AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Several of my friends have given names to their cars, and I know many other people who have bestowed appellations on their homes, their vacuum cleaners, their favorite trees, and their genitals. In Norse mythology, the god Thor affectionately called his magic golden hammer...
This year, Hong Kong drew divinatory stick no.75, indicating the Year of the Dog promises to be prosperous and stable. It’s a much better prediction than in 2003, when stick no.83 was drawn, heralding a year of misfortune that saw the city hit by Sars and economic recession. But it could have...
AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18) Several of my friends have given names to their cars, and I know many other people who have bestowed appellations on their homes, their vacuum cleaners, their favorite trees, and their genitals. In Norse mythology, the god Thor affectionately called his magic golden hammer...
AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18) Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium. Chemist John Walker invented the match. Physicist Wilhelm Roentgen was the first person to find out about X-rays. What do these great minds have in common? They all refused to take out any patents in connection with their...
Directed by Dean Parisot, starring Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni and Richard Jenkins
“It’s not exactly fun that you have with Dick and Jane. More like bewilderment, boredom and pain.” - Phil Villareal, Arizona Daily Star.
“In ‘Fun With Dick And Jane,’ despair means...
AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18) A guy I met in a bar in New York’s Lower East Side discoursed at length on the psycho-spiritual meaning of “The Wizard of Oz.” “The Wicked Witch of the West was Dorothy’s greatest teacher,” he told me. “The witch’s animosity...
The Wow Wow Dog Circus hails from Japan and holds a Guinness World Record for having 10 dogs perform 53 jump rope skips. The talented pooches can also swing on the flying trapeze, cross the high wire and do mathematics. Yes folks, this is the only dog circus in the world and it has a monopoly on...
CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19) The San Francisco 49ers football team recently endured one of its worst seasons ever. But as the losses piled up, head coach Mike Nolan continued to profess an optimism that seemed deluded to most observers. After a galling defeat in the team’s 13th game, however, he...
With the Lunar New Year looming, it’s time to get spic and span before the relatives arrive. We’re guessing not everybody’s as organized as us, so here are a few tips to get the entire city neat and tidy.
Before You Clean
1. Make sure you wear old clothes you don’t mind...
