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Так как все уже нашлись, кого искали и кого нет, одноклассники выдали новое развлечение - Группы. Массовое увлечение, как оказалось. Предложения вступить приходят все время. Особенно понравилось вот это:

ДВИЖЕНИЕ - ЖИЗНЬ!
Группа для тех, кто никогда не сидит на месте и всегда рад найти приключения на свою пятую точку!

Участники: 45677

Адрес этой группы:
http://www.odnoklassniki.ru/group/43138023817463


Надеюсь, что пятая точка это голова...

On the Spectrum of Messianic Belief in Contemporary Lubavitch Chassidism

On the Spectrum of Messianic Belief in Contemporary Lubavitch Chassidism
by Rabbi David Berger

The controversies that swirl around contemporary Lubavitch Chassidism concern the deepest questions of faith and the defining parameters of the Jewish religion, but they also address a "simple" factual question: What do the chassidim actually believe about the Rebbe? This question — really a set of questions — is of course not simple at all.

( Is the Rebbe the Messiah? Is the Rebbe really dead? )

Sunday in New York City

Three ballets by Leonard Bernstein at the New York City Ballet.

Fancy Free



Dybbuk



West Side Story Suite

This was more like an abbreviated musical with the wrong ending. The vocals bothered me a lot.

The Painted Veil

The Painted Veil

Edward Norton is good, very good.
I thought I read all of Somerset Maugham's books. I guess not.

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Here is my review of the "Three Cups of Tea" on goodreads.com:

Poorly written, self-aggrandizing 350-page magazine article.

Have I missed anything?

a quote

"If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none."

"Fahrenheit 451", by Ray Bradbury