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Ten days (and a bit) out of action meant a good deal of recovery. By recovery I mean refocusing and redefining the perspectives. It helps to take a step back from the daily grind and there is no place like the US of A to hit you hard with the hammer of ginormous perspective. Heavy dinners, long long treks and an immersion into the hustle and bustle of the world’s great metropolis all served to recharge the J’accuse mental and physical batteries. Back on the island of milk, honey and power cuts we only had time to notice that MediaToday have a snazzy new portal for their main paper that promises to cut huge inroads on the Times monopoly of the online MSM fora. We like both the online version (well done Matthew) as well as the pay-per-view version of the paper from the stands. The theme for the next few months of summer posting will be “The Banana Republic” – viewed from a global, social networking scale and hopefully from outside the tiny box. Stuck (delayed) in JFK airport I browsed the bookstands at Barnes & Noble and I was sorely tempted to buy a copy of D.H. Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” (screw the librarian and buy it now for 1.99)- if only to cook a snook at the imbecility I had left back at home. I opted not to – because some actions can be as useful as punching the wall when angry. Instead I bought an extremely engaging book called “Soccernomics” that has not let down my expectations until now. Yes we did visit an Apple store while in the Big Apple and I walked away without spending a penny. Discipline? Maybe. But I might be saving up for a bit of the iPhone OS4. I have not been brainwashed – only slightly readjusted the fulcrum of my mental perspectives. Which is why I cheered when Dempsey (of the 4-0 Fulham rout fame) scored the last minute goal for the US to pull through (ahead of the Old Enemy/Ally) and why I do believe there may be some truth in the American Dream.
Good night and good luck from j’accuse:thebananarepublic.
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8 replies on “The Banana Republic”
emmm… if you were referring to yesterday’s last minute goal of the USA, the scorer was Donovan not Dempsey…. and please do not remind me of that 4-0… :-)
ijja ronald. I plead the 5th. Actually I simply plead jet lag (and carelessness). Fulham hurt, its true, but it’s nothing compared to a 1-1 draw to new Zealand. Suddenly everyone is blaming juve. No one blamed Juve’s campionato thrashing core in 2006. Bloody hypocrites.
Welcome back. Unbelievably, I can confess to having missed the j’accuse take on things. Scanning El Tiempo de Malta, L’Independiente, El Commentario Corriente and estrellademalta sans the j’accuse perspective isn’t quite the same experience. The new banana theme sounds promising…did you take that photo before or after coming up with the idea? :-)
Cheers DF. How’s the ukrainian take on things? Still looking you up on the MT site… where r u? Re the picture or idea question – I think the idea came when I saw the BR sign on 5th avenue. Then the pic with ice cream followed.
Welcome back Jacques. Like the pic and the post….ice cream looks good too
is it the photo, or did you gain weight during your trasferta?
Hemm ghalfejn Chris? Hemm ghalfejn? Ehe. Gained weight. Ehe. Started bloody diet. Ehe.
just a public service announcement ;) insomma l-holidays ghalhekk qeghdin ukoll