission to do so. Kindly, deal with it. I’m posting the analysis, and then we can all go about researching it as we wish. Prior to the Ambush in the Pando, Evo expelled almost all of the press. That is a significantly contributing factor as to why we have so little visible evidence and sound accounts of what really happened. Earlier today on a radio station in Cochabamba it was announced that...

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