While poking around the internet on a lazy afternoon, I came across the VH1 online box set of Duran Duran videos. Interspersed between the videos are commentaries from band members. I think I was 11 when I first fell in love with Duran Duran, and I’ve never looked back. Well, I have, hence the perusing [...]
December 23, 2007
Categories: Duran Duran, fashion, life, models, music . Tags: Duran Duran, life, modeling, models, music, Uncategorized . Author: tmacphail . Comments: 7 Comments
I just saw this compilation on a gossip site, and I knew I had to post it myself.
I have two basic reactions to this video. One being that I feel a bit sorry for these girls, as I know how humiliating it is to screw up on a stage. Two being that I feel a [...]
August 11, 2007
Categories: fashion, models . Tags: fashion, modeling, models, Uncategorized . Author: tmacphail . Comments: No Comments
I’m posting a link to a new fiction story by my author-boyfriend. It’s good, but it’s a bit dirty. After all, it is published by Nerve. However, this is a big deal. It’s literary smut, people, and it pays.
So, as I’m putting the finishing touches on my uber-serious article on bird flu, please check out [...]
August 10, 2007
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: fiction, literature, sex, Uncategorized . Author: tmacphail . Comments: No Comments
Well, I still have that article to write on bird flu. I’ve managed to do some more research, gather articles together, and I even know what I am going to use to ground and structure my argument. However, I still haven’t written anything. Oh, I have some lame segments, perhaps the beginnings of an introduction, [...]
July 12, 2007
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Having just completed the long journey from New York City to Berkeley, California, in a car, I can tell you that road trips are difficult. You see a lot, you do a lot, you are stuck in a space that is four feet by four feet for hours at a time. Some of it is [...]
June 2, 2007
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: cars, essay, reality, road trip, roadtrip, travel, Uncategorized . Author: tmacphail . Comments: 1 Comment
I take it back. There is disease news to disseminate from the road.
Officials in China have confirmed that the microbe causing the mysterious epidemic in Guangdong, in which 300 pigs have died, has been identified. According to the Xin Hua news agency, it’s apparently a common pig illness called ‘blue-eared pig disease’. The People’s Daily [...]
May 18, 2007
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: bird flu, China, disease, pig flu, politics, Uncategorized . Author: tmacphail . Comments: 1 Comment
The New York Times reported last week that an epidemic was killing pigs across the border from Hong Kong in mainland China, in two areas in Guangdong province.
This is ironic because this is the year of the pig in China, and the mystery disease allegedly began to surface immediately after the New Year celebrations. I’m [...]
May 14, 2007
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: bird flu, China, disease, Hong Kong, politics, rumor, Uncategorized . Author: tmacphail . Comments: 3 Comments
Affordable Apartment Hunting
When you are looking for an apartment in an overly-crowded city with a high standard of living, your life can quickly become frustrating and unbearable. I lived in New York City for about 8 years, so I know this rule of modern life well. However, I was much younger then, and I’m trying to be [...]
June 29, 2007
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: apartment hunting, commentary, life, Uncategorized . Author: tmacphail . Comments: 3 Comments