- Oh, those Cubs fans are at it again, thinking this year is the one where they take it all. Better luck next year, folks...or not.
- Some are asking if a standardized test, in this case the MCAT, might not be the best or at least only way of selecting our future doctors.
- The Japanese and their pampered pets. But it's not just the Japanese who are crazy, Hong Kong.
- A short 3 minute clip about Miep Gies who died last week. She helped hide Anne Frank and her family and also kept Anne's diary after they were discovered and sent to concentration camps.
- Mongolian president calls for a moratorium on the death penalty. Hooray! Maybe the U.S. can take a cue.
- Survey finds that 25% of British students feel pushed into their major due to parental or family pressure.
- Did Google employees in China assist in the security breaches that prompted the company to consider withdrawing?
- Casper the bus-riding cat is now a friendly ghost. :(
- We've done away with plastic bags, but now we have a mountain of reusable bags.
- Wow, a no-pants subway ride - in Guangdong - to protest climate change!
- Obama! the Musical. For once, this crazy idea is not coming out of America but Germany.
Ricky Gervais hosted the 2010 Golden Globes Awards last night. Early reports cite mixed reviews, but I thought he was grand, well, the parts I caught on youtube. It seems that more of the negative reaction is coming from Hollywood insiders as the host didn't really moderate his attacks on the whole idea of movie and television stardom. He provided some sharp commentary as the "greatest people in the world" were honored last night.
