What is it with European white women and local tribesmen? If your mind is inquiring, then check out White Masai and Married to a Bedoin! These stories titillated while I was in Tanzania and jockeyed for my brain’s attention when in Jordan…

Both are the stories of Western European women who fall in love with and marry local nomadic tribesmen while vacationing in Jordan and Kenya. Imagine giving up your posh Paris home to join your new man in his dung hut!!

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Emanuel Ginobili, the most well-known Argentine basketball player in the world, may be unable to play in this year’s Olympic games.The three-time NBA championship winner stated yesterday that the lesion in his ankle is worse than he had thought at the end of this year’s NBA season.However, according to China View, Ginobili does really want to participate in the games if he can and he stressed that he was “optimistic” about a potential recovery.He will certainly be doing everything he can to speed the healing process along.For Argentines, who follow his progress in the NBA with pride and have high hopes for their national basketball team, Ginobili’s announcement is anything but good news.

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Museums overflow in excellence! SFMOMA re-introduces us to Frida Kahlo, that icon of expressive, surrealist sufferings. Then over at the Legion of Honor, we take a fascinating look at Women Impressionists. Try to name 3. I bet you can’t! (I couldn’t before this woman-cational exhibit!!) And finally the prolific eye-patched glass pirate that is Chihuly over at the De Young. Whew, I need a non-nicotine nor tar-filled cigarette!

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April 4th, 2008 by susan j

Aloha Airlines photo uploaded by randomduck

This past Monday, Aloha Airlines touched down in Honolulu International Airport for the last time. The airline has been around since 1947 and filed for bankruptcy in mid-March. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, roughly 100 former Aloha Airlines employees greeted Flight 251 when it arrived from Maui at 10:32 pm. Over half of the passengers on board were also employees.

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Life is short. Instead of living for today, spending money for nothing, doing partying all night long, and work hard to gain richness, it means nothing in front of God’s eyes. If you are a Christian, you have understood Bible to save you from the darkness and hedonism of life.

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For those planning upcoming nuptials on 8-8-08, enjoy a complimentary golf and spa package for booking your wedding party!!

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