I was in Lille, France this past weekend. Lille is charming.
I was in Lille, France this past weekend. Lille is charming.
Qaddafi has a son about my age. Sometimes I wonder about him and if he ever gets embarrassed by his dad.
sept. 18 - 28 : wenatchee, washington (with a little bit of victoria, canada thrown in)
sept. 28 - oct. 5 : grosse pointe, michigan
oct. 5 - 7 : dc + ny
oct. 8 - 12 : london
oct. 12 - nov. 20 : paris
nov. 20 - 23 : london
nov. 23 - : ny + dc
Arts.21 | The Film Storm by Hans-Christian Schmid (via deutschewelleenglish)
I’m very excited about this German movie, Storm, fictionally about the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Not the least because The Notwist has done the soundtrack for it.
(war crimes tribunal : the notwist :: texas high school football : explosions in the sky) ?
Bourbon Coffee is a Rwandan retail coffee shop with locations in Kigali, and now: Washington DC! It’s impossible to describe how excited and proud I am of this.
If you are in DC, please visit it! Rwandan coffee isn’t run-of-the-mill; it’s attributes are considered very special in the coffee industry (here’s a recent review). The Rwanda Blue Bourbon (Starbucks’ limited-release foray into Rwandan coffee) is considered one of the best coffees in the world.
Also, the fact that this shop even exists, and the Rwandan coffee industry is producing specialty-grade coffee as it is, is due in no small part to USAID and your tax dollars. Basically, this coffee shop is proof of the successes that U.S. foreign policy is capable of accomplishing.
2101 L Street NW
Mon - Fri: 6 am - 7 pm, Sat - Sun: 7 am - 6 pm
Swap & Trade Books, Trade Music, Swap Video Games, DVD & Movie Exchange - SwapTree
I’ve started using this website called Swaptree and I’m really loving it. It’s just a site that facilitates bartering.
Pretty straightforward: you just make a list of items you have that you are willing to trade, and a list of items that you want. The website matches you with someone who has what you want and will trade for something you have. Or when you enter an item that you have, a whole menu comes up of items you can get for it.
You can optionally print postage labels right from the site, and your credit card is billed for postage at the end of the month, so you don’t even need to go to the post office.
Yes, the barter system is based on trust, but there is some sense of pressure to comply. You have to give reasons if you reject a trade that someone has proposed. And you are rated by your trading partner after every trade (and you rate them).
I’ve only been using it for two weeks now and I’ve already traded four times— dvds and books I’d probably never watch or read again traded for dvds and books I’ve been wanting to own.
The Birthday Massacre (meh) -> St. Vincent (meh) -> Mates of State (briefly) -> [free pair of chucks!] -> The Hold Steady (fantastic) -> Public Enemy (Flavor Flav really took a stand on racism…) -> The National (amazing, as always) -> Girl Talk (amusing) -> Pete Tong (trippy) -> Blink 182 (will always be one of the greats)