{"id":116,"date":"2008-04-11T16:31:29","date_gmt":"2008-04-11T16:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2008\/04\/friday-afternoon-wrap-up.html"},"modified":"2008-04-11T16:31:29","modified_gmt":"2008-04-11T16:31:29","slug":"friday-afternoon-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2008\/04\/friday-afternoon-wrap-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Friday Afternoon Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your brain is fried, you’ve tried meditating or working out at your desk<\/a> but it’s no use – the weekend looms like a beautiful giant rainbow of free time and you want out of the office. Stop straining and enjoy this Friday afternoon wrap-up:
\n1. China wants to have its torch and eat it too: George Packer<\/a> sums up the Olympic Torch protests with brevity. Best line:<\/p>\n

The most striking image from the protests has been the phalanx of stone-faced Chinese security men in blue track suits and tough-guy sunglasses running through the streets of Western cities alongside the Olympic torch as if it were a high-value Blackwater client.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2. Daydream about finding peace at a summer meditation retreat! Ethan handed out a list on Monday, but for our out-of-town IDP’ers here is info on east coast retreats: Karme Choling<\/a>, Insight Vipassana<\/a>, and some Zen stuff<\/a>. Feel free to comment with your own retreat ideas!
\n3. Sheldon Comics breaks down movie cowboys<\/a> by hat, here<\/a>.
\n4. Don’t be a noob and fall victim to the latest internet prank<\/a>.
\n-Stillman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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