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	<title>Jackie Bischof's Weblog</title>
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	<description>Ramblings from a Jo'burg journalist in New York</description>
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		<title>VOTE: Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman try South African accents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman, how do they fare?
We&#8217;ve seen some really bad attempts at South African accents over the last few years. My worst memory was Val Kilmer, pretending to be a South African artist in The Saint. Turning to his lady love in a flouncy shirt, he looks at her with great intensity [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaxbischof.wordpress.com&blog=1614704&post=538&subd=jaxbischof&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jaxbischof.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/vote-matt-damon-and-morgan-freeman-try-south-african-accents/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s an Interesting World: 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s an Interesting World: 2
My dahling friend James in Oz sent me this pic of  Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town, to which I replied: &#8220;I have no words,&#8221; to which he replied: &#8220;You have no idea how often I get that from chicks.&#8221;
Another thing that left me at a loss for words recently was a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaxbischof.wordpress.com&blog=1614704&post=533&subd=jaxbischof&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jaxbischof.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/its-an-interesting-world-2/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s an Interesting World: 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s a Interesting World&#8221; is my attempt to provide a coherent update on this blog every week. In the process of looking through various websites for research purposes, reading Twitter streams, following links on Facebook and then following those links to other links (etc, etc in an endless cycle of reading and attempting not to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaxbischof.wordpress.com&blog=1614704&post=512&subd=jaxbischof&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jaxbischof.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/its-an-interesting-world-1/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m in love with the Beast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always admired the balls (or literal lack thereof) of Tina Brown, former editor of The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and general all-round magazine queen. To the surprise of everyone in the print publishing world, she left news print last year to launch the online news aggregator The Daily Beast. No one thought she could [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaxbischof.wordpress.com&blog=1614704&post=502&subd=jaxbischof&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jaxbischof.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/im-in-love-with-the-beast/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve started a new blog!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a random fit of inspiration this afternoon (perhaps brought on by the terrible weather) I started a new blog. It&#8217;s different to this one in that it&#8217;s meant to be interactive, and its success depends on the participation and contributions of readers.
The design is very basic and pared down. It&#8217;s called &#8220;I Wish I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaxbischof.wordpress.com&blog=1614704&post=491&subd=jaxbischof&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jaxbischof.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/ive-started-a-new-blog/</link>
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		<title>The story of Astoria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Are all the girls from Queens as tough as you?&#8217; &#8216;The girls are.
The women will cut your liver when your head is turned and
polish it off with a nice chianti.&#8217;
&#8211; 2005 movie, &#8220;Love, Ludlow&#8221;
My new home, Astoria in Queens, is the most ethnically diverse place I’ve ever lived in! I’ve only been here a week [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaxbischof.wordpress.com&blog=1614704&post=475&subd=jaxbischof&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jaxbischof.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/the-story-of-astoria/</link>
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		<title>A vent on the (mis) treatment of children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What bothers me the most in this city &#8211; aside from the crazy people and the subway in the height of summer &#8211; is the way some parents treat their children. I can&#8217;t say it&#8217;s unique to New York City, that would be an awful generalization, but I&#8217;ve had many a chance to observe it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaxbischof.wordpress.com&blog=1614704&post=487&subd=jaxbischof&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jaxbischof.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/a-vent-on-the-mis-treatment-of-children/</link>
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		<title>A random day in the life of a Jozi girl in NYC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is how terribly exciting my life in New York City is &#8230; **
** this post mostly for the fam, who are probably the only people interested in my daily activities!!
First, I wake up and stream the Alex Lester show online (*sings*BBC RA-D-IOOOO TWWWWOOO). Lester&#8217;s show is my favorite thing to listen to in the morning, next to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaxbischof.wordpress.com&blog=1614704&post=453&subd=jaxbischof&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jaxbischof.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/a-random-day-in-the-life-of-a-jozi-girl-in-nyc/</link>
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		<title>What the world thinks of South African men</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In between tales of Confederate Cup games and rugby team excursions, World Cup preparations and political escapades, this story has reverberated through media in the U.S and the U.K.:
MRC: Quarter of men in South Africa admit rape
&#8220;One in four men in South Africa have admitted to rape and many confess to attacking more than one victim, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaxbischof.wordpress.com&blog=1614704&post=437&subd=jaxbischof&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jaxbischof.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/what-the-world-thinks-of-south-african-men/</link>
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		<title>Change is ridiculous</title>
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One day when I&#8217;m rich enough, I&#8217;ll live like this &#8230;


Why do I suddenly feel like I went to sleep at 18, and woke up seven years later an adult, my mind occupied by savings and debt and career moves and job opportunities?
Part of me longs for the days when my biggest distraction was music [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jaxbischof.wordpress.com&blog=1614704&post=429&subd=jaxbischof&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jaxbischof.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/change-is-ridiculous/</link>
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