Edinburgh, city of culture II

August 23, 2006 at 7:21 am (Family & Friends)

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A fellow blogger asks if I will write more about my recent trip to Edinburgh. On my way to see an overpriced show on Saturday, my friend Rich and his girlfriend stopped at a shop called Richer Sounds (no relation). I decided to buy headphones for my i-Pod (did I just say ‘my i-Pod?’) Anyway, the guy in the store showed me this £30 set ($456) — black. But I got white. When I get home, however, I realised my i-Pod is black.

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Over-reading Lolita in Tehran

August 23, 2006 at 7:00 am (Espresso)

Columbia’s university Hamid Dabashi has compared Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Iran, to Lynndie England, below.

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See my spoof interview with him on Iranian.com

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