Tag: culture
group name: randommusings
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August 27, 2006 02:55 AM EDT --
Penis envy. Death wish. Oedipus complex.
He did have one good idea and modern therapists have succeeded in using it successfully: The Myth of the Golden Age.
It goes like this: . . .
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November 01, 2009 09:20 AM EST --
author Nadeem Aslam
This is another book about expats living in England. The characters are originally from Pakistan and are Moslem (some more religious, some less religious).
The book . . .
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January 19, 2009 01:50 AM EST --
Published in Ciao
The Kwakwaka’wakw also known as the Kwatiutl is a native, indigenous people found on the mainland and Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The Kwakwaka’wakw Nation . . .
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May 04, 2008 06:58 PM EDT --
By the way, I am not referring to you wife or girl friend whose name happens to be Fannie. I am referring to YOUR fannie, as in, your butt.
You see, the conventional wisdom about economics and personal . . .
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June 04, 2007 03:48 AM EDT --
It took me a while to find my rant today but I finally have it. Tonight I had to go to Wal-Mart to pick so of the things that we cannot but at Costco. I could not find my wife's Mousse . . .
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March 07, 2007 01:28 PM EST --
Several minutes after crossing the border into Uzbekistan I exchanged $20; in return, I got a wad of bills wrapped . . .
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January 09, 2008 08:02 PM EST --
I just finished watching The Last Time I Saw Paris , a 1954 flick starring Elizabeth Taylor, Dona Reed, Eva Gabor, and Van Johnson.
As my friend has said, I guess this my be 50s/60s movies month . . .
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September 14, 2006 10:37 PM EDT --
A little over twenty years ago I spent six months in Houston. I knew it was going to be six months and that renting an apartment would be much cheaper that staying in motels. I didn't care about how . . .
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February 23, 2007 11:34 AM EST --
Only that morning I had taken a cab home from the BIA Public Health Hospital in Bethel, the largest Yu'pik community in Southwestern Alaska. With me was my two . . .
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December 11, 2007 11:55 PM EST --
Ireland boasts of many traditions all its own. Most stem from the time in Ireland's history when both the Gaelic culture and the religion of the country were being suppressed. Perhaps it is because . . .
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June 04, 2008 10:27 AM EDT --
In December of 2007 a Rape victim in Saudi Arabia was pardoned after being sentenced to jail and 200 lashes. It was then that many of us were introduced to the idea of honor killings. In case . . .
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February 12, 2007 09:47 PM EST --
I believe I’ve done pretty well for myself. I’m a college-educated, happily married mother (and step-mother) of four great kids. My husband and I own a home in an upper middle class . . .
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September 07, 2006 12:43 PM EDT --
Ok. Allow me to toss my arms in the air in a moment of exasperation. Everytime Bush and his lies, murdering, and scheming comes up, someone inevitably brings up Clinton . . .
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September 13, 2006 12:24 AM EDT --
I believe from the BOTTOM of my heart that gay marriage should be legalized...the government should worry about things like fuel prices, corrupt politicians, and stay out of our bedrooms!! while . . .
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December 02, 2007 05:27 PM EST --
One of my special memories of the Christmas season occurred in a highly unlikely place--my high school's locker room during ninth grade. The story of this special memory begins in the . . .
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August 27, 2007 07:18 PM EDT --
Soon Come
Today is pregnant with the secret of tomorrow. While the struggles of the present moment always hang upon us, most find it . . .
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September 26, 2007 11:24 AM EDT --
Obsessed. I think that one word describes much of our society today. We are
obsessed with weight, what we eat, what we wear, who we hang around, with suing.
Obsessive compulsive disorder is . . .
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March 28, 2007 06:23 PM EDT --
My step-niece Alexis will be 7 years old in July. Emma will be 3 in April, Chase, two in December, and Tye, 1 in Sept, and there's another one on the way.
The older the kids get, the easier they are . . .
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December 11, 2007 12:17 PM EST --
Spain
Feliz Navidad! That would be the traditional Christmas greeting in Spain. There are many wonderful Spanish traditions for Christmas, from elaborately decorated nativity scenes (nacimiento) . . .
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December 11, 2007 04:34 PM EST --
Christmas in France is a time for family reunions, generosity for the poor, candy and treats for the children and Midnight Mass, followed by le Reveillon. While specific customs vary from region to region, . . .
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