Yes, you’re officially old but vaguely hip (or were) if you recognize that headline as coming from a song from 25 years ago: “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” One of those “let’s get a bunch of celebrity singers together for a big, star-powered song to raise money for starving people somewhere” recordings. Can’t say I […]

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As I write this, many of the people I know back in the States are watching the Lakers play the Celtics. In Boston. If I were on that side of the Atlantic, I would be watching too. I grew up watching that rivalry, and suffering through it. Jerry West, Chick Hearn and I … well, […]

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I can’t pass this up. A few days ago, I mentioned some pop culture concepts that were news to me … one of which was child actor Gary Coleman being arrested for … something or other. Just came across the booking photo.

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Another bit of thought about the English language, and trying to use it in an international setting. At The National, the newspaper I work for in Abu Dhabi … we have a coffee/snacks kiosk in the main lobby. It’s very handy. If you didn’t make lunch, you can buy a salad or a sandwich. You […]

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Wednesday. The one day we both have off. And while we may be adventurous about where we take jobs, we are less so when it comes to “date” night … so it was dinner and a movie again. Except that dinner this time was not at our favorite Indian place,  Nihal … but instead about […]

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It’s a bit of a running commentary, in the Teeny Apartment here on the shores of the Gulf: Some of our well-meaning friends and relatives back in California seem convinced that most news doesn’t travel to the other side of the world. We have been informed about this or that major bit of news … […]

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Those are my predictions. Not exactly going out on a limb there, I know. Both the Saints and Colts are favored. I can’t see these Jets beating Peyton Manning in a game that matters. Manning has reached the point in his career where you need an elephant gun to keep him down. The Jets by […]

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Every American sports fan has a fairly similar agenda Sunday: To watch the NFL conference championship games. I haven’t seen one minute of an NFL game since leaving California, in the middle of October. And I won’t be breaking that streak Sunday, unless something weird happens. Starting with me staying up all night in the […]

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Much of what our real-estate agent told us was a lie. Or the truth stretched to its breaking point. And now we have caught him in another lie. Though we believed him when he said it … and can’t really get annoyed at him for dispensing a whopper. It’s about the construction site right smack […]

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I may have mentioned some or all of this already, on the blog. But I feel like doing a list. Just cuz. So, 10 random facts about Abu Dhabi and/or the United Arab Emirates.

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