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links for 2009-07-22
Nike Sportswear 2009 Fall Lookbook If the UK were a village of 100 people… The 80 adults in the village would share a personal debt of £2.4m (£30,480 each, on average) (tags: geography stats uk)
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Lucruri pe care as vrea sa le vad in jur
In ultimele zile m-am abtinut de la a mai scrie ceva pentru ca n-as fi reusit decat sa ma plang de niste balarii mult prea banale ca sa le mentionez. In abundenta de bloguri pe care le citesc as putea sa fac o lista si sa zic X a scris despre vecinii care fac gratare…
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O istorie a glumelor sub comunism
Un documentar BBC Storyville – Hammer & Tickle (YouTube Playlist) „Ben Lewis’s documentary tells the real history of Communism through the jokes told by ordinary people about the oppressive Communist regimes of the Soviet Union and its satellites. Jokes became the language of truth in a society denied free speech and confronted daily with the…
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links for 2009-07-17
What Your Stuff Reveals About You We consume books, movies, music, and visual art primarily to fulfill the internal emotional needs that are fundamental to our personalities. But we also make choices about art based on a desire to carve out identities for ourselves—to articulate the stories of our lives. By the same token, we…
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Paul
Paul merita o mentiune pentru ca e unul din putinele locuri in care cineva chiar zice ‘Buna ziua’ cum intri. Si spre deosebire de alte locuri, la 8 dimineata cei care lucreaza acolo sunt mai alerti decat tine, nu mai anemici (cum am vazut unii..) Croissante proaspete? Da. Ceai bun? Da. Servire la pachet? Da!…
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links for 2009-07-16
Why the #$%! Do We Swear? For Pain Relief (tags: language psychology brain science research interesting swearing)