so my ex just got engaged to a woman he’s dated for all of 2 months.
wedding is in four months.
that is all.
cosmopolitan minded, rural seeking, universally consuming, flavor profiling barkeep, struggling to pursue a professional career.
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26 Jan 12
Hey everyone!
I’ve been on a small vacation from nail art, but regular posts will resume soon. In the meantime, I’d like to announce a small giveaway to show my appreciation to everyone who has followed me during my few months on tumblr.
I am giving away a brand new/unused Konad Q1 stamping plate. This is a rare plate that was released only in the UK and features 7 adorable designs.
To win this plate, simply like or reblog this post. If you do both, I’ll enter you in the contest twice, increasing your chance of winning! You must be a follower and you must be 16 or older (or have parental consent). Open internationally.
The winner will be chosen at random on February 1st and contacted through tumblr.
Good luck!
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Shanghai, China – 1990 and 2010
via Then & Now: The Stunning Speed of Urban Development | WebUrbanist
something i heard a few years ago when i was traveling in asia: there are certain parts of shanghai where the average age of buildings is less than five years
something i learned from this picture: “I <3 SH” like we do “I <3 NY” :)
Gorgeous. We moved to SH during the summer of 1994 and the Pearl TV Tower had already gone up. It used to be that the only place you could find US products was in the pantries of the consulate Marines, or joint ventures like Keebler crackers, or the line around the block for the only McDonalds on HuaiHai Lu. And now, virtually every US food product company has a joint venture, there are McDs and Starbucks on every street corner, and CitySuper has Boars Head cold cuts and bagels. Not that any of this matters, cuz Shanghai is still lacking good (Tex/)Mexican food, still has a pretentious overpriced fine dining scene, and the traffic is worse than DC and LA combined. On the other hand, if you fancy some good Chinese food, here is my post for newbies.
11 Feb 11
"What happened to Libi in Egypt, while in the custody of the Egyptian intelligence service, is documented in detail in a bipartisan report released in 2006 by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. According to the report, Libi later told the C.I.A. that the Egyptian authorities grew dissatisfied with his level of cooperation, so they locked him in a tiny cage for eighty hours. Then they took him out, knocked him over, and punched him for fifteen minutes. The Egyptian officials were pressing Libi, who knew Bin Laden personally, to confirm the Bush Administration’s contention that there were links between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. In particular, the Egyptians wanted Libi to confirm that the Iraqis were in the process of giving Al Qaeda biological and chemical weapons. In pushing this line of inquiry, the Egyptians appear to have been acting in accordance with the wishes of the U.S., which wanted to document its case for going to war against Iraq. Under duress, Libi eventually gave in. Details from his confession went into the pivotal speech that then-Secretary of State Colin Powell gave to the United Nations in Feburary of 2003, making the case for war. Several years later, however, after the U.S. invasion of Iraq turned up no such weapons of mass destruction, or ties between Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, Libi recanted. When the F.B.I. later asked him why he had lied, he blamed the brutality of the Egyptian intelligence service. As Michael Isikoff and David Corn first reported in their book, “Hubris,” Libi explained, “They were killing me,” and that, “I had to tell them something."
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