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Category Archives: World at large
Take the ‘virtual’ out of ‘virtual strip search’ this travel season
I’ve been concerned about the new Transportation Security Administration screening procedures and many passengers’ reactions. I’m disheartened by the negativity of some of the responses. “Don’t touch my junk” has become this year’s “Don’t tase me, bro.” What has become … Continue reading
In defense of the vuvuzelas — aka those annoying World Cup horns
When I lived in Georgia in the ’90s, we would joke that everyone who visited the state was given a copy of “Gone With the Wind” because the film was a frequent, yet incomplete, base of reference for Southern culture … Continue reading
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Tagged football, Horn of Victory, horns, soccer, vuvuzela
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The snacks of our grandparents
While walking down the snack aisle of a local discount drug store today, I passed by tall, pink tins of Almond Roca. Thinking of those toffee candies wrapped in chopped almonds took me on a journey back to my grandparents’ … Continue reading
Cold snap may turn City Plaza fountain into skating rink
With overnight temperatures in Chico dropping into the low-20s, the fountain in City Plaza may be turning into an accidental skating rink after the sun sets. During the summer, the fountain is a ground-level delight for children and adults to … Continue reading
Get ready for 09-09-09
Remember how people made a huge deal out of 07-07-07? And then, a year, a month and a day later, when 08-08-08 was a hullabaloo? Today is the next day in the sequence, and I wonder if people will mark … Continue reading
The disharmony of Feng Shui wasabi peanuts
Alternative title: Consumer Culture Confusion I was browsing the snack section at a 7-Eleven in Colorado Springs when my eyes fell upon a product called Feng Shui wasabi peanuts. There’s something a little … off about this product, and it … Continue reading
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Tagged 7-Eleven, Chinese, Colorado, feng shui, Japanese, peanuts, wasabi
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For want of spite, Twitter was lost
Less than a day after the microblogging Web site Twitter was briefly knocked offline and social Web site Facebook was hampered, a picture of what happened began to develop and who was targeted. Instead of some sort of corporate or … Continue reading
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Tagged cyberterrorism, denial of service, Facebook, Internet, outages, Twitter
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The curry test
I was camping last weekend when my group decided to duck into a local market for some ice. While they went to make their purchase, I walked around and decided to look for some curry sauce mix. I wasn’t planning … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian food, curry, food, S&B, shopping, tests
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Tennis grunting and you
Much has been made of professional tennis players who grunt or otherwise emit loud noises as they swing at the tennis ball. BBC News did a large piece on it in late June. About 10 days later, ABC News did … Continue reading
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Tagged grunt, noises, Oasis, table tennis, tennis
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Farewell, Utah liquor law that never directly affected me
This is going to be a weird post because it’s about a liquor law from my homestate of Utah that I never really ran into, but I could have — before today. In the past, bars were “private clubs” where … Continue reading