‘Tsotsi’ (movie, 2005, Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto)
When we first meet him in his bleak Soweto slum, the young gangster nicknamed Tsotsi (“thug”) is little more than a predatory animal. Like a panther, he dispassionately stalks and pounces upon his victims, taking their belongings and, if need be, their...Hawaii dreaming on Wisconsin winter day
Saturday was when we really reached our limit. Sitting across the living room from each other, both flabby, both pasty, both exhausted by the worlds inside our laptops and the gloomy, windy, dead, and frozen terrain outside, we exchanged a glance that conceded the...What my cousin did last summer
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The freak tornadoes that swept across Central Florida one week ago, killing 20 people, have reminded me that I want to buy a weather radio — the kind that turns on automatically in the middle of the night when the National Weather Service issues a warning. Here in...Milwaukee Public Market, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
< Previous Photos Next > Milwaukee Public Market, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin — Interior of the Milwaukee Public Market, an indoor food marketplace offering products from independent merchants. See other posts about: Skechers Men's GO WALK 6...Super Bowl 2007 XLI: Indianapolis Colts vs. Chicago Bears
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