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Really counting down now… 1 hour and 50 mins and counting down.  B- and I are at her friend’s 8th floor apt which over looks 101.  We can hear the festivities outside and watch from the TV.  Invited a few friends, Malaysians, Singaporeans, Taiwanese and myself.  Good simple celebration …. pizza, TGIF chicken wings, lots [...]

The thing I never quite liked about Year In Review (particularly those that come out, say, before Christmas) is that they may wind up missing what happens the last six days of the year (like this year, when Pakistan’s serious business in the news, or say the year of the Indonesian tsunami).
My personal [...]

Inter-disciplinary approach on environmentalism - now, more than ever, can different academicians work together?
“Literature for Soldiers” - interesting article in Newsweek on how the cadets at West Point read literature and the professor who teaches them lit. I’m not that surprised by the depth of their reading - these are bright young people; their [...]

[Catch up posts for Christmas, I Am Legend, and the Stage Crew reunion to follow.]
For some reason this year, much has been made of the traditional Jewish American affinity for Chinese restaurants, especially at Christmas. (See YouTube, Jennifer 8. Lee, and NPR). No one has talked about how much Chinese people like Jewish food.
My dad [...]

On Christmas: watched “Sweeney Todd” with the siblings at the Cobble Hill movie theater. Sondheim musical; the music was excellent; movie was otherwise eerie and creepy. Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter turned out to be talented. Alan Rickman - thumbs up as the villain/victim. Timothy Spall, as eerie as ever [...]