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And You Thought Today Was Bad

I once had a coworker that never actually read any books. She did, however, always read the NYT book review section before all social engagements, so that she’d be prepared to converse semi-knowledgeably about the newly released texts creating conversation among reader folks (aka pathologically pretended to be reader folk). I’ve always found this trick to be pretty abhorrent–HOWEVER, we all have our bad days. So I’m gonna hop on the hypocrisy train for just a minute!

Soooooooooo… I haven’t actually read physicist/string field theorist Michio Kaku‘s book, Physics of the Future, which pulls together conclusions about what the world will be like in a century based on interviews with 300 of the world’s top scientists. And maybe that’s a good thing, since NYT’s Dwight Garner found all that science talk to be “dull” and “charmless.” (<– See how I did that there? You’d like, never even know!) I did, however, read Kaku’s essay about 10 of his most fascinating conclusions, which was originally published in the NY Post.

Here are the headlines, via excerpt: Continue reading And You Thought Today Was Bad

Filed under: 2010, 2100, Biological Warfare, Cancer, Flying Cars, Hypocrisy, Internet In Contact Lenses, Michio Kaku, NY Post, NYT Book Review, Pathological Liars, Physcists, Physicists, Reader Folk, Robots, String FIeld Theory, The Future, The Future Scares Me, The Year 2100

ROCK OF ASIAN: New Album From The Slants!

We’ve got a lot of love for Portland’s The Slants, a synth-rawk outfit whose dark dance anthems (for reference: check their record Slanted Eyes, Slanted Hearts) trumped The Faint and The Killers in our party playlists loooooong ago.

The Slants: Remixmasters

But they must have known: deep inside, the people even more jiggy energy in them, just waiting to be tapped. The band just released Slants! Slants! Revolution—an album of their tunes, remixed for even more lively party people than us (or funkier partays than ours). Think about rolling with all of your gaysians to da club on Fridays, or rolling large on Hollywood Boulevard after a Depeche Mode concert, or tripping out in baggy jeans in the desert with all of your, ehrm, closest friends–this would be the perfect soundtrack.

Continue reading ROCK OF ASIAN: New Album From The Slants!

Filed under: Asian Ladies Rock, Cancer, Cancer Is Horrible, Cancer is Wack, Indie Rock, New Album, Oregon, Oregoniasians, Portland Bands, Synth, The Slants

Thank You, Andrea Kremer. From Our Boobs.

You look fuzzin’ AWESOME in pink! Who cares that you were last to the party??

To anyone who also likes what they see: Buy pink NFL gear in support of Breast Cancer Awareness now.

Filed under: Andrea Kremer, Breast Cancer Awareness, Cancer, Cancer Is Horrible, Fashionably Late, Late Bloomers, NBC, NFL, Sunday Night Football, Think Pink

B Here For Ur Peeps

Did you know that 1 in 10 Asian Americans suffer from hepatitis B? Probably not, which is why B Here is here.

B Here, as you’ve hopefully heard, is a new campaign designed to raise awareness of hepatitis B, a life-threatening liver disease that affects up to 2 million people in the U.S. – many of whom are Asian Americans. Eek factor: 10% of infected people can develop chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis or hardening of the liver, or liver cancer. Not cool.

We would like to kick diseases that affect our peeps in the shins.

Join us in the effort! B Here is currently hosting a university tour that makes one more stop next week, with two performances at UC Davis on Tuesday, October 27 and Wednesday, October 28. If you’re in the area, pack them seats! It’s practically a parade of our favorite musicmakers, rumpshakers and funnypeople–from KevJumba (♥) to Kaba Modern to David Choi (The lineup’s so good you almost forget you’re learning about something!).

Can’t go? Well, there are lots of different ways for you to spread the word. Help the peeps out.

[B Here: WillYouBeHere.com]
[B Here at UC Davis: Event page]

Filed under: Cancer, Cancer Is Horrible, David Choi, Diseases, Hep B, Hepatitis B, Kaba Modern, KevJumba, Liver Diseases, Parades, Rad Events, Raising Awareness, UC Davis, YouTube Sensations