Today three of us were out visiting homes in the neighborhood around Edgewater (we were at Paris and Filmore, actually) when we encountered a lot (no, really, a LOT) of the NOPD. It wasn’t a few- seriously- we saw at least six NOPD cruisers, several sheriff cars, and even a border patrol [...]

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Last year I read Collapse by Jared Diamond. (Post here.) It was all about how environmental abuse (in particular the overuse of resources) led to the downfall of society. He talked about cultures from Easter Island to Greenland to Rwanda. The other day, I ran across this article about Angkor Wat [...]

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This might help you blend in a little better when you’re somewhere you’re not from:

How People Count Cash? - video powered by Metacafe
[HT: Gadling]

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