February 2012
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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Customs trouble, take two
I got a call yesterday from DHL. They told me that my package had arrived (hurrah!) and that I was going to have to pay a ridiculous sum on it in duties (boo!). Wearily, I explained to the man that no, I didn’t have to pay taxes on this package, because it contained books. In 2009 there was a bit of an uproar caused when customs attempted to tax incoming copies of Twilight– in violation of...
Feb 20th
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Feb 19th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
January 2012
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Jan 29th
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Jan 21st
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Jan 15th
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Classic: a book that everyone praises, but no one...
Yesterday I purchased a copy of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice at the bookstore. I had about an hour and a half of waiting time, and with the batteries of my electronic gadgets running critically low, I decided the best way to pass the time was to sit down with a book. The one I was reading the day before was The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Unfortunately, it was on my iPod; and as I...
Jan 14th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 3rd
December 2011
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Dec 27th
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