Got this in my email…Skillful Methods is a record label that makes music that has “a social and spiritual awareness,” and that “stays true to the highest creative musical standards.” We are using music to connect with a wide range of people who are making a difference in…
You can probably tell which couple I “ship” for Avatar: the Last Airbender. But that’s not the important thing. The important thing is that last Saturday, The Last Airbender totally ruled the Razzies, winning five awards, including worst picture, worst director, and worst screenplay. Worst screenplay indeed: Princess…
This is a crossover I never thought I’d see: Tiger Parenting and zombies. Yup, that’s right. Tiger Parenting and zombies. Over at Wired.com, Roger Ma has written a persuasive article on the benefits of Tiger Parenting in the case of a zombie apocalypse. According to Ma, Tiger Parenting…
The first time I heard about Cassandra Cain, I had no idea that she was Asian American. I only knew that she had had a run as Batgirl, and that I should check out the issues featuring her. So imagine my surprise when she made a cameo in…
I stumbled across this on the Disgrasion blog. The man in that picture is Onra (real name Arnaud Bernard), a half French, half Vietnamese hip hop beatmaker. I knew nothing about him until today–but what I’ve discovered, I’ve really liked. In 2006, Onra went to Vietnam to visit…
My dad walked up to me yesterday as I was teaching piano and laid a book down in front of me. “These are your roots,” he told me. I could barely get through the last fifteen minutes of the lesson; I wanted to pick that book up right…