The Great Ganesha

I blogged about Tintin earlier, when someone from Moldova dropped by the blog. Moldova was once a part of Moldavia, on which Herg? based the fictitious nation of Syldavia (from The Calculus Affair, amongst others). This time, it’s less a case of life meeting comic-book art, than a case of virtual life meeting comic- book [...]

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In following with the stereotypical British fascination for the morbid, the latest Economist reports on a cadaverous Chinese tradition: Chinese tradition demands that husbands and wives always share a grave. Sometimes, when a man died unmarried, his parents would procure the body of a woman, hold a ?wedding? and bury the couple together. The custom [...]

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The people at Improv Everywhere describe themselves as causing “scenes of chaos and joy in public places” by executing “over 60 missions involving hundreds of undercover agents.” Their last mission: Raising awareness of The Redhead Experience. Redheads, they say, make up less than 1% of the world population and “Agent McCarthy” suggested, “What would it [...]

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If you’re single, and have an iPhone, then there’s hope for you. You can go on an iDate. What’s that, you ask? It’s speed-dating with a techno-twist. You mingle over drinks, you speed-date and then, in an election-booth like enclosed area, you elect your President-to-be at the after-party (and this party definitely surpasses the two-party [...]

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Soapstone Marge In the wake of all the brouhaha about the 7-Eleven/Kwik-E-Mart promotion, I thought this would perhaps -er- wash some of the stains left by the show and 7-Eleven, and lighten the mood a little. Although most of them in the remote village of Tabaka in Kisii have never watched the animated TV show, [...]

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Picture Source In 2001, in Nepal, a four year-old, Preeti Shakya, was chosen to be a ‘Living Goddess‘ (or the “Royal Kumari” of Kathmandu), to be worshipped and adored by millions of Hindus and Buddhists. Well, that is until she hit puberty, at which point she would lose goddess status and come back down to [...]

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Nirali Magazine recently published an interview with Chef Manju Malhi who’s planning on bringing British food to India. When I read it I had a vision. It went something like this…

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The Moor’s Last Sigh: ‘Twas not meant to be… ‘Tis a sad, sad day here at The Great Ganesha. So sad in fact, that we are declaring tomorrow to be a National Holiday (at least in the US) and we all hope you follow suit. It came as a shock to us all. Like a [...]

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So this morning, I receive an email that starts off something like this: *GOOD DAY,* ** *LET ME FIRST INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU.I AM MR. LUCAS GOMEZ, AN INTERNATIONAL FOREIGN FINANCIAL PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO THE LATE NIGERIAN FIRST LADY. CHIEF MRS STELLA OBASANJO, MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE. ON THAT HER LAST STRIP (sic) [...]

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Local readers and jazz-lovers should get a kick out of this one. On the corner of Fillmore and Eddy Streets, right here in San Francisco, is the Church of Saint John Will-I-Am Coltrane. Yes, it’s the same John Coltrane who was married to Alice, sired Ravi and played with such jazz luminaries as Thelonious Monk [...]

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