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A few links

Jan. 21st, 2017 at 8:51 AM
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Why Our Partners Drive Us Mad: Philosopher Alain de Botton to the Central Foible of the Human Heart and How to Heal It, from Brain Pickings

The Erasure of Islam from Poetry of Rumi, by Rozina Ali, in The New Yorker

(makes sense...I did wonder why Rumi, unlike his sort-of-contemporary, also Muslim poet Mirza-Shafi, doesn't mention Islam...)

Gestures to Avoid in Cross-Cultural Business: In Other Words, ‘Keep Your Fingers to Yourself!’

11 WTF Items That Kids Ordered Online Without Telling Their Parents--I was especially amused by the mom's clever handling of #9
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[identity profile] lindahoyland.livejournal.com
Jan. 22nd, 2017 01:07 am (UTC)
Fascinating.
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[personal profile] med_cat
Jan. 22nd, 2017 10:20 pm (UTC)
Pleased you found it so :)
[identity profile] browngirl.livejournal.com
Jan. 22nd, 2017 06:49 am (UTC)
II am so lucky Internet shopping wasn't available to me as a kid. I would have ordered SO MUCH ridiculousness. I do now, at that, but I have to pay for it. :)
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[personal profile] med_cat
Jan. 22nd, 2017 10:21 pm (UTC)
Hee hee, well, I'm sure you're more sensible than some of the young folks on this list! ;))

The lettuce story in #9 was good, though, wasn't it? I love how the mom handled it!
[identity profile] browngirl.livejournal.com
Jan. 23rd, 2017 07:00 am (UTC)
Lettuce can be surprisingly versatile, too. :)
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[personal profile] med_cat
Jan. 23rd, 2017 11:38 pm (UTC)
Absolutely :)
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