Wednesday, December 31, 2008

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New Year's Eve

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

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Ferry terminal

Reading matters

The neighborhood bully strikes again, by Gideon Levy: Haaretz
Why bombing Ashkelon is the most tragic irony, by Robert Fisk: independent

Palestine Video

Monday, December 29, 2008

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Another noodle shop

Sunday, December 28, 2008

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Sunday afternoon: cloudy to overcast, with occasional rain; visibility low.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Chris Montez: Let's Dance

For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.

Hey baby, won't you take a chance:

Friday, December 26, 2008

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Noodle shop

Thursday, December 25, 2008

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Angels of Christmas

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Earthrise: 24 December 1968

Bill Anders, photographer, for NASA
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Not-So-Lonely Planet, by Oliver Morton: NYT

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

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Cat on a warm tin roof

Monday, December 22, 2008

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Tarpaulin

Sunday, December 21, 2008

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Winter solstice

Saturday, December 20, 2008

The Temptations: The Way You Do The Things You Do

For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.

With lead singer Eddie Kendricks, the Temps on the telly:

Friday, December 19, 2008

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Village square schedule: nine months.

Nine months?

What are they making. . . a baby?

Thursday, December 18, 2008

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Refashioning the sitting-out area in the village square

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Hong Kong: Legislative Council Questions

Some of the questions (and answers) from the LegCo meeting of Wednesday, 17 December 2008:

LCQ5: Economic policy
LCQ17: Problems caused by wild pigs

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

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Park bench

Monday, December 15, 2008

Lots of Lists for 2008

End of the year review, still growing list of lists for 2008: fimoculous

Sunday, December 14, 2008

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The "slow" ferry

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Muddy Waters & the Rolling Stones: Champagne and Reefer

For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.

The Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago, Ill:

Friday, December 12, 2008

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Public pier

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

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Village square

Monday, December 08, 2008

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Ferry terminal

Reading matters

Capitalism hits the fan, by Rick Wolff: dollars&sense

Sunday, December 07, 2008

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A dry, winter monsoon sunset: 16C

Saturday, December 06, 2008

Marianne Faithfull: Who Will Take My Dreams Away?

For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.

Clip from Patrice Leconte's film La Fille sur le Pont.

Professional knife-thrower Daniel Auteuil takes aim at the object of his desire, Vanessa Paradis:

Friday, December 05, 2008

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Noodles since 1959

Thursday, December 04, 2008

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Ferry terminal

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

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Four thirty-eight pm

Hong Kong: Legislative Council Questions

Some of the questions (and answers) from the LegCo meeting of Wednesday, 3 December 2008:

LCQ5: Measures to deal with layoffs and unemployment
LCQ6: Tourism facilities in Repulse Bay

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Reading matters

Alchemists of Resentment: The Fires in South Asia, by Vijay Prashad: counterpunch

Monday, December 01, 2008

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Roof