The K Experience

News items currently on RSS feed to my site regarding Japan and my opinion:

• Asashoryu slams Chiyotaikai to stay perfect at spring sumo - Me: "Sports, ok."
• Diet rejects Tanami as BOJ chief, leaving central bank without boss - Me: "Business, important."
• Disney donates $1 mil to Chiba University - Me: "Charity, nice."
• Akita woman sentenced to life for murder of daughter, boy - Me: "wow, serious, definitely news."
• Kentucky Fried Chicken to raise prices in April - Me: ....????????
  

There are few things I hate more than misleading news. One of those is non-news. Why would ANYONE care that KFC in Japan were raising the prices of their chicken pieces by 20cents?...

If you're from the States and you know of Deal or No Deal, then you're probably looking at the picture on the top left and you're thinking "Who are the people at the back, and where are the scantily clad women?"

If you're from the UK then you are probably looking at the picture at the bottom right and you're thinking "Who's the knob bold guy with the suggestive hand gestures, and what's with the scantily clad women?"

Yes you've guessed it, the topic for this here entry is...scantily clad women...

What does YouTube, the Twin Towers, Christianity and an extract from a Danish newspaper have in common?

Just flicking through the UK news, as I do from time to time, and I stumble upon the most rediculous article I have read in a long time. Keith Brown, a youth worker from the West Midlands, gets jailed in Dubai for FOUR years for being found with a minute trace of cannabis STUCK TO HIS SHOE!!!!!

Obama running in these elections seems to have opened up a whole can of worms on race and pride. The internet seems to be littered with discussions of Obama's viewpoints and links to Africa, and how that will have an affect on the US. My little run in with Mr Joe Blogs from New York White Pride has also brought a lot of traffic my way regarding the subject, and while doing a bit of searching ran into another blog entry entitled "Why is "White Pride" Considered Racist and Taboo?"...