Yet Another Blight in the History of the Whites

Well, I was aware that due to the racism, it was customary in the 1950s and 1960s for white singers such as Pat Boone to perform covers of music originally created by black people. But I just discovered this, which takes it to a whole new level:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzY28Unb3v0

How dare that Chuck Berry plagiarize the Beach Boys! Oh wait, this came out 20 years earlier, which would mean that...

Sigh...yet another blight in history of the whites.

(at least Chuck Berry successfully sued them)

Sensible Priorities

Members of the US government have been hemming and hawing for months over whether to reform health care, but they seem unanimous that we all need faster Internet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/opinion/21sun1.html?hp

A Love Poem

Penned to one Courtney Swanson-Mellich:

Oh comely maiden
Fine and fair
A splendid jewel
How precious rare

Bubbly eyes
And lustrous hair
Your legs so smooth
Do you use Nair?

Like fire's her gaze
And ice her glare
At my heart strings
You gently tear

The misty air
Or a fragrant pear
Could ne'er compare
To the love we share

Potential Onion Article Headlines

It's no secret that I'm a great fan of The Onion. In fact, I've gone as far as trying to come up with my own potential Onion headlines:

Area Woman Not Just Another Pretty Face, Gorgeous Body, Incredible Hair, Stunning Curves

Nations Announce They're Tired of Providing Aid

Children These Days Don't Know How Hard They Have It

Personal Judgment Of Acquaintance Made Based On His Choice of Email Service Provider

All Forms Of Human Contact Being Saved For Marriage

5-Year-Old No Longer The Person He Was At 3

Things I Have Seen, Volume 2

A woman stooped over to wipe a dog's butt after it pooped.

(I'm sorry, but as far as I'm concerned, the moment you start wiping dogs' butts for them is when you officially relinquish your human being card.)

Things I Have Seen, Volume 1

A dog walking down the street on two legs - for over two minutes.

(After every ten steps or so, he would almost fall forward and put his front paws down, only to manage to pull himself upright again before he touched the ground. His owner strolled at a leisurely pace next to him, acting smugly oblivious to the fact of how well he had trained his little minion.)

Tip for Cooking Home Fries

A tip for making your home fries crispy on the outside while soft on the inside:

Before putting potatoes into the pan, first -

chop into chunks
lightly coat with olive oil
microwave for 5 minutes
freeze for 15

A New Facebook Application

I completed a couple test designs for a new Facebook application called "Actual Friends."

My new food pyramid

食物塔，余揚基版

Things Learned from Translating

My job as a translator can be rather dull at times, but every now and then I learn some interesting things. Today, I learned the following:

-Indonesia is home to one of the world's three major rainforests.
-Unfortunately, every year the rainforest is shrinking by a land area equivalent to two-thirds the size of Taiwan (36,000 km2, or 14,000 ft2).
-This trend is also threatening the orangutans which inhabit the forest.
-Some Taiwanese organizations are trying to help the problem by going there to set up conservation centers, which is great, but ummm...they claim the centers are going to:

'teach local residents that orangutans are a valuable asset...develop tourism...promote cultural events...use the internet, which transcends national boundaries, to bring the people of the world together as a force for benefiting the environment as well as our posterity.'

I really don't want to be too harsh on a organization that's trying to help the environment, but you'll have to pardon my cynicism if I find their goals a little naive, not to mention ethnocentric...