Undead Astronauts

ah muslims… i know it’s crass to take pleasure in laughing at and denigrating other ppl’s culture or religion b/c i know it can so easily go both ways at the extremes. but sometimes things break through, if this is indeed not a joke. (and no, i’m not jumping on a bandwagon just b/c some muslims want to put a community center/mosque near ground zero. i have no dog in that fight.)

recently, there was a fatwa issued by a sheik in the saudi justice ministry that concerned women breastfeeding grown men. b/c of strict rules governing interaction between men and women, an adopted son was not allowed to be in the same room alone with his mother. he was adopted after growing too old for breastfeeding, which is the only exception by which a grown man can be in private w/ a woman.

other inconveniences would include a grown man who was hired to do some continuing housework in an occupied house. his presence would necessitate all the females vacate the house if no male family member was home.

so in apparent response to these problems, the sheik’s fatwa allowed the women of the household to breastfeed the grown, unrelated man so that he could be in their presence without them fleeing the home.

hmm.

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The Guild is a comedy web series about a group of online gamers, and how they interact online.

Here is a Bollywood style vid.

For the fun.

Charice Pempengco is an 18 year old Filipina singer who is joining the cast of Glee. She basically became famous a few years back for being a short, young girl with an amazing singing voice. Recently, she’s made some headlines because she has opted to have Botox treatments in preparation for her Glee performances. The official explanation is that it is to relieve pain(???), but the general sentiment is that it was done for aesthetic reasons, i.e. to make her round face a bit less round.
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In a past life, Skybird X was all about Asian and Asian American media. I still follow the scenes somewhat, but there’s only so much you can do to stay engaged when you’re in the Deep South. I caught a bit of a sketch collaboration among NigaHiga, Kevjumba and the Poreotics. I have to say I’m really impressed with all three and what they do creatively, it’s kinda inspiring in my opinion. (more…)