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Security theater

A more profane, less articulate version of this paragraph occurs to me whenever I find myself untying my shoes in front of a conveyor belt: Security is both a feeling and a reality. The propensity for security theater comes from the interplay between ...

From ROTTIN' IN DENMARK, Rottin' in Denmark,  16 Nov 2009

I love countries with a surplus of used bookstores

Yesterday I bought a collection of Bernard Shaw one-act plays (fuck Dan Brown, plays are the best things to read on airplanes) and something called 'The Jewish Century'. Together they cost 8 Aus-bucks. Modernization is about everyone becoming urban, ...

From ROTTIN' IN DENMARK, Rottin' in Denmark,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Dan Brown

Biking up a mountain

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From ROTTIN' IN DENMARK, Rottin' in Denmark,  12 Nov 2009

Segregated education in America

Somehow I managed to find a cafe on Crown St. here in Sydney with a toddler-sized stack of mid-decade Harper's magazines. I spent pretty much the whole evening there, and the most striking article I read (the only one, actually, that I finished. Harper' ...

From ROTTIN' IN DENMARK, Rottin' in Denmark,  11 Nov 2009

Hobart, Tasmania

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From ROTTIN' IN DENMARK, Rottin' in Denmark,  11 Nov 2009

Hollywood depicts end of world with characteristic subtlety, class

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From ROTTIN' IN DENMARK, Rottin' in Denmark,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Thomas Kinkade

Fort Hood: The tip without the iceberg

In the saturation coverage right after the events, the "expert" talking heads are compelled to offer theories about the causes and consequences. In the following days and weeks, newspapers and magazine will have their theories too. Looking back, we can ...

From ROTTIN' IN DENMARK, Rottin' in Denmark,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Planned Parenthood,  Charles Whitman

Indonesia: Tanjung Pinang

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From ROTTIN' IN DENMARK, Rottin' in Denmark,  9 Nov 2009

Don't mistake politeness for acceptance

I'm only on page fucking 21, and I can't stop quoting this thing: I'm reading Edmund White's 'States of Desire: Travels in Gay America', which I found in a bookstore outside of Sydney for $2. It was written in 1980, the final year of ...

From ROTTIN' IN DENMARK, Rottin' in Denmark,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Edmund White

Singapore

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From ROTTIN' IN DENMARK, Rottin' in Denmark,  26 Oct 2009

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