Archive for July, 2006
Teach a Person to Fish
This past week I got my first email letting me know that Milly, the woman whose business I invested in over in Uganda, started paying back her loan I helped finance. She’s expanded her 1-room home so that her family of 6 children has more space – most women make their crafts at home. No, [...]
Posted: July 22nd, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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Lady in the Water
There’s no twist. Rather it’s like a mystery movie where the clues are shown to you at the beginning and the story slowly unfolds. I felt like M. Night Shyamalan was hitting me over the head with what the symbolism was supposed to mean – telling me just in case I didn’t get it – [...]
Posted: July 21st, 2006 under Movie Reviews.
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An Inconvenient Truth
I didn’t learn too much from An Inconvenient Truth. Maybe it’s because I follow the climate change stories and became a fan of Dr. David Suzuki after moving to Vancouver. A lot of what Gore has to says is the same exact things Suzuki has been saying since before I was born. Actually, I think [...]
Posted: July 13th, 2006 under Movie Reviews.
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Eurovision 2006
Okay, so if you don’t know what Eurovision is or have never seen the contest, you probably don’t understand the trainwreck that it is. It something like the Miss American Pagent combined with American Idol. Each European country has their own competition to choose the best song to go the Eurovision. This song has to [...]
Posted: July 7th, 2006 under Fun, Madness.
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