2006.11.13
Also I made an issue of the Blender of Love and did a little statistical analysis on what were the most popular categories for works. The feature page goes into more detail about each one, but here's a sorted summary:
| Something Else | 13411 |
| Love Lost | 1349 |
| Love Found | 948 |
| It's Never Simple | 892 |
| Other Factors Interfere | 437 |
| Just Plain Admiring | 408 |
| 'I Will Survive!' | 396 |
| A Metaphor | 354 |
| Confused | 337 |
| Lonely | 318 |
| Really, Really happy | 285 |
| Live for Today | 283 |
| Between Friendship and Romance | 280 |
| Still Life | 253 |
| Admiring From Afar | 244 |
| Love On The Net | 113 |
| Love Taking Away Freedom | 103 |
| Lonely But Happy. | 101 |
| Life as Second Fiddle | 51 |
Oh and Happy Birthday Ksenia!
Diplomacy of the Moment
The other week BoingBoing linked to this list of International Faux Pas, a topic that I've always found interesting, though the list wasn't quite as juicy as I had hoped. A bit later then BoingBoing linked to stories of American Soldiers making similar kind of cultural mistakes, even when they mean well. That last link is part of a Oral History of Reporting Iraq by the Columbia Journalism Review... they're still doling out the various chapters but it's some good stuff.
Book Review of the Moment
"How I Became Stupid" is a bad book. And I'm not the only person to think so. Note to self, don't fall for burbs like "A harmonious & surprising mixture of optimism and nihilism" again. Especially if the author is French.