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...their daily conversations. But when their children step in, the two find that their lives and their friendship are not entirely under their control. In Mr. Shi’s case, his daughter has run out of tolerance and booked him a ticket for a cross-country bus tour without his counsel or consent. In Madam’s case, her children hastily ship her off to a nursing home. In each instance, the central conflict is ageism, not racism. Half of the film is taken up by Mr. Shi trying to talk to his daughter, sometimes in English, other...
...jams on the world’s smallest drum kit (although this record has yet to be confirmed by Mr. Guinness). Then peep 22 people perch precariously on a gigantic skateboard. Watch some hardcore gamers go through a grueling 10 hour, 12 minute, and 54 second Guitar Hero World Tour Marathon (you don’t get to watch the whole thing—thank God) and feel free to chuckle at the girl who gets nailed in the face during the 100-person game of dodgeball. The video culminates in a custard pie fight of epic proportions. One hundred...
Excrement. Stool. Defecation. S___. This unlikely tour of the underworld of human waste grew out of the author's 2006 series on sewage for the online magazine Slate. George, an accomplished London-based writer, has inarguably hit on an important topic. As many as 2.6 billion people lack sanitation--meaning no access to a latrine, a toilet, a bucket or even a box. The health consequences are, not surprisingly, catastrophic: "A gram of feces," George writes, "can contain 10 million viruses, 1 million bacteria, 1,000 parasite cysts and 100 worm eggs." The privileged Westerner winces. Yet in an upbeat...
Eliah Z. Seton ’04, the grad board president of the Krokodiloes, credits the group with persuading him to go to business school. But what attracted him to the Kroks initially was not the prospect of leadership opportunities or organizing a six-continent tour. “I guess what it really comes down to is the fact that the twelve guys onstage looked like they were having so much fun that I wanted to be a part of that fun,” he says...
...Madonna hoped to announce their separation next year, after the conclusion of her Sticky and Sweet tour, the newspaper says. But a series of arguments around Ritchie's 40th birthday in September were so upsetting "that Madge ended up storming out of the house...