Tuesday, July 10, 2007IRAQIS TOLD TO ARM THEMSELVESSo ran the headline in yesterdays BOSTON GLOBE. Was I the only one whose brain misfired on reading that headline?? So this is where four years of war in Iraq has gotten us. This is the result of the great "surge" of troops sent by the bush boy as his last gasp to prove that the top cowboy of our... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:50 AM Comments (12) (link) Saturday, July 7, 2007YOU CAN TAKE THE BOY OUT OF THE COUNTRY, BUTyou can't take the country out of the boy. I'm not sure where that platitude came from but my buddy, RG, and I often joke about this concept as it applies to him and our relationship. He, having been raised as a boy on a farm in Wyoming, and me as a city girl, having been born in Queens (a Manhattan... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 8:51 AM Comments (10) (link) Tuesday, July 3, 2007FLAG WARS - Good vs EvilAs we Americans approach the 4th of July, our day of nationalistic overindulgence, I sense a desire by many of my friends and acquaintances to ignore the reality of what we have become as a nation and a people. On this day, more than any other we must appear like a messianic cabal to the rest of the... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:24 AM Comments (10) (link) Tuesday, June 26, 2007FROM BARNEYS TO DUBAIThe shoe catalogue from BARNEYS NEW YORK arrived on my doorstep a few days ago. It was a first. While I have credit cards for Ann Taylor (my closet is 90% Ann Taylor), LLBean, Macy's, Gap, Home Depot, and most recently Lord & Taylor I have never ever stepped foot inside a Barneys. The catalogue was... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:57 AM Comments (4) (link) Thursday, June 21, 2007SMITHSONIAN CHIEF FINALLY GETS THE AXAny headline that mentions the venerable Smithsonian Institution catches my eye. It so happens that the film production and distribution company that I run (Documentary Educational Resources)[http://www.der.org] provided the founding collection for the Human Studies Film Archive at the Smithsonian.... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:35 AM Comments (5) (link) |
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