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Living abroad, and not being able to speak Portuguese very well, I've recently started listening to podcats in the car. Sometimes I just need something a bit more engaging for the brain on the drive to work. So far it's Dr Karl & the Naked Scientist and Mark Kermode's film reviews. I've...

Reading this got my goat. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/feb/13/notorious-big-barack-obama Why should a rapper have to represent an ethnic group? Or a president for that matter? I find something a bit sus about people linking the problems of ethnic minorities and a culture grown...

Whenever I crawl to bed red-eyed after reading blogs at silly o' clock I like something else to read before the lights go off. I leave novels and any non-fiction for daylight hours beacuse I can never read for long. Diaries are best as you can read a few entries. I'm nearing the end of Alan...

Mine: Why are DVDs so damn quiet? I've just started watching the Darjeeling Limited on a decent TV and have the volume on full. Most DVDs aren't this bad but the volume on them all is always so much lower than TV.

Having read this I got to thinking about where my tips go. I do wonder now and then if the waiting staff get it. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/food/2008/04/tipping_in_the_balance.html Where do you stand on tipping? When I first moved to Portugal I always left 10% but rather meanly brought my...