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Cultureshockd in New York
http://cultureshockd.wordpress.com/
An outsider's take on all the things that make America unique - from the point of view of a British expat. Covering politics, style, religion, food, language, and anything else that takes my fancy.
- Added on: Apr 19th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: theMinimalista
- Listed in: Social Commentary North America
- Tags: funny photos british new york brooklyn expat
Recent Posts
For the car that has everything
New York, in Lego form, part II
We’ve already had subway tickets made out of Lego – sorry, Legos. It was therefore only a matter of time before we got the rest of New York: Mind you, I’d be quite happy to have the forthcoming Empire State Building kit for my next ...
Jesus, what’s he doing?
For the child who has everything, comes the “perfect gift for every young Catholic athlete“, handily also a “wonderful way to reinforce Jesus “as friend” in everyday activities”. And if you’re thinking what I...
txt spk 4 r tmes
The latest texting acronym to be seen on phones across America? The delicately put, all purpose get-out, “ite”. (And no, it’s not like saying “uck”, nsfw-style.) It stands for In This Economy – as in: wd lv 2 cm 4 ...
Obama: politician, author, comedian
Seriously, I know that obviously he didn’t write this himself, but this is comedy gold: Hard to pick a favourite line, but the one about Dick Cheney’s memoirs (How to Shoot Friends and Interrogate People) comes pretty high up the list. O...
At the baseball, no culture shock at all. Almost
This week, we went to see the New York Yankees play, er, no wait it’s coming to me, the Tampa Bay… Rays. Anyway, off we go on the B train all the way up the enormous new stadium in the Bronx, and here’s me expecting to find tons of ...
