Whenever I visited Taiwan, I always found it disconcerting to see “Long Life Cigarettes” being sold in Buddhist temples. Those days may be numbered. A proposed amendment to the Tobacco Hazards Act would, among other things, ban any words or phrases which imply that smoking does not harm health.
Author Archives: Jimmy Lin
Telling it like it is… not
How are a runaway bride, Scott Peterson, Terry Schiavo, Wendy’s chili, and racism related? Only the Bad Reporter knows!
Watching TV makes you smarter?
Steven Johnson argues that over the years, audiences have become much more sophisticated in their TV watching. Today, we have no problem watching shows like “The West Wing,” “E.R.,” and “The Sopranos,” which have multiple subplots weaved throughout several episodes, whereas in the past, most TV shows like “Bonanza” or “Dragnet” would consist of one …
Improving on the new food pyramid
Thanks, Rich: Slate asks four design teams to redesign the new USDA food pyramid.
School Mistakes Huge Burrito for a Weapon
“I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry,” school Principal Diana Russell said.
A Short History of the Chinese Restaurant
Thanks, Rich: Gish Jen writes about the “wonderful Chinese restaurants exhibit” at the Museum of Chinese in the Americas.
USB flash drives that look good enough to eat
I’ll be darned: USB flash drives that really look like sushi.
Elsie and Elmer
A fun fact I learned by watching Unwrapped on the Food Network: Elmer, the mascot bull of Elmer’s Glue, is the husband of Elsie, the mascot cow of Borden Dairy.
Signpost Forest
Now this is my type of visitor attraction: Signpost Forest in the Yukon Territory. (Thanks to Ripley’s Believe It or Not, April 5, 2005.)
Segway polo
Wanna get to know Woz, the famed Apple co-founder? Then get a Segway and learn to play Segway polo.