#passageoftheweek

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Politics, classic etiquette tells us, is a subject best avoided when friends come to dinner."

Journal Ten: Passage of the Week

Source: Time magazine

This passage comes from an article called "Unfriending the Enemy: Politics overload drives Facebook users to cut ties." In light of the recent political campaign ending, I thought this was a fitting quote that everyone needed to be reminded of. The article talks about "the internet disinhibition effect." This effect says that people feel their actions on the internet, blogs, etc. are less serious when on the web. It was an interesting article, and I agreed completely with everything that it said, including classic etiquette regarding politics.

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I am going to bring in a great foot masseuse, maybe a baby grand for some mood music - and I'm pushing for a salon cat.

Journal Nine: Passage of the Week

Source: Vogue

This quote comes from an article called 'The Insider' about a hair stylist for the stars named Tracy Cunningham, who is branching out and opening up her own salon. I loved the atmosphere that she creates with her words, especially if the salon essentials that she describes really become reality.

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Journal Eight: Passage of the Week

Source - the AP Exchange

Date - Nov. 1, 2012

Passage - "The predominantly Jewish west has gleaming malls and leafy residential neighborhoods. Residents can be seen sipping cappuccinos on quaint cafe patios, and flowers line the streets. All streets and even the smallest of public squares have names on signs written in Hebrew, English and Arabic.

In east Jerusalem, many roads are narrow and potholed, there are few sidewalks and garbage is piled up on street corners. Residents have for years complained of neglect, saying they lack public services such as clinics and schools, even while paying local taxes."

Alright, if an article takes the time to describe something in its' own fashion, I'm going to like it. I'm a sucker for lines of alliteration, metaphors and overuse of adjectives. I liked this passage because these two paragraphs could sum up the point of the entire article. The article was entitled, "East Jerusalem streets get names, easing confusion."