In the old days this blog rated films on a three point scale. Don't come knocking would have required a fourth point. Simply wonderful.

Some days ... the sky is a clear blue. There's nothing much to do. The weather is bright, but with a gentle nip in the air that invites exploration.

A single chore is halfway across town. A single bus ride takes you down past Garibaldi's men, and even more interesting, his woman, and you resolve t...

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Discardia. I'll be trying to celebrate.

Many, many links out there, but 43 Folders gets the credit. ¹

Later ... Those guys over at The New Yorker know a hot meme when they see one. Intelligent? I'll say so.

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The absurd experience of bazaar shopping raises all sorts of interesting questions. Like, is harassing tourists mercilessly and asking outrageously inflated prices for worthless tat really an optimal strategy? A colleague, an old Asia hand as it happens, says if there were a shop that had a big sign...

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Two things not to miss, the Pyramids and the Museum. Managed the pyramids on day two, and pretty groovy they are. An exercise in different cultures, though, from start to finish. Like the cab there and back, with a three hour wait while we wandered about, was just over ten bucks. For two. But the ch...

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