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Once in a while, interesting experiences come close enough for us to grab and thus was the case when I got to go to Hong Kong and China in conjunction with work.  It was a trip like those that don't happen any longer because everything was deluxe and all meals were included. There are people in this world who have spent their lives building relationships and using their imaginations in places they have embraced like home.  They have forged relationships so strong and have taught others how to continue doing it and maybe they can even expand on it.  Pacific World, based in Shanghai but with offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, and many other large cities in Asia, can make not just make things happen, they can make it seem like magic has been performed.  Pacific World being able to make things be done is how our group was allowed to enter the Great Hall of the People across from Tianamen Square in Beijing.  The only way to get into this particular building -- built in...

Let's talk about that Super Bowl game of last week and get it out of the way.  Madonna was terrific.  I am not a fan of the old thing but she really put on an amazing show.   As fare as M.I.A. giving everyone the finger and dropping the "S" bomb, that person is known to be a classless lowlife.  The final play of the game where the Pats let the Giants score so they could have a 100-yard touchdown in the remaining seconds of play?  Bill B, big time coach-a-go-go, did this kind of thing a few years ago.  Had he succeeded, he'd have been the hero of the football universe.  This time, like that one, he didn't succeed and Tom Brady, husband of supermodel Giselle Bundchen (who dropped the "F" bomb when assaulted by sportswriters asking what happened), didn't get his fourth Super Bowl ring.  (For those who said, "Hey, she was going to watch that "Downton Abbey," wasn't she?  I did watch it and was able to switch back in time to see the Pa...

Super Bowl XLVI is today!  The biggest sporting event in the world!  Millions and millions and millions will be watching.  Want to get into a restaurant that's normally overrun?  Go!  Super Bowl empties it out!  Like going to a quiet, uncrowded movie theatre?  Go!  Super Bowl keeps it clear! Here is who watches the Super Bowl:  fans of American professional football, fans of the Patriots or fans of the Giants, fans of sporting events, fans of events, fans of celebrities that perform pre-game and halftime shows ( ancienne extraordinaire Madonna will be leaving the nursing home to show her muscle-chart body and shake something that could just snap off; will Kelly Clarkson remember the words to our national anthem or eff it up like Christina Aguilera did last year?), fans of television advertisements, fans of Tom Brady getting crushed like a bug, fans of Peyton Manning (whose brother is QB for the Giants so they are, therefore, fans of the Gi...