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The poetry of branding

From Baidu’s company website: Many people have asked about the meaning of our name. “Baidu” was inspired by a poem written more than 800 years ago during the Song Dynasty. The poem compares the search for a retreating beauty amid chaotic glamour with the search for one’s dream while confronted by life’s many obstacles. “…hundreds and thousands of times, for her I searched in chaos, suddenly, I turned by chance, to where the lights were…

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Hey, it’s good to be back home again

Was walking Arlene around the bayou this morning after about a 4 hour night’s sleep and saw that someone had spray painted over the Bush Sucks tag on the bridge but the Fuck Lusher tag was still there. Obviously a Cabrini girl painted the Lusher part – and maybe someone felt guilty about dissing the President of the United States – who knows – perhaps they should have just added Vitter to Bush. I came…

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Bound by Katrina love

I sat next to a woman on the plane who made me laugh out loud – she said her grandmother lived four houses from the breach in the levee and that when they went to see the house afterwards, it had spray painted across the front – NO REPTILES FOUND. Thank god for that, she said. Her grandmother, who was 95 when we all evacuated, said after a few weeks, “Well, I guess I’ve got…

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Attitude on dating is all about the last date

From one who knows, she says how you feel about dating is based on the last date. Same with confidence – except I think you can fake it till you make it with the confidence part – let’s say your last experience (of anything) goes awry – just tell yourself this time it will be different – it forces positive change – because if you have doubt, you will invite a lack of confidence, if…

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A salon dahling

Was at some friends house across the bayou and what a lovely house filled with all the things unique to them both – other friends from the neighborhood were there and it was good to see them and meet two new neighbors – one who just dug a pool, the other who just remodelled a house on the bayou too. The conversation was really interesting – smart people talking about interesting things – I like…

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