PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Molecular scientist Robert Bohannon knows a way to cram even more obscene gratification into a doughnut. He has discovered the secret to infusing pastries with a non-bitter version of caffeine. If his innovation is adopted by bakers, a doughnut would not only be able to have...
Mar 9 2007 - 12:00am
See how well you’ve been keeping up to speed with what’s happening around town. See if you can get them all!
1. Mainlanders continue to be abused by tour groups. What have the agencies done to them this time?
A) "Mountain and Ocean View" room in brochure turns out to be cot...
Mar 2 2007 - 12:00am
In my youth, I once dumped a really good guy because he was a vegan. I figured we had nothing in common since food is what I live for and I could quite easily live
without him.
It was only years later at a chance meeting that I found him eating a bacon cheeseburger and swigging a glass of house red...
Mar 2 2007 - 12:00am
PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Native to Africa and Australia, baobab trees are oddly beautiful, with thick, bulbous trunks that can grow partially hollow and thus serve as shelters for people and animals. They have an enormous capacity for storing water, allowing them to survive during draughts. Humans...
Mar 2 2007 - 12:00am
I remember every time I’ve ever thrown up in my adult life. The most recent was after dinner with Dick at the local yakitori joint. We downed four bottles of sake, mixing in lamb chops, sausages and chicken parts on skewers. Apparently, I spent the night hugging the toilet. Not fun for a...
Feb 23 2007 - 12:00am
PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): “Think dangerously!” read the headline on today’s bright yellow piece of junk mail. That sounded inviting. I’m always eager for help in overthrowing my certainties. But the product being promoted inside the envelope was just a piece of propaganda: a...
Feb 23 2007 - 12:00am
Meet Piggle. Piggle is a little piggie with a real sense of adventure. One day, after a breakfast of condensed milk and toast, Piggle decided that he’d like to go on an expedition to discover what is in store for Hong Kong in the Year of the Pig. So he put on his little hat and set off on his...
Feb 16 2007 - 12:00am
Apparently, the government plans to crack down on pirated goods sold at upcoming Lunar New Year fairs. “Operation Raptor” (yes, that’s the name) pledges to halt the sale of luxury goods and merchandise at markets all over the city. They’ll have their work cut out for them,...
Feb 16 2007 - 12:00am
PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): I believe you’re climbing up out of the primordial ooze for the last time. You’re done! Never again will you be fully immersed in the stinky depths of hell on earth! Never again will moody despair comprise more than 49 percent of your worldview. From now on, you...
Feb 16 2007 - 12:00am
It's six weeks after the ban and smoking is still the hot issue in Hong Kong.
Take our news quiz to see if you’ve been sucking on the rich cigar of current
affairs, or puffing away at the butt-end of ignorance.
1. What’s the most popular stop-smoking trend sweeping the city?
- Blast in...
Feb 9 2007 - 12:00am
