Monday, April 15, 2013

Frivolous stuff, and serious stuff...

50,000 and still going...


OK, going by so many other blogs, it's no big deal. But I still like that number!

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50 million and still going...


http://news.insing.com/tabloid/psy-gentleman-video-youtube-records/id-7f723f00

(The YouTube video is in the link above. I don't think it's as infectious as Gangnam Style, though.)

Did you know that Psy had a working title (for what eventually became Gentleman) which he wisely discarded?...


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Warnings from the walking dead

Next, something that's not frivolous at all. Indeed, this Bloomberg article below (ST, April 15) is dead serious. It's about zombies. No, it's not. It's about gun control. No, again, it's not. It's about how we -- the baby boomers who "run the show" -- are messing up. The writer refers to America but it seems to have a universal context...



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North Korea: It's Monday, and all quiet on the DMZ, but...


This article (ST, April 15) is written by someone who seems to have a better grasp of the subject that most commentators on North Korea. The paragraphs below give the crux of how the regime actually ticks...



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Why you should never talk about your 'forefathers'...

Finally, I've always ribbed people who. in conversation, bandy the word "forefathers". Get Fuzzy creator Darby Conley seems to be infected with my kind of humour!...


...Which brings me to wrap up with this "Hokkienism" footnote:

You've heard of "Lim Peh" but never, ever, "Lim Boo", right?

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