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5.13.05

Culturally Speaking #64: Where the Hell Am I?

By Sarah Stodola

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So now London is the (self-proclaimed) World Capitol of Art. I think that New York would have a serious bone to pick over that, but still, it´s hard to deny the brilliance of London´s preeminent location for new art, The Tate Modern. I enjoyed that museum as much as, if not more than, any other museum I´ve been to in the world, including in New York.



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Lo and behold -- Cambodia is holding it's own on the global stage by maintaining HIGHER labor standards...

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I am in Mendoza, Argentina at the moment. It's a lovely, surprisingly wealthy town at the foot of the Andes, and it's in the center of the country's wine country. Anyway, I almost peed my pants today when I drove past a WALMART!! In Argentina!! The Andes!! Walmart!! The world's gone mad!!

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Isn't it amazing that we are all related?

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I love the headline of this article..."It's the Stupidity, Economists." True, true. Sadly true.

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We are now to the point where the New Yorker is justifying pop culture by suggesting that it actually makes us smarter. Yes, yes, watch Paris Hilton for a half hour, ace you SAT's. Rot...

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This is why my summer in London is going to be soooo difficult. Damn the Republicans. Again... (subscription necessary).

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I am reading Martin Amis for the first time currently, and I am finding him alternatingly brilliant and irritating beyond toleration. The guy can write, no doubt. But he can also name drop and brag and use big words just to prove he knows them. I'm left knowing not what to think of him at all...

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I'll be back in NYC next week. Everyone who knows me, please drop me a line and let's grab a beer!!

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Sarah Stodola is the Executive Editor of Me Three.  She can be contacted here.

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