Spotted on Facebook in Chinkypinky’s profile. It was funny enough that I did my own. BTW, given that half of my iTunes playlist is full of Cantopop and Mandopop songs that would take me ages to translate, I limited it to my huge collection of swing tracks. Which incidentally, makes it all the more funny [...]
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My deepest apologies. Yes it’s been a while since my last post and that’s simply down to the fact that I’ve been extraordinarily busy. Not just all the swing dance that’s been going on, but also juggling work, play, and a budding relationship too (no, I won’t go into that!). But in an effort to [...]
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They say Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. No, I’m not going mad about buffalos (although their steaks are nice, and Buffalo wings – which are made out of chickens, not buffalo, and are a specialty of Buffalo, NY – are also very nice). In fact, "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo [...]
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The BBC reports that the US has decided to bring its own food to the Olympics, thereby turning down the biggest Chinese Takeaway in Beijing for a very long time. Understandable in many ways, an athlete has to be confident that s/he is getting all the right nutrients. After all, that’s what all those dieticians [...]
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Ah, we hear about all the rivalry and competitiveness between different colleges and universities. But credit to Yale in 2005 for their inventiveness, as Wikipedia’s entry reports. Michael Kai and David Aulicino, two Yale students from the Class of 2005, created and coordinated the plan. Disguised as the "Harvard Pep Squad," they and twenty classmates [...]
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