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A Reflection Post – Asking the Right Questions

Sami — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:02:27 +0000

I was having a drink some few weeks ago and started a conversation with a rather pretentious obnoxious fella. I’m not good with judging characters upon a first impression so I always try to give someone few meetings before I make a final call. I’m generous with my time. I’m sure I’ll talk to this [...]

My 15 FANTASTIC minutes with #theKindnessCab & Leon Logothetis

Sami — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:44:07 +0000

Sunday night was spent watching Breakfast at Tiffany’s since “people don’t belong to people” kept popping in my thoughts. As I’m watching it and checking my twitter feed (because we can’t do one thing only, anymore) something came up. I saw a tweet that said “this is so cool #thekindnesscab & Leon Logothetis will be [...]

Summer Lovin’, Havin’ a Blast…

Sami — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:00:33 +0000

We interrupt Sami’s regular blogging schedule to bring you a 20SB Blog Swap. So… hi! I’m Lacey from Perks of Being a JAP and I’ll be your host today. The topic for this round of blog swapping is “summer”. When I asked Sami what he’d be writing about, he wrote something about summer reflections… [...]

Tired of getting caught up in mass Facebook messages? I have a solution for you!

Sami — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:11:06 +0000

Let’s face it, we love how easily you can chose “reply” versus “reply all” when replying to an email. So why did Facebook make it so hard for us to chose one of the two? Countless times I get caught up in the spiderwebs of mass Facebook messages that I know I’m not interested in [...]

Saving the World, One Language at a Time.

Sami — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:34:30 +0000

Last week I had the pleasure of contributing to the 3Six5 project. If you haven’t already, you should check it out. It’s a great concept. Below is my entry. I wish I would stop worrying about the day that I’ll forget and leave the house without hair product. I wish that I could be in [...]

I Write Like and LibraryThing. Tools to Find your Next Read!

Sami — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:46:22 +0000

So it goes again. I am done reading the last book I have picked up and I find myself wondering, dreaming, fantasizing about the next book to read. Will it make me laugh? Smile? Angry? Optimistic? I Still, I think Skinny Legs and All, by the same author of Jitterbug, is one of the best [...]

Romeo and Juliet at The Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Sami — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:01:53 +0000

Sitting at the gallery section of the theater. I look down and I say goodbye. Goodbye to the men in suits that would come wearing their best. The ones you imagine would have dry martinis and go to shoe shine shops. Goodbye to the lovely women in their pretty dresses and ironed skirts. Goodbye to [...]

My Picks for The 46th Chicago International Film Festival

Sami — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:32:33 +0000

I LOVE MOVIES! Yes, I screamed the above line. Any one that knows me knows that every year I await the Chicago International Film Festival like a lover awaiting the return of their loved one from war. I count the days, wonder what films will be screened that year, what countries are they from, how [...]

Smart People Read

Sami — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:31:00 +0000

I came to the United States in the summer of 2000. It was an exciting time, with the little English I knew, I managed to say things like “I am going to America!” or “When I go to America I want CD player”. Most of my accent is gone now so when I make a [...]

So…what IS #ShakespeareSaturday?

Sami — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:50:46 +0000

What is #ShakespeareSaturday? I get asked that more times than any other hashtag I use on twitter. I’ve always thought about writing a post to answer the question but a reply tweet seemed to do the trick. However, I think it’s time I write something more detailed than below or my previous post: #ShakespeareSaturday is [...]