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...catchy, this is the music we export in mass quantities. Why should that be surprising? It’s the music we consume in large quantities at home. What we often forget is that despite all the high culture from other countries, they produce their share of bad stuff too. I’m traveling around Europe to sample good food, see fine paintings, and examine classic works of architecture. Even back in the 16th century, before America was a country, I’m sure that for every masterpiece by Michelangelo there were hundreds of campy, tasteless paintings...
...burner or two. The six of them sleep on bunks spread between two rooms. They don’t have much in the way of closets or drawers for storage, but that’s okay, since they don’t have much in the way of stuff to store. Their sun porch is a hanging forest of drying clothes, basically whatever they’re not wearing at the time, which they wash in plastic tubs in their bathroom. Nowhere in sight are a TV or phone, and hot water probably isn’t an issue...
...Unfortunately, that lack of square footage has not kept me from accumulating a fair amount of stuff, most of which is carefully stored (read: crammed) in tiny crevices around the apartment. My special "filing" system means that while I may be absolutely certain I do in fact own, say, a particular book, it?s often totally impossible for me to actually locate said item. Not very feng shui...
...study of the heavens currently doing the media rounds suggests we might be on the verge of triggering another Einstein-like explosion in our view of the universe: the laws of physics, apparently, are mutable; constants like the speed of light may change slightly over time. Pretty paradigm-shattering stuff, but for my psyche it wasn't nearly as hard to handle as the latest Palm Pilot story...
...prices alone could put a further psychological damper on consumers who are already forsaking Macy?s for Wal-Mart; a slowdown in home sales tends to have a wider and more tangible effect. Housing is known as an "umbrella" sector, because a new home generally comes with other new stuff, from renovations and additions to washers, dryers and home entertainment. In other words, much of the seemingly quixotic summer strength in consumer spending grew out of the housing sector, and the housing sector may be about to cool...