Emjay Vox 2009-12-02T03:19:05Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398b6cb120004/ Where is Emjay? tag:vox.com,2009-11-30:asset-6a00e398b6cb1200040123ddeca438860d 2009-11-30T06:07:11Z 2009-12-02T03:19:05Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom ~ When I left DC on Thursday the temperature was in the 40's (below 10 C)...... when I landed in Sydney, Saturday morning, it was 100!! (38C). I got heat stroke walking from the terminal to the car - of course we walked further in the sunn...

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]]> Tourists & Thanksgiving ... tag:vox.com,2009-11-26:asset-6a00e398b6cb1200040123ddd78049860c 2009-11-26T01:06:11Z 2009-11-29T17:27:10Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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~ I love tourists ... really I do because they help my local economy but.. - please stand to the right on the metro (train) escalators so that we locals, with things to do, can walk past on the left. There is even a sign asking you. - and w...

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]]> Crime & Congregations.... tag:vox.com,2009-11-22:asset-6a00e398b6cb1200040123f1802622860f 2009-11-22T23:02:45Z 2009-12-02T15:51:53Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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~ The population of Washington DC is around 592,000. (and there are an estimated 12,000 homeless). According to the DC MPD website there have been 127 homicides since January 1st 2009 (to Friday 11/19). On top of those Homicides there have ...

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]]> Remember December - almost final result..... tag:vox.com,2009-11-20:asset-6a00e398b6cb12000401240b7c094d860e 2009-11-20T23:16:20Z 2009-11-26T02:59:24Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Remember my Diet Aids .... Remember December ? Well here I am just over a week away from December so I thought it was time to check in. I have lost 16 lbs (about 7.3 kg) since I posted those signs all around the kitchen. With one week...

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]]> A big Minus ...... tag:vox.com,2009-11-17:asset-6a00e398b6cb1200040123ddbf24af860b 2009-11-17T23:23:36Z 2009-11-23T03:40:48Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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` I speak English and Americans speak English but there were times when I first moved here when I was nearly in tears because I could not understand what someone was telling me. This was especially so when dealing with public transport employees...

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]]> When I win the lottery tag:vox.com,2009-11-17:asset-6a00e398b6cb1200040123dde723d9860d 2009-11-17T01:09:46Z 2009-11-25T12:11:31Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I want this house and car: Photo taken only half a mile from the depressing building made up of boxes........

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]]> All Lonely Together.. tag:vox.com,2009-11-14:asset-6a00e398b6cb1200040123f17c3e61860f 2009-11-14T22:45:07Z 2009-11-25T12:12:54Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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~ Today, while we were walking, I was thinking of a comment Apolline had left on my Missing Strangers post about social movements and urbanization. We turned a corner and here was exactly what I had been imagining loneliness all together to loo...

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]]> Missing Strangers... tag:vox.com,2009-11-12:asset-6a00e398b6cb1200040123f17b511a860f 2009-11-12T23:16:02Z 2009-11-19T11:57:55Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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` Do you ever wonder what might have happened to people who are essentially strangers to us? Next door to my office building is a retirement & assisted living place - it used to have the word "Alzheimer's" in the name and we joked about jus...

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]]> What I want to know is .... tag:vox.com,2009-11-10:asset-6a00e398b6cb12000401240b7713ac860e 2009-11-10T23:14:18Z 2009-11-17T01:16:44Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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` With us all diligently slapping hand sanitizer on our hands to kill 99.99% of everything that might make us sick..... where do all the killed germs go? These have nothing to do with dead things on hands - I just thought they were pretty. ...

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]]> Zooming in on terror tag:vox.com,2009-11-08:asset-6a00e398b6cb1200040123f1799ff1860f 2009-11-08T22:22:18Z 2009-11-14T22:37:52Z Emjay http://aussie-emjay.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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~ I am scared of squirrels. Irrational I know and I'm annoyed at myself for being afraid of such a cute looking little thing. I'd never seen a "real" squirrel until my first day here and when I saw them I raved over their sweet little faces an...

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