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Kudos to Amra Kojon for an incredible show last night in Boston. Every aspect of the show was beautifully executed - from song selection, to choreography, to stage design, to the music… This was the first time I had been able to go to an Amra kojon show. I had heard that they were very very good. I could scarcely have imagined how good! I can honestly say that you made us all proud.

May we have the good fortune of seeing many more of these shows.

Via Matthew Yglesias, pure genius:

Finally! Third week of December.

And with it a guarantee of an interesting next few months.

Two questions/thoughts that are foremost in my mind:

1. What are they going to do about the two netris?

2. How are they going to protect themselves so that the long knives are not out for them as soon as they give up power? The credibility of the protection they create over the next few months will be directly proportional to the credibility of the election process.

OK, my blogging juices are flowing again.

This, from the Daily Star today caught my eye:

Polls by Dec, president tells Prince Richard

I am all for people being able to call for the return of democracy in Bangladesh. Foreign governments and government officials, even. Even the Queen of England, as the official head of the British government. But what standing does Prince Richard, or Duke of Gloucester Richard Alexander Walter George, have for calling for the return of democracy in Bangladesh while visiting Dhaka? I think the appropriate response to the Duke of Gloucester saying anything about anything is “How about we talk about this, you twit, after you’ve turned in your royal title which you didn’t earn, and your emoluments and wealth, which you also didn’t earn, and you’ve earned an honest day’s living?” Seriously.

I could do with a “disaster” or two in my life too of this sort. Full story here.

The increased media interest in her has meant that writing a full novel was next to impossible, she told Radio 4’s Front Row.

Lessing, 88, also said she would probably now be giving up writing novels altogether.

Her latest book is the partly fictional memoir entitled Alfred and Emily.

Since her Nobel win she has been constantly in demand, she said.

“All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed.”

Ms. Lessing - it’s called a press agent.

As my brother says, in not so many words, when I complain about the many distractions of coming to see him, “Stop bitching, shut yourself up in the room, and just write. It’s not my fault you have the attention span of a three year old.” He’s a little bit more eloquent, but this is a family-friendly blog.

The paper I’m currently writing (about contract law and Islamic finance, if you are interested…) will be a fine work of fiction.

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