Archive for December, 2006
December 31st, 2006
Filed Under: Sports Junk
Tiki Barber single handly sneaks the Giants into the playoffs, to cap what is otherwise a very disappointing season for the G-Men.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 12:35 pm
December 30th, 2006
Filed Under: News, politics
Though very few will miss the former Iraqi dictator, many should still question the use of capital punishment worldwide.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 11:22 am
December 26th, 2006
Filed Under: Adventures & Travels, England, Snapshots, Special Occasions, The Usual Rant
My first X-mas outside of the United States was spent right here in London not too far from my alma mater courtesy fo Sabika & Dimitri.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 3:58 am
December 25th, 2006
Filed Under: News, music

The godfather of soul, rap and disco has passed on this christmas day.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 2:48 pm
December 24th, 2006
Filed Under: Adventures & Travels, Bloodclots, England, Special Occasions
On their last day in town Bobby, grandma and myself took a bus day trip to see Salisbury Cathedral, Stonehenge and the Roman Baths in Bath.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 10:36 am
December 23rd, 2006
Filed Under: Adventures & Travels, Bloodclots, England, Snapshots
yet another bitter cold day playing tourist in London with the family as we headed over to the home of the beefeaters.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 3:24 am
December 22nd, 2006
Filed Under: Adventures & Travels, Bloodclots, England, Snapshots
Grandma got a full work out today as she climed 300 steps inside St. Paul’c Cathedral. Her reward was some more walking all the way to the Tate Modern. And it was all kinds of cold today too no less.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 2:15 am
December 21st, 2006
Filed Under: Adventures & Travels, Bloodclots, England, Snapshots
Made a first time visit with my family to Westminister Abbey, which is just a hop, skip and jump from the Houses of Parliament here in London.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 1:52 am
December 20th, 2006
Filed Under: Adventures & Travels, Bloodclots, England
A surprise visit to London by my grandmother with Bobby maked the end of my studies and the begining of the holidays season for me.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 10:57 pm
December 19th, 2006
Filed Under: England, Special Occasions
After several years of struggle and planning to make it happen, I’ve officially obtained my Master’s degree. Somebody pinch me!
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 12:30 am
December 18th, 2006
Filed Under: Special Occasions, The Usual Rant
Sabika whipped up some dinner for Dimitri’s parents who were visting from Greece to help celebrate his completing his masters degree, along with me and Spyros in tow.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 11:45 pm
December 16th, 2006
Filed Under: Snapshots, The Usual Rant
My fellow MA classmate Stuart Tayler celebrated his birthday post-MA thesis work hand-in at the kool pub & restaurant Bar Music Hall.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 10:25 am
December 15th, 2006
Filed Under: England, Reviews, movies
The 21st installment of the 007 series hit the big screens over a month ago and just finally saw the film. There’s something kool about watching a new James Bond flick in England…
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 9:23 pm
December 14th, 2006
Filed Under: England, Projects, Special Occasions
A theme of magenta & black dominated the aesthetic of the full-time MAGD year-end exhibition. It was a glorious end to a fabulous year of study here in London. All the best to each and every one of my classmates in 2007 & beyond!
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 11:41 pm
December 13th, 2006
Filed Under: Snapshots, The Usual Rant
Sandra & Carolina threw a party at their place to celebrate us having all of our thesis practical work handed in on Monday, but the catch was that you had to come dressed up in one color only to enter the party!
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 8:32 am
December 11th, 2006
Filed Under: Projects, The Usual Rant
Today was the day all my final work for my thesis project was due, and required a clandestine stop over to Kinko’s to put the final touches on my project work.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 1:30 pm
December 4th, 2006
Filed Under: Projects, The Usual Rant
I tackled a huge hurdle today by handing in my thesis report by the deadline. I spent the past week finishing it up and getting about 20 hours of sleep the whole week. The bed is now calling me…
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 3:09 pm
December 3rd, 2006
Filed Under: Special Occasions
Gabriel celebrates his fist birthday as a dad.
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Posted by ..:JJP @ 3:00 pm