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Strangeness in Taiwan: Installment #1
On the phone with an advertiser: “Hey girl, that’s great you’re going on vacation! Where are you going?” “I’m going to Taiwan for a week or–” “TAIWAN? Oh I’m so jealous. I looove Thai food. Oh my god, you’re gonna love it there”
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4 Realz in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Duty Now For the Future!
If you thought McCain won the debate yesterday I have news for you. You’re NUTS! Check it out, DEVO’s gone back to their hometown of Akron, OH, to give back to the community — by promoting Obama. So they’re geeky artrockers and patriotic too. Dreamyness. DEVO … sprang from Akron in the 1970s at a… Read more »
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egad! the swiss serve "moi"
i made a delightful discovery at my hotel in switzerland — they serve moi! moi is a taiwanese rice porridge meal (usually breakfast i think) that’s accompanied by a colorful array of smaller dishes. the dishes are always different, but some staples are soy/gluten, pickled bamboo, dried pork, black duck eggs, dried fish, and many… Read more »
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Election Fever's in the Coffee
Even the office admin people are getting into this. Check out these coffee pods. Word is that Obama’s carton already had to be refilled… Not many takers on McCain apparently.
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McCain Gets Flak For Being Old, Short & Mean
Look at Slate.com‘s headline and the accompanying picture: I watched the debate by myself, so I had a field day this morning reading what people’s reactions were. Apparently it was a snoozer and McCain came across like an old man, stiff in the limbs and awkward, while Obama was graceful and fluid, according to media… Read more »
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SPX Convention in Bethesda, MD
The Small Press Expo was fantastically cool. Lots of punk, subversive text and graphics, and a lot of people wearing black. Of course, then I walked in carrying a Starbucks cup with its glowing green straw :O The whole graphic novel and comics scene is kind of foreign to me, but the self-publishing, DIY zine,… Read more »
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Crafty Bastards Sept. 2008!
I have some time on my hands, so here are some long overdue photos of things I’ve hyped recently. Crafty Bastards was a blast… no surprise there. I woke up around 6am, a smidge glum from the darkness outside. But once there, it was all excitement. Art and artists everywhere hauling their goods, my coworkers… Read more »
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mousybabe goes to london
little did suz know, i DID watch the VP debates from london! …albeit half asleep. woke up randomly at 2:30am UK time, and in spite of my sleepy stupor, couldn’t fight the temptation to flip on BBC and catch a glimpse of the train wreck. a personal fave of mine was the good governor’s evasion… Read more »
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'Palin Delivers.' Really though?
i can’t wait to realize that this nightmare of an election is just one big social experiment to see if an American democracy can put a vapid robot in office. I thought Biden took over the election with his debate performance, hands down. I felt exhilarated. And yet the post-debate recaps on the Post are… Read more »