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Reading, Writing and the MTA

Posted on February 13, 2006March 10, 2022 by romanagiulia

One of the benefits of working as a consultant to NYC public schools is that I get to spend loads of time on the subway. And loads of travel time equates to one huuuge benefit: reading. In recent weeks (more like months, really) I have not spent one single minute on the train reading, save for the…

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Imaginary Date With…

Posted on February 12, 2006March 10, 2022 by romanagiulia

We were set to meet on the first floor of the Strand. I was a bit nervous, as he had been quite a big thing in the 80s, and I quietly wondered to myself if my shoes would make me tall enough to have some sort of eye-contact. What would we talk about, I thought to…

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February Meditation

Posted on February 7, 2006March 10, 2022 by romanagiulia

Thought I had forgotten, eh? Well, sometimes inspiration takes its time to come and well, here we are on the second week of February. I always make a concerted effort to look for some quote or passage for inspiration and this time inspiration came to me while on line getting soup. It’s always interesting to…

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Odds and Ends

Posted on January 25, 2006March 10, 2022 by romanagiulia

I have many thoughts rambling in my head…ideas for posts, that is. But every time I sit down to write something down nothing makes sense, or at least I can’t seem to make sense of it enough to publish it as a decent post. Am I falling prey to the self-censor?!? Well, here’s the “hit…

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Up Her Intake of Prozac and Valium

Posted on January 22, 2006March 10, 2022 by romanagiulia

Laura Bush must be taking mood enhancers, as well she should, and the drugs need to keep on coming if we want to hear gems like these: I remember during the Gulf War when President Bush, my husband’s father, was president, and the very start of it when the body bags went over to Kuwait…

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Hottie of the Week (HOW): Jennifer Connelly

Posted on January 22, 2006March 10, 2022 by romanagiulia

Yes, with a little delay, the new HOW is up and it is still submitted by yours truly (yes, people, you can submit hotties of your own….just email me!). I chose another actor, but I do have some non Hollywood hotties coming our way. Jennifer Connelly has recently come into her own by making such daring choices…

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New Feature on Musings!

Posted on January 14, 2006March 10, 2022 by romanagiulia

In an effort to get more readers to the blog, I’m creating a new feature: Hottie of the Week. Yes, I am succumbing to the pressures of adding a little levity to my “brooding” posts. H-O-W will feature both men and women (in alternating weeks) in the biz (whether it is music, acting, theatre, politics etc)…

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Italian Scientists Make a Case for Empathy!

Posted on January 11, 2006March 10, 2022 by romanagiulia

Researchers in Parma, Italy have made a wonderful discovery about our brains. I’ve always thought that grey matter….well, matters, but now there’s an additional level of complexity to that thing that is in your skull: mirror neurons. “The human brain has multiple mirror neuron systems that specialize in carrying out and understanding not just the…

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As Of Yet Untitled

Posted on January 7, 2006March 10, 2022 by romanagiulia

I don’t feel qualified enough to write about the miners in Virginia and in any case, so many others are doing so in the blogosphere. But element of the story struck me and has had me thinking about death. Listen, I fully understand that many believe that writing about death is a morbid topic, but…

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Kalachakra 2006 Day Three

Posted on January 7, 2006March 10, 2022 by romanagiulia

Today begins the mandala construction which is the integral part of the Kalachakra blessing.  The Kalachakra mandala includes the syllables (or presence) of 722 deities within the complex structure and geometry of the mandala itself and will take several days to complete. Like all mandalas, it is meant as a two-dimensional representation of what is…

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