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Posts from ‘May, 2011’

Musings from a Dhaka hospital bed

So a funny thing happened to me while on a trip to Bangladesh. I got bitten by something. Something so small, I didn’t even notice at the time. My foot started swelling and after a few fevered days, I called a doctor who diagnosed cellulitis.
Cellulitis? Isn’t that some insignificant source of worry for western women - [...]

The head is off, but is the body dead?

It’s a wonderful blue and gold day here in Holland, much like that blue and gold day in September 10 years ago when the world shifted on its axis.  And again, on this matchless day, there’s big news that will have repercussions for some time.  Osama bin Laden was killed in a mansion not far [...]