The Great Ganesha

[Originally on Blogcritics] Ever since I have known him, Shirzad has been involved in some kind of musical activity. From threatening blows to defend the Beatles’ early years in the fifth or sixth grade, to singing Herman’s Hermits’ ‘Leaning on a Lamp Post’ in the eighth-grade talent contest, to conducting his school-house choir singing Billy [...]

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[Originally on Blogcritics] So Nikhil left a comment on my post about Apu and the 7-Eleven/Kwik-E-Mart promotion. He said: I see your point about the negative stereotypes, but that’s the whole point isn’t it? Aren’t all the characters stereotypes? Yes, the accent is inaccurate, and the character is two-dimensional, but….it’s a cartoon (one of the [...]

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[Originally on Blogcritics] Seems like everywhere I look, people are talking about the 7-Elevens that are turning themselves into Kwik-E-Marts as a promotion for the upcoming Simpsons movie. Manish at Ultrabrown is far and above at the forefront of the opposition movement to this conversion. Kudos to him. I highly recommend you read what he’s [...]

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Today’s Times has an article on the whole Chinese bad-food-imports fiasco. But they’re saying that in terms of absolute number of stoppages, India tops the list. It seems we’re sending the US salmonella-infested peppercorns (and other spices). Methinks that India is sending several spices in small quantities (compared to the stuff coming in from China, [...]

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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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My buddy Nikhil over at The Simple Leaf just let me know that his company is now carbon-free. What does that mean? Well, for one thing, they offset all of their carbon emissions. But go over to the ‘carbon-free’ page on their website to find out more. And to see how you can help. Being [...]

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So it seems that there’s been a flurry of activity after the Google ‘Street View’ feature has come out. First off, we had a woman get frantic about the people circling her streets in vans while taking pictures of her cat. Sounds like 24? Well, think again. Here’s what she wrote to BoingBoing: I’m all [...]

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