Archive for October, 2008
Kim Jong-il is sick and so am I.
Mr. Kim may be ailing, in hospital, and could have suffered a stroke in August. With Castro relinquishing control of Cuba to his brother, it appears this generation of dictators are facing something an oppressive regime can’t control: old age.
In my old age of 26, I am sick as well, not with the cold or [...]
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Tags: fort greene, irksome, korea, strangers
My friend Michelle just sent this through to her Asian friends… and I just laughed/cried at my desk for a bit. I wish my mom were a FOB. She may not speak the sublimely butchered English of some of these featured moms but she certainly does send me emails with crazy advice and confusing logic.
Sample [...]
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Tags: engrish, family
Costume ideas.
I’ve developed a peculiar dread of the holiday known as Halloween. A few years ago I went out three nights in a row with three different costumes, and ever since I’ve been convinced it’s an overblown evening that ends up being a source of stress more than fun. Nothing will ever compare to the epic [...]
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Tags: art, irksome, japanese, malaise, pandas
Ugh. China, why must you continue to make negative headlines.
Stop spying on everyone!
A group of Canadian human-rights activists and computer security researchers has discovered a huge surveillance system in China that monitors and archives certain Internet text conversations that include politically charged words.
Researchers in China have estimated that 30,000 or more “Internet police” monitor online [...]
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Tags: china, controversy, irksome, politics
