Organize your books for free: Library Thing Save those videos you’re streaming: KeepVid Reading: The Constant Gardener Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Yet another holiday that we Americans have assimilated into our culture, i.e., another reason to drink and party. I tried to see if anyone at work would be wearing green or any crazy buttons [...]

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Rejoicing: US cigarette sales drop to 55-year low Pondering: Cute Vegan-made bags A demonstration was scheduled today in Milan by Forza Nuova, a facist group (far-right)…and the far lefts from many “Social Centers” decided to demonstrate in return. (Cue “Cool” from West Side Story) A note about Social Centers (or Centro Sociale) in Italy – [...]

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I have a problem. An addiction. I like to read. A lot. And I read fast. Actually, more of an eater. When I first moved to Italy, I used my paltry salary as an excuse not to buy the 12 euro books that beckoned me. I knew I would finish them in a few hours, [...]

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Need a book idea? http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/ Good thing that Girl Scout Cookies Ice Cream doesn’t mail well Every year, there is a music festival in Italy that focuses on Italian musicians, and the next big song. It is called the Sanremo Music Festival, but most people refer to it just as Sanremo. It’s in Sanremo, a [...]

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Listening to: Jesus Christ Superstar Feeling Like: I’m up there with him Ah, another year, another Marted� Grasso, or Mardi Gras, where I’m from. Fat Tuesday. The day before all your sacrificing, or Lent, must begin. Here in Italy, it’s called the quaresima (kwa-REH-z-mah), and people don’t seem to be as gung-ho about it as [...]

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