For those that think that white folks can’t dance check the Evolution of Dance by comedian Judson Laipply, a white guy. In a six minute clip Judson dances up a storm starting off immitating classic Elvis moves, followed by Chubby Checker’s twist, and all the way through to Jay-Z’s Dirt off your shoulder. [...]
Discovery News is reporting that “that grown-ups are more immature than ever.” You might think that these immature grownup are the twenty and early thirty sometimes that live at home with their parents and play video games during their free time. But don’t blame video games for this generation’s immaturity level, blame education. [...]
In Collapse Jared Diamond asks, “What did the Easter Island who cut down the last palm tree say while he was doing it?†This always seemed like a interesting and legitimate question but maybe the last tree wasn’t cut down… I found a fascinating story via BoingBoing that tells of the fate of [...]
I recently discovered the music of Alizee. I went to iTunes but couldn’t find her music there (at least in the American version) but I found more videos at here. There is an English version of Jen Ai Marre. I think Alizee sounds better in French. I mean when she sings [...]
As a non French speaker, I just discovered the Alizee. In my naivete of French music I innocently compare Alizee to Britney Spears circa Opps! I did it again. Both Britney are Alizee are from the south of there perspective countries except that the south of France conjures images on refined taste and [...]
There are reports that al-Zarqawi could have been taken out a several times before but the President Bush did not the opportunity. I just can’t understand why President Bush, a trigger happy war hawk president, would hesitate to apprehend a ‘terrorist,’ and I quote the word terrorist because not bring a criminal to [...]
The United States finally bagged, as in body bagged, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. al-Zarqawi was the al-Qaida mastermind in Iraq. The death of al-Zarqawi does not by any measure mean the end of al-Qaida’s reign of terror in Iraq but it does signify a major victory for the American forces in Iraq.
al-Zarqawi was taken [...]
Iraq is not the only country marred by chaos, violence, and upheaval. This week the award for War of the Week goes to Timor Leste. Timor Leste, or East Timor, is a small island nation east of Indonesia. Timor Leste was a Portuguese colony from the 16th century until 1975. In [...]
Africa is the dark continent. I recently saw a night satellite image of the world and could not believe how dark Africa is. The United States, Europe, and Japan are the most lit. Eastern China, Indian, and Indonesia also glow in the satellite image but Africa, for the most part, is a [...]
I’m reading The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman. Well, I am actually hearing it during my commute since I bought the audio version. The premise in The World is Flat is that the playing field is being leveled in business, education, technology, etc. Now because globalization and a broadband connection smart [...]