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Entries from December 2009

Silly ESPN.com Head of the Week

December 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · NFL, Uncategorized

Just made me laugh. It’s not important. Just silly. “Eagles WR Johnson uncertain after concussion.” Well, I’ll bet he is. That would be Philadelpia Eagles receiver DeSean Johnson. Long Beach Poly guy by way of Cal. Great deep threat. And how might his uncertainty manifest itself? Like this:

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A Haircut in Abu Dhabi

December 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Abu Dhabi

Like many guys (and, I believe, most women), I don’t like changing barbers/stylists. Even if whoever you just went to wasn’t very good … if that person didn’t destroy your hair, you probably will go back. Right? Just because the next new one could be worse. But “going back” wasn’t really an option for me, […]

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Celebrating the Second of December

December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Abu Dhabi

Doesn’t quite roll off the tongue. Not like the “Fourth of July” or “Cinco de Mayo,” for example. But that’s what Dec. 2 is, here in the United Arab Emirates. Their Fourth of July. And we’ve just been out on the town, using our Wednesday off-night, seeing what the Second of December is about.

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UAE: The New Colossus?

December 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Abu Dhabi

The final lines of the poem inside the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor read … “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” The poem is […]

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