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Monthly Archives June 2006

November 9, 1989

The fall of the Berlin Wall - did it simply collapse or was it pushed?! I recall I was in Atlanta, Georgia, recovering after a tequila hangover from my birthday party a couple of days before..

Posted 30 June 2006 † Stuart § Brazil § Coincidences § Comedy § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Gilles Peterson podcast on Brazilian music

Also spotted in the magazine British DJ Gilles Peterson’s six-part podcast series on Brazillian music..

Posted 29 June 2006 † Stuart § Brazil § Main Page § Music ‡ Comments (2) °

The Yes Men have landed (on me)

Just watched the satirical film ‘The Yes Men’ which was a hoot! In the spirit of prankstership I donated $5..

Posted 28 June 2006 † Stuart § Comedy § Family tales § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Does network size matter?

I happened to catch CSI Miami on TV last night when one of the characters in a class on 1990 reunion boosted that he wasn’t intimidated by the school star quarterback as his ‘network was bigger’..

Posted 28 June 2006 † Stuart § Complexity § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Samba Boys vs Black Star Boys

Well, Ghana vs Brazil at 4pm. Just read the Independent which says the pressure’s now on Ronaldinho! Hey, Ronaldo is off the hook!..

Posted 27 June 2006 † Stuart § 2006 World Cup § Brazil § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Shirley’s Bags on eBay!

The very first of Shirley’s own leather handbags from designer’s Courart went up on eBay on the weekend..

Posted 26 June 2006 † Stuart § Brazil § Main Page § Unusual Gifts ‡ Comments (0) °

Playroom art

Pic of a portition of my scribblings from my old playroom wall:

Posted 26 June 2006 † Stuart § Art-Photography § Family tales § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Barakat: ‘This is man-made pyramid’

The two Egyptian scientists working at the Bosnian pyramids - geologist Barakat and archeologist Lamia El Hadidi – have made some of their findings public prior to completing their work at the site..

Posted 25 June 2006 † Stuart § History-Bosnian pyramids § Main Page ‡ Comments (1) °

Caroline Celico’s school is closed from noon

Loved the fact that when I emailed Caroline Celico’s old school, St. Paul’s School in Sao Paulo, to check my facts for this blog, I had the following email message returned:
“Due the Brazil / Japan football game tomorrow 22/06 the school will be closed as from noon.” That never happened at my [...]

Posted 23 June 2006 † Stuart § 2006 World Cup § Brazil § Brazil-Kaka § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

The abridged history of Barking

I went on a cycle round round historic Barking on Wednesday to discover that Elizabeth Fry the prison reformer is burried next to the Sikh Temple (the Quakers sold it to the Sikh’s in 1971); and came across the pilgramage holy rood stone in the surviving curfew tower from Barking Abbey..

Posted 23 June 2006 † Stuart § Barking § Comedy § History § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °