Sunday, November 23, 2008

Allegedly Badass

In my compulsive browsing this morning, I found a neat video (okay, it's a Nokia commercial). Supposedly, it's everyone's favorite classic martial arts movie star, Bruce Lee, playing ping-pong. Whoopty-doo? I think not. See for yourselves.

Update: There's a decent probability that this was faked. Even so, I agree with the sentiments expressed in the last line of this discussion.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Tired Journalists

Obama wins. By most indications, it was a pretty exciting contest for most pundits and political buffs--which is why I completely understand if the editors of the New York Times, through fatigue or enthusiasm or both, made a few mistakes:
"...out of Iraq in a fast ifand? orderly fashion," p. 1

"Mr. Obama also did strikingly well among Hispanic voters, beating Mr. McCain did far less better among those voters than Mr. Bush did in 2004," p. 2

"Mr. Obama took a page from what Mr. Bushfull first reference to President Bush did in 2004," p. 2

"...reflecting the imperative he felt of trying," p. 2

"...his effort this year. Indiana for a Democrat since President Lyndon B. Johnson’s landslide victory in 1964, and Mr. Obama..." p. 2

"He later returned home to Chicago play basketball," p.3