And speaking of Fred (”Fred Who?”) Karger… I interviewed him Friday morning. Yes, I know just a couple of months ago I was kind of mocking him — but I’ve since come to realize that I like the guy and most of what he stands for.
A commercial for a South African fast food chain. For some reason, some customers in Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe were not amused (this seems to load very slowly, by the way).
Does anybody know how to combine a still image with a sound file into a “video file” YouTube will accept? It seems to be done a lot, so I’m thinking it’s a fairly simple process that everybody but me knows about.
Islamic militants in southern Somalia — who are in effect the government of southern Somalia — have banned unrelated men and women from shaking hands. I’m sure many of you read that today. I’m just wondering who else’s minds immediately went here:
Is this really a thing? Because all of a sudden I’m seeing a lot of references to people being afraid of feet, and it doesn’t make a bit of sense to me.
I mean, people can be afraid of anything, but lately this is being presented as a common phobia rather than, you know, a rare pathology.