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ROD AMIS MOVES THE 'Palational World Headquarters' of G21 AGAIN:"27 December, 2004 I thought it appropriate to begin with my last hours in Phoenix, Arizona. This stop on the hejira proved instructive in only that it gave me the space and courage to overcome the last vestiges of my Malady. It is effectively behind me, at last, after years of cringing under its hangover. I am more whole now than when I first ventured to New Orleans over three years ago and I am grateful for that.
My instinctive distrust of other people was reinforced, too, but not in the more paranoiac and delusional way that the Malady afforded. Now it is simple "grain of salt" type wariness rather than a fear of malevolence. That is a Good Thing.
As a cigar is sometimes only a cigar rather than a symbol, sometimes injury is only the result of brutish incompetence and obliviousness to the feelings of others rather than malicious intent. I have now had the unfortunate experience of the former up to my craw but am actually glad of it.
So back to Nawlins. But this time on my own terms and ready to grapple with its miasmic extremism. Waystation or stop? Like the trip here to Phoenix, this time, it is an open question ..." READ MORE
YOUR NOMINATIONS FOR THE BOTTOM FEEDERS OF 2004:
"G21 WORLD HQ - During the waning hours of 2004, we polled our staff writers and the Mailing List Membership for nominees for our "Bottom Ten" list of individuals for the year. Much like Mr. Blackwell's famed "Worst Dressed" list, ours is a reverse listing; we are choosing the people the world could have done without last year.
What follows is a digest of List Member comments and our owon final choices of the dregs of humanity last year.
Having conducted this exercise, off and on, for over a decade now (we discontinued it briefly during at the end of the 1990s and the beginning of this decade), I've been often disappointed but more often bemused by the results.
The near unanimity of the Members of our Mailing List was breathtaking, as you'll see. But there were also a few surprise nominees that we never would have imagined making this List ourselves.
Let the Games begin! ... " READ MORE
X.N. IRAKI ON WEALTH CREATION:"Mihai Nica, a Romanian from the city of Timisoara is 42 years old and a very optimistic man. He grew up during the communist era, worked for the Romanian government and at one time was in charge of disposing of artifacts associated with the former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. But Nica's optimism has been softened by time and reality, buttressed on experience. He rarely talks much but when he does his jokes will keep you on the edge of the seat, his few words seems to mask his engineering background laced with a graduate degree in political science. The hot and humid summers in Mississippi can be an incentive to bring out the creative part of anyone, including Nica particularly if an intoxicant is not far. While sipping a Mexican intoxicant, which appears to be a cross breed of beer, juice and the name of a lady, he made an observation that, though made earlier, is becoming truer each day, "One way to get rich is to take advantage of great changes like the shift from communism to democracy in Romania and Russia." ... " READ MORE
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