December 2011
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Up the Niger
And this will teach me to read the fine print… We are taking a boat up the river for 2days and 2 nights… And apparently camping on the riverbed … Thank god Mali killed all it’s wildlife- not too keen on running into a croc or hippo during a late night trip to the John. No Internet for two days… More from Djienne then!
Just asking..,,
Q: if u have to pee at night while camping on the Niger river how do u avoid crocs n hippos?
Things you learn when you forget to read the fine print while deciding to take a tour if Mali to the Essakane Music Festival.
WatchSalads can be dodgy in #mali… Especially when grown on top of a graveyard
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Bamako: day 2!
So! Today I moved from my ritzier hotel on the river which was fine, but frankly dull and kind of shitty (it’s frickin Bamako, what do you expect?) to a better one in town- the Hotel Tamana, which is across from the hottest nightclub, blabla ( not kidding, that’s its actual name- its not just me talking) … Which I’m not going to Asia gets going at like 2 am. Its like the...
WatchPartying at a club in Bamako … I miss live music
WatchPenny gets a second lease on life… Set free on point g in Bamako … If she ends up in another fetish market, that’s on her!
WatchI found penny the hedgehog at the fetish market… She was the only living animal … So I bought her
WatchThe boys take physical fitness very seriously
WatchPumping iron in Bamako
WatchPost lunch haggling
WatchTomorrows plan
WatchMorning in Mali and my coffee hadn’t kicked in. Or my driver
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Mali: It took me a day, but I made it
So… I made it! I even got upgraded for half of the trip… tHANk YOu air France! Heh. Am staying at a hotel on the banks of the Niger river (read Mosquitos the size of your head. Yes, I’m bathing in deet)… And mom, you will appreciate this, they tried to give me a room on the first floor with a busted window. I insisted on being moved the second floor where at least I will...
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Everytime I See Ron Paul, I think "Magneto"
Except Ian McKellan would probably make a better Presidential candidate.
Ron Paul:
Ian/Magneto:
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Someone Got A Tan...
Ever notice how, as the Euro/ European economy worsens, IMF head Christine LaGarde gets tanner?
Christine in August:
Christine 3 days ago:
Christine in March 2012 (projected, not actual):
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A LEGEND COMES TO LIFE: John Henry or Putin? Who...
John Henry
Vladimir Putin
see below
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Yet More Proof The Kimberly Process Is A Sham
From the NYT:
Tens of millions of dollars in diamond profits — perhaps more — are being secretly extracted from state-owned mines in eastern Zimbabwe, bypassing the nation’s treasury and raising fears that President Robert Mugabe is amassing wealth to help extend his 31-year reign, according to monitoring groups, diplomats, lawmakers and analysts.
Which raises some questions:
1. Who is...
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Awesome Headlines Of The Day: People Magazine...
Its a Z list extravaganza today!
Kim Kardashian: I Did Not Go To A Fashion Show In Haiti
[she went to try and get good press, then promptly came home and blew $64K on Elizabeth Taylors jewelry.. for herself]
New Mom Kim Zolciak Is Now Over the Drama of Real Housewives
[unless, of course, it pays]
Go Inside Andy Cohen’s Manhattan Apartment
[real estate porn!]
Celebrate Hanukkah like...
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One Man Associations: Welcome to Your Neighborhood...
David Caton tricked Lowe’s, Kayak.com, and a bunch of the press into thinking he was a huge group of concerned citizens by calling himself the Florida Family Association. It was eventually found out that the FFA consisted of David and two unpaid interns. Personal pet peeves: Homosexuals and Muslims
Bill Donohue of The Catholic League used to get a lot of press/air time - until it was...
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Is It Weird To Pose 1/2 Naked After You JUST Had...
The Prune chef is on this week’s episode of My Last Supper, and it’s being promoted with the picture above.
In October, this story came out, noting:
The 2011 James Beard Award Best Chef in New York City winner wrote a recent best-seller about her stint as a lesbian before marrying Italian doctor Michele Fuortes, a teacher and researcher at Weill Cornell Medical College. The...
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Kim Jong Il Joins the Elusive "Lying In State Ad...
Kim Jong Il joins other famous leaders/dictators/crazy bastards whose mummified remains lie in state ad nauseum to be forever mourned by the people they terrified, including:
Ho Chi Min:
Lenin:
Chairman Mao:
Stalin:
And, when she dies, according to the daily mail, Margaret Thatcher:
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RIP: Rolling Stones
I was all jazzed because there was a rumor that the Rolling Stones were going to play at the Essakane Music Festival in Mali this year (the festival that I just so happen to be leaving for on Monday). Now before you go all “WTF would the Stones be doing there” - you should know that Bono, Tom Freston, Jimmy Buffet, etc., have all shown up over the years. So it’s not that...
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Hollywood Merchandising: The Rape Edition
H&M has a new “Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” line of clothing - so you too can look like a punk rock rape victim/abuse survivor. It might be a little better if the Scandi store donated some of the proceeds to abused women/charity, but this is just ridiculous.
Stieg Larsson’s partner agrees:
The longtime partner of the late Swedish crime
writer Stieg Larsson says he...