Here's an idea for the Internet Startup of the future: SockeyCupid will match lone socks into pairs! OK, maybe not.

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This summer, I saw Hamlet played on the Boston Common by the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. It was a memorable moment indeed, with great actors, and a very creative direction, that managed to be very original without sacrificing the least either the letter or the spirit of the text.

But after seeing the play, I could not repress ( Read more... )

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i am french → fine charm (I couldn't have made it up)
i am french → f... chairmen (that's why we hate capitalism in France)

an american → crane mania (this explains New York)
an american → manic arena (so does that)
an american → near maniac (not there yet, but soon enough)
an american → canaan emir (I told you they had views on the middle east!)
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College Profs Denounce Western Culture, Move to Caves. (Cám ơn, GNXP).
At long last some coherence ( Read more... )

Exactly what's needed: No Bureaucrat Left Behind!

Cám ơn, Joanne.

Avec un caractère comme j'en ai un, on n'épouse pas n'importe qui. On épouse un cocu.

C'est ce que j'ai fait.

Il ne l'était pas encore quand je l'ai épousé, mais on voyait bien qu'il était fait pour ça. Et ça n'a pas tardé.

C'est comme moi: je n'étais pas encore veuve. Mais il a bien vu tout de suite que j'étais faite pour être veuve. Et ça non ( Read more... )

Since I've been discussing the Law of Bitur-Camember by email, I translated to English the comic strip from which it got its name. I appreciate your remarks to improve the translation.