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If you haven't seen this riveting 80s-throwback video , you've been missing out. Luckily, the Hominid provides for his people. His ...

I teach a course titled "CNN English"-- the kind of title that will make any veteran English teacher here cringe. The course, bas...

A link at the Marmot's place led me to this article about the Chinese government's forced relocation of 250,000 Tibetans , which the...

Sarkozy croit qu'il a déjà gagné: vrai Publiquement, il a toujours affirmé qu'il se retrouverait au second tour face à Ségolène Roya...

I occasionally order Japanese-style food* from a chain called Kobako. The food is generally decent, but it's almost impossible to order...

For those of you thinking about working about working in Korea, please check out this website run by Dave Restohof . As his site, Restohof ...

Sarkozy est inculte: faux Jusqu'à présent, on l'avait surtout entendu réciter par coeur des chansons françaises - il est incollable ...

A largely substance-free but nevertheless interesting video interview with "presidential maybe" Fred Thompson . The man leaves a ...

An interesting article on L'Express en ligne , the online version of the weekly L'Express magazine (think of it as a French Newsweek...

I walked into my dormitory a bit late this evening and spied an envelope jutting out of the slot of my mailbox. I plucked out the envelope ...

Justin's always got something cool going on at Cosmic Buddha. 1. What do you do when someone offers you a little girl to have as your ...

With about 85% participation in the vote, a most un cynical French populace went to the booths and voted in conservative Nicolas Sarkozy by...

The French are voting in record numbers (article in French), so yes, they take their country's fate very seriously. At the time the art...

WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS! PLEASE READ THIS REVIEW ONLY AFTER YOU SEE THE MOVIE! Yesterday, I went to an 11:40pm viewing of "Spider-...

[NB: "Bis" means "again."] It's Sunday, and the French vote for their the new président(e) de la République today....

My buddy Mike at Naked Villainy has posted an interesting piece on " London tarts ." Mike excerpts from an old, 1790 edition of a...

The Smoo gym is closed today. I found this out around 1:30pm when I trundled on over to campus for my workout. I have a slip of paper list...

Academic scandal ! Woo-hoo! _

Robert Koehler recently blogged about the bizarre case of Judge Roy L. Pearson versus the Chung family. Judge Pearson is suing the Chungs,...