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The spies in history who can say from their graves, the information I supplied to my masters, for better or worse, altered the history of our planet, can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Richard Sorge was in … Continue reading
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The Way I Go By Myself I never act contrary to traditional morality. I have no partiality for anyone or anything. I never try to snatch a moment of ease. I think little of myself but much of the public. … Continue reading
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Tokyo Sky Tree opened last week. It’s supposed to be the tallest tower in the world and the second tallest building after Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Someone I know went up at the weekend. You can’t change your reservations even if … Continue reading
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I went to a sports doctor once for an elbow injury. He’s a very good doctor. He looked at the x-ray carefully and then he asked me, “Do you do aikido?” “Wow,” I thought to myself, “this guy is good!” … Continue reading
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9243398/Jogging-adds-five-years-or-more-to-life.html So it seems running an hour a week can help men live 6 years longer and women live 5 years longer. Wow let’s do the maths. Say even 2 hours x 52 weeks x about 60 years if you … Continue reading
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Alright, listen up, people. Our fugitive has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground barring injuries is 4 miles-per-hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every … Continue reading
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I went to karaoke last week. I go about once a year. Kara is empty as in karate and oke is short for orche – stra. Empty orchestra. The guy who invented karaoke didn’t patent it and didn’t make any … Continue reading
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In Japan, family members play a major role in the decision whether a physician should inform a patient with cancer about the true nature of his/her illness. Physicians discuss the cancer diagnosis with the family before discussing it with the … Continue reading
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There were some events last week in London celebrating the unofficial British birthday of Punch and Judy. It’s a kind of puppet show originally from Italy. It was mentioned by Samuel Pepys in his diary 350 years ago. It became less … Continue reading
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http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/photos/10-of-the-worlds-biggest-unsolved-mysteries/go-figure First of all sorry to link to one of those articles that you have to keep clicking to get to the next image. MSN uses them a lot. Articles like 10 cool cars or Britain’s best fish and chip … Continue reading
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You see, it was the eclipse. It came into my mind in the nick of time, how Columbus, or Cortez, or one of those people, played an eclipse as a saving trump once, on some savages, and I saw my … Continue reading
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A-bomb survivor looks back on a life lived in N. Ireland | The Japan Times Online. Interesting interview with a Japanese woman who has lived in Belfast for many years. I wrote about exiles before here and here. The word exile sounds … Continue reading