Stuff People Ingest Voluntarily episode 31
Before you start accusing us of focusing on the poor, fading laundry as part of our own Antonioni scheme to sabotage the world’s image of an entire nation, let us be clear: we are more interested in the one small bright square so carefully preserved like some tiny peep...
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The Nanjing Galaxy Yacht Club floats securely in the yellowish, turbid water of the Yangtze River. The neighborhood - in the northwest of the city, far from the Ming Dynasty wall - is mostly industrial. Not far upstream is the famous Yangtze River Bridge, a dark, ominous shape stretching across the water....
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The niu year has now passed. While it may be inauspicious to go digging up old news and past grudges, a quick rummaging through our archives has revealed a few loose tigers, so to speak, which deserve a bit of the spotlight on this festive day. And perhaps they can help us...
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Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 68
In the dark corner of a far away forlorn church stand these three forgotten souls. Bruised, dirty, chipped and abandoned they doze like wallflowers in the shadows as patrons play hooky for every reason but lack of sin.
In their bright vestments creased with dust the...
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May 20, 2008 - Yichang, China
"Dazed morning at the primary school, raspy voice trying to read a book about butterflies over the constant murmurs of the students. One of my students, the one with the possessed eyes, has now given me a little 'present' - twice now. Actually, today before class...
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No, the four different bread products aligned so neatly on the plate is no mistake. That - along with a cup of lukewarm tea and some soft cheese - is what you eat for breakfast after a night on a rickety train sailing south into Upper Egypt. That is all a stomach...
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(Flexing teenager on his snowmobile speaking to another teenager): “Hey Bobby, got tickets?.. To the Gun Show!”
Bobby: “You Betcha! See you in the gym.”
“Fun for everyone.” This ad was printed on the front page of the Sunday edition of Alaska’s largest newspaper, the Anchorage Daily News:
At least they’re encouraging the kids to read.
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They came over the hills and to a crossroads. It was hot, dry farmland, with vineyards and sunflowers spreading out every direction. The pilgrims carried mochilas on their sweating backs, and were tired from travel. They were also a little dazed from the Spanish sun.
At the crossroads they paused and considered....
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