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Get your quiche on! And don’t be afraid to improvise! Click on the link below the picture for more.
Q is for Quiche! 10 Tempting Recipes for Homemade Quiche
Month: January 2011
Ramchand Pakistani, 2008
An interesting story-line, but a weak script makes this another forgettable movie. The almost-wordless acting from Nandita Das is one of the redeeming points of the film (and it didn't hurt that she looked lovely in the most colorful of costumes native to the northwest desert), and to some degree her devotion to her men-folk is an accurate depiction of the Indian/Pakistani woman's psyche. Also there is the stereotypical, albeit possibly accurate depiction of the state of the Dalits.
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Still, it was disappointing in its lack of continuity and in the transitioning between scenes and subplots. The "jerked around" feeling was distracting to the point of finally being made to feel let down in the end where the much anticipated mother-son reunion is a non-event, and the husband-wife reunion gets only a mere mention while the credits are rolling.
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Okay for a time-pass…
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Do What?
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
— Thomas Jefferson
Prelude from Bach´s Cello Suite No. 1
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Yo-Yo Ma’s lovely rendition set to an interesting collage of images.
The Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach are some of the most performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello. They were most likely composed during the period 1717–1723, when Bach served as a Kapellmeister in Cöthen.
The suites contain a great variety of technical devices, a wide emotional range, and some of Bach’s most compelling voice interactions and conversations. It is their intimacy, however, that has made the suites amongst Bach’s most popular works today, resulting in their different recorded interpretations being fiercely defended by their respective advocates.
How Egypt Cut Off the Internet
“An action unprecendented in internet history…” Click on the link above for the article from Techland.
Postcards from the edge of the world | Need to Know
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Click on the link above for a lovely piece on a few travel-writers. Some writers are off in the more glamorous corners of the world. And others are enjoying an unusual stay at home. But wherever they were, they are all at work.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008
Long story but a very sweet one! How to summarize in one line? Love is blind; love knows no age; and love has an endless memory.
Two good performances by Pitt and Blanchett. Also, good cinematography and makeup.
And a fantasy story that leaves you wondering: what if??
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Twilight, 2008
Excruciatingly good-looking vampires (pale as they might be), are apparently irresistible to highschool teenage girls. And what's more, said good-looking vampire even sparkles all over when exposed to the sun!
Having watched it with two fourteen-year olds and one twelve-year old (going on twenty-one), it wasn't too hard getting caught up in the moments of oh-my-god-they're-now-going-to-finally-kiss.
Bottom line: part old-fashioned love story where hero gives all for his love, and part non-sensical nonsense.
