Cronicas are the precursors to the blog

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Reading Selected Crônicas by the Brazilian journalist, Clarice Lispector. The "Crônica" | "Chronicle" is a peculiarly Brazilian form of newspaper column -- intimate and personal, with entries which may or may not be factual. It seems to me that this is the precise precursors to the blog, as a form. Here is an excerpt:

People who refer to my intelligence are, in fact, confusing it with what I would call a knowing sensibility. Now that is something I really do possess. ¶ And notwithstanding my admiration for sheer intelligence, I find a knowing sensibility much more important when it comes to living with others and trying to understand them. -- page 48

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A picture of happiness

Happy , originally uploaded by piecesofme2005 . For more photo goodness, Visit my flickr photostream . A beautiful, relaxed photo , nicely configured in black-and-white, by PiecesOfMe2005 . On Flickr

What does "Hosing the Doris" mean?

The expression, "to hose the Doris" is paparazzi argot for "keeping the button pressed and taking as many frames as possible — in the shortest time — of a female celebrity." [ The Online Photographer ]

Levantine film festivals

Someone has stepped away from his table at a café in the Marais neighborhood of the Fourth Ward (Quatrième Arrondissement) on the Right Bank of Paris. Photographed with Leica M6 and a Summilux 1:1.4/35 ASPH lens. For more photo goodness, Visit my flickr photostream . I spent the day researching film festivals in the Levant -- the Near East. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) sponsors annual film and a photo competitions . In Giza, Egypt — home of the Pyramids — is the annual Ismailia International Film Festival — since its Web site is in Arabic (the English pages are all marked "Under Construction"), I have written a letter to its organizers, requesting information. The big, "prestige" festival is in the UAE — the Dubai International Festival . It takes place in December. The deadline for entries is in September. I want to send a reporter to cover it, so I am looking around for an English and Arabic-speaking journalist who is familiar with filmmaking, or filmmaker who ...

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