MeFi comment:
"Um, that Spielberg story is from February. And he wasn't the "Artistic Director" - he was an adviser, except that he never actually took up his post. Meanwhile, perhaps we could include some more balanced commentary from here: Council on..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by yeloson, Sangermaine, magstheaxe, ~, e-state 4.0, kev23f
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Oh yeah, and "colonize"? They are actually sending boats full of Chinese people to claim African territory, carve out some farmland from the jungle, raise a red flag up over the farmland, and proclaim a commemorative holiday?
Having read..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sourwookie
4 days ago
Ask comment:
"I don't know why it has to be something crazy but...
You could always do the 88 temple pilgrimage on Shikoku. An acquaintance of mine did it and said he had a wonderful time - people he met on his path were very supportive and overall the entire..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by fredoliveira, spec80
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Am I going mad or is that a big band arrangement of the 1984 UK hit Two Tribes by popular New Wave combo, Frankie Goes To Hollywood playing in the background of the tuba video?
Nope, you're not going mad - that's indeed what it is. I was wondering..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by limeonaire, xchmp
11 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Well, in the case of the feet, I've seen that story on a few places on the web, so it seems to be getting some cross-national attention. For the boots story, I thought it was a bit parochial, but I still clicked through most of the links. I do..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by PeterMcDermott, Inspector.Gadget, misha, h00py
Last month
MeFi comment:
"During the recent earthquake, it was reported that 6,000 school buildings collapsed and untold number of school children perished. But at Zhengjia Haiyuan village only fifteen kilometers away from Beichuan, there was an excerption. On May 17, a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by RichardP
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Chinese sentiment as expressed on the Internet is pretty amazing at the moment - remember the Chinese wheelchair athlete in France who had the torch taken off her? She was portrayed as a hero in China - but she made a statement about how a boycott of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by extramundane
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Aside from the possiblities of dipping into a chord and fixing a bum note here and there, I think some of the more creative things that could happen might be like Photoshop filters(?). I envisage taking a recorded guitar part, and then you could wave..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by olya, Rock Steady
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Meanwhile, someone has gone through the torrent of all the bands playing at SXSW, and given each band and song a six word review. Some of them are quite funny...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sdodd
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
""World's best Chinese restaurant outside China"? That's a massive claim. How could anyone seriously say that? There'd be a few places in Malaysia or Singapore that would have something to say about that I'm sure...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by pravit, lalochezia
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Gold:"But like with anime, you have to be careful about how much you like Japan. If you know how to speak Japanese, you kind of ruin it for everyone else...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by thedaniel
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Language learning for migrants is a funny thing. I live in Hong Kong where the second-biggest group of expatriates (English, US, Australian, assorted Europeans) pretty much never bothers to learn Cantonese (there are some awesome exceptions) and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tellurian
5 months ago
