Monthly Archives: May 2009

Laura Ling and Euna Lee Candlelight Vigils

Thanks to aznheartthrob from BcB who sent this link.  They are holding vigils across the country for Laura Ling and Euna Lee.  If you want to participate, you can check their Facebook page.  Copied from their Facebook page are the … Continue reading

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Daddies Who Become HouseDaddies

The latest blog post at RiceDaddies from Daddy in a Strange Land talks about Secret Identities and the promotional events in LA.  Check it out here.  As I mentioned a couple days ago, I have a podcast coming up with … Continue reading

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Why it's important to watch movies and TV

I watch communitychannel (Natalie Tran) on YouTube from time to time. ALL of her stuff is funny (“It’s porno music slash comments time”), but this one was f$%ing hilarious. I remember one message board battle I had last year where … Continue reading

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Gingrich calls Sotomayor "racist"

See CNN story here. When are these Repubs going to realize how pointless their accusations are?  107 of 111 Supreme Court justices have been White men.  43 of 44 U.S. Presidents have been White men.  The vast majority of Fortune … Continue reading

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Medium to Enter TV Heaven

(pic from here) Alas, the greatest TV show ever written will end next Monday.  I learned this last night when I saw the preview for next week’s finale.  According to one source, CBS may pick it up after NBC dumps … Continue reading

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Obama Nominates Hispanic American Supreme Court Justice

President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayer to the U.S. Supreme Court.  She would be the first Hispanic American Supreme Court Justice ever, and she would be the third female justice, after Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O’Connor.

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Podcast: Interracial Relationships and the Gender Divide, Asian American Female Perspective

C-Bruhs (BicoastalBitchin), Eva (Blake and Micah podcast), and Sylvie (Antisocial Ladder) recorded an all-female podcast yesterday.  It’s the third in an ongoing series about Asian American Interracial Relationships and the Gender Divide that we started last year on the first … Continue reading

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PostSecret for Asian Americans

(pic from here) Caught news of a new site called PostMimi at Slant Eye for the Round Eye. It’s a PostSecret-style blog, where the author Karen encourages Asian Americans to e-mail or mail their secrets to her. I like the … Continue reading

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Lyoto Machida, Newest UFC Champion!

(pic from here) Lyoto Machida’s second round knockout of Rashad Evans was the best fight I’ve seen. Not only did he take out an accomplished fighter at the top of his game, he also took him out using some highly … Continue reading

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Data: Then and Now

I was planning to take a break for the long weekend, but I saw this on Angry Asian Man.  Empire Magazine put together a Goonies reunion 20 years after the movie.  You can see their “Then and Now” feature here.  … Continue reading

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