The purring epigram: Archive

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“This is the worst we’ve ever seen. And they’re getting away with it.” - Marie Colvin, Sunday Times reporter, killed in Syria last Wednesday. Read her last dispatch HERE. THIS is her last video reporting for CNN.

Feb 23rd

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Feb 23rd

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Feb 21st

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Feb 21st

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Feb 21st

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Feb 20th

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Guido Crepax - La Forma del Tempo

Feb 19th

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“He [Rick Santorum] is a staunch opponent of abortion, even in the case of rape....”

– John Oliver on Rick Santorum

Feb 19th

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Feb 19th

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Feb 17th

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“So yeah, we’re even marketing the rooftop.” →

Texas schools are turning to advertisment to compensate for state budget cuts. Children will be seeing ads on their school bus, in their textbooks, in the entryway and inside the school, around their stadium, on their school website and yes, ads will even be plastered on school rooftops. I find this pretty disturbing. I hope other parents will agree with me.

Feb 16th

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Feb 16th

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Feb 16th

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Feb 16th

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Feb 16th

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Feb 14th

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Feb 13th

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Off to Mui Ne

Four days of kitesurfing and relaxing on the beach will do me a world of good.

Feb 9th

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Listen

Feb 8th

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Feb 7th

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Feb 7th

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This year marks the centenary of the birth of Alan M. Turing, the great mathematician who created the discipline of computer science, built codebreaking machines during World War II, and first explored the idea of systematic machine intelligence. After being convicted of ”gross indecency” (homosexuality) in 1952, Turing was chemically castrated and stripped of his security ...

Feb 6th

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Feb 1st

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The human cost of an iPad →

Over the last 3 months, Apple made 13 billion $ in profits. As the article points out, Apple has the leverage and power to demand changes in factory conditions. Should it choose not to, it is most likely that no one else will. As of yet, it seems they’d rather wage PR campaigns than actually change the way they do business.

Jan 27th

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Jan 26th

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Jan 22nd

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Jan 22nd

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Jan 16th

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Jan 2nd

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And we're back.

After a week at sea in Quy Nhon and an overdose on soft-shell crabs, the family and I airplaned back to the busy, noisy, frantic city we now call home. Hello Saigon! Hello 2012! Then we realised tonight didn’t mean anything to anyone but us really, the Vietnamese won’t be celebrating a new year until January 23rd (which starts the Chinese Lunar Year of the Dragon). Guess we’ll...

Dec 31st

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Dec 23rd

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Dec 23rd

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Dec 22nd

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Oreo Truffles

* Crush Oreos until finely chopped, almost to a powder. * Throw in one brick of cream cheese. Blend well. * Roll that paste into golf balls. Freez’em for 15-20 min. * As you wait, melt some black or white chocolate . * Dip dem balls. Use a toothpick. Devour after. BEHOLD! A super quick, simple and decadent recipe for the...

Dec 22nd

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