- contains loads of fiber, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, and it's gluten free!
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Food of the Incas
- contains loads of fiber, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, and it's gluten free!
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Penny Wong
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
All look same?
Thursday, November 15, 2007
And the stars look very different today...
of my favorites. Above you see Yi So-Yeon and Ko San from South Korea. Below is Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor - Malaysia's first rocketman.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Who needs Second Life? Get a Real Life!!
In my "first life" I was born a bi-sexual boy into a poor family in China, but studied hard and became an entertainment technician in Guangzhou. Saved up my money and immigrated to Overland Park, Kansas where I landed a sweet job as a lab technician. Retired in Scottsdale, but got bored and moved to Mexico where I had an affair with a hot construction worker 20 years my junior. I died at 80 from diabetes. My next life I was born a girl in northern Kenya - I died at 2 years old from malaria.
Recently I was born into a struggling working-class family in Slovenia but I noticed that compared to the rest of the world we were incredibly rich. After I got a job, we became upper-middle class and our economic level compared to the rest of the world was completely off the chart. Makes you truly appreciate your privilege and gives you the realization that life can turn out billions of different ways.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Hakodate 函館
Friday, October 26, 2007
New Hero: Rod Serling
Writer and narrator of The Twilight Zone was apparently an anti-censorship and anti-corporate rebel of sorts. Check out his interview by a handsome (who knew?!) Mike Wallace in 1959 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ8dTT2BRp4). You should see it if only to watch how many cigarettes they fucking smoke! My favorite part is where Rod describes how some wacko fundamentalists pressured his sponsor to censor a Lassie episode he wrote where Lassie has puppies. The fundies couldn't handle the suggestion that animals have sex!! I'm well impressed by how articulate he is and the fact that capitalistic control of creativity was so openly discussed in mainstream media back then. Unfortunately it makes me feel that things never change... Who is the Rod of the 2000's? Hao Wu?
Friday, October 19, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Cartagena, Colombia
Monday, October 8, 2007
秋
Friday, October 5, 2007
Do you see any students in this picture?
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Where th'... part ??
Thursday, August 16, 2007
War is cute
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Mangosteeeeen!
Friday, July 13, 2007
Death visits the garden
Monday, July 9, 2007
Cool Asian Art
Monday, June 25, 2007
FREE BEER!!
Saturday, June 23, 2007
夏至 Summer Solstice
At 8:00pm we turned off our computers, lights, fan, dishwasher, and stereo. Then, with windows open and 5 candles lit, we sat on the tatami and enjoyed the peace and quiet. The point was to detach from "civilization" for two hours and to think about the world as one place, but we actually just fell asleep. I must say it was nice not to have the temptation of the Internet constantly beckoning for attention.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Friday, June 15, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
Poopy Picker
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Working hard and slacking off... is there something I'm missing?
Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they're doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out.
You're curious, smart, and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go.
This artist/physicist (Randall Munroe) has created some laugh-out-loud classics - especially appreciated by computer nerds (Shinichi), scientists (Phil), and even wannabes like me and Cinny. If Navajo code talkers, the internets, and captioned cat pictures tickle you in the right spot, then go to:
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Liberator or thug?
With all of the propaganda and misinformation being beamed at us constantly, it's easy to think everything is in black and white. The situation in Venezuela seems to be the rich vs. the poor or freedom against tyranny (depending on whose side you are on). However, if you do a bit of research, you'll find a myriad of opinions and differnet ways of perceiving the situation. In Venezuela there are other forces at work besides the wealthy elites and the teeming Chavistas.
Lots of discussion on BoingBoing: http:http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/28/venezuelan_media_cra.html//
The Mefites have something to say as well: http://www.metafilter.com/61570/Venezuela-replaces-opposition-TV-with-state-network