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Originally uploaded by Elmoisamonster.
There are many things that pop up in my mind when I think about this past week out on the west coast. Here are the highlights (the ones I recall anyway):
1. Almost forgot about this one, walking around the International
District on the first day we arrived and deciding [...]
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In recycling, Minnesota is near the top of the heap
A survey ranks the state second in the nation for recycling.
Dee DePass, Star Tribune
May 19, 2006 – 10:59 PM
When it comes to recycling, Minnesota has the right to talk trash.
The state was ranked the second-best in the nation for recycling in a national survey released this [...]
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The rain parted days before we arrived via plane and the weather cooperated for the next few days, showering us with only sunshine and the unusually grand view Mt. Rainier through cloudless skies.
There were other pleasant surprises in store for K and I (so far this past week). Vegetarian, specifically Vegan fare, were not [...]
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Everyday ethics: Was giving Latinos a discount card racist?
Sometimes race is a legitimate moral consideration.
Jeremy Iggers
May 19, 2006 – 6:27 PM
Everyday ethics: Was giving Latinos a discount card racist?
Q Recently my husband and I were at the Minnesota Zoo. Admission is not cheap ($12 per adult), but I had a card that gave us 20 [...]
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My journal that I kept in not only China, but Korea, India, Thailand, England, Germany, and the first few months back in the states is still missing. I’m so sick of thinking about where it might be. Giving up would seem to be the obvious decision. Looking through the same boxes week [...]
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Posted on Tue, May. 02, 2006
Malaysia wants to flush dirty toilet rep
Associated Press
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia will try to flush its long-held image of having foul-smelling public restrooms with a National Toilet Summit to educate the public about the importance of clean commodes.
Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Robert Lau – whose ministry will [...]
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Listen to this S. (guess you’ll have to read out loud for that to work)
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Originally uploaded by Elmoisamonster.
So, K. came to pick me up from work today and get our groceries at the same time. Both items on the agenda were swiftly accomplished. However, later in the night K. said that I did such a good job of describing Vruit to you over the phone the [...]
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