Month: September 2012

Vietnam was a French Colony?

I love Asian food, including Vietnamese. But was thinking about the country’s past recently, and despite the actual history and French words that have made it into the language, I have a hard time believing it was once a French colony. Why? Because French, as a Latin-based language, makes far too much sense. It seems…

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See What Unfolds..

Trident recently put together Steve Aoki and the legendary Duran Duran to produce a remix of Hungry Like the Wolf, below (click to play). Trident is interested in finding out what your favorite music collaborations are–or what collaborations you’d like to see.  They’d also like to award one of my readers with a year’s supply…

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I Am an Infidel…

In light of the clearly pre-planned attacks on our embassies in Libya and Egypt on the anniversary of 9-11, I just want to make it clear that I am, and will remain, an infidel. There are a myriad of reasons that I could list but won’t. And I don’t make this declaration to offend, but as a…

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