darlie
I was looking for toothpaste in taipei, and I laughed as soon as I saw this. 黑人 means “black man” — and I like how the english translation is just a shade off of ‘darkie’. Not in Canada, indeed.
stormtrooper in tokyo
this is way too funny… a blog chronicling jaunts through tokyo dressed as a stormtrooper (with videos too!) “Even a Stormtrooper needs some grub from time to time and what better than a bowl of Ramen (noodles). Eating in the armor can be a bit tough but if you can find a place with stools instead of chairs then you … Read More
did I just hear that right?
Jeffrey Sachs, who works on economics and poverty reduction (whose writing had largely influenced my decision to law school), just said on radioeconomics.com that one ‘technological solution’ to address climate change from atmospheric carbon dioxide is capturing CO2 from coal-burning plants and pumping it to a safe-place underground so that it doesn’t affect the atmosphere. wtf!
yasukuni again
ok, I’ve been trying to stay neutral in this whole japan-china national sentiment thing, but the japanese foreign minister saying the emperor should visit the yasukuni shrine is just ridiculous. I don’t get how the Japanese government still can’t see this has a giant PR disaster.
these are the people in your neighbourhood…
mount royal: it’s funny how 34% having english as a mother tongue constitutes a “large anglophone population”. 45% are immigrants. most probably a sure liberal riding again — guess Cotler’s office at the law faculty will remain empty… (cool, I didn’t know he helped start up project genesis)
frictionless surfaces
not just an exercise in physics… so the other day it was freakout everything covered in sheets of ice. but I, taking the metro, had no problems getting to school, much to the amazement of anyone I ran into there (I’m still making my way around town with a cane, which everyone loves btw). all to say, it was rather … Read More
sergent recruteur
just came back from a great dimanche du conte — québécois storytelling in a nice little bar. to be able to tell a story over two hours is quite the skill indeed… I’m going to try to go more often — an interesting way for me to improve my french listening, as opposed to the mainly academic french in class. … Read More
afghan parliament
A female MP, Malalai Joya, who had the temerity to rail against the ‘criminal warlords’ in the assembly, has received death threats. Two elected candidates were murdered before the parliament convened. Last month, the government wisely suspended what had become known as the ‘assassination clause’, which decreed that MPs who die in office should be replaced by the candidate who … Read More
an early day
I don’t feel jetlagged, but my propensity to get up at 3 am would suggest otherwise. In my defense, I fell asleep early last night watching the federal election (english) debates. The french debate is tonight. I’ll probably fall asleep again.