Posts Tagged With: Trivia
Tom-tomming the Oscars
One of the reasons indie acts like Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (the duo behind the charming little film, Once) should get the commercial spotlight is that they let us know nitty gritty that no one else would. For example, the Oscar etiquette guide as told by Tom Hanks. “Well, before the Oscars they give [...]
Mum’s not the word
The Asian Age, which chronicles our life and times with random bits of information that are unlikely to be of any use other than being excellent conversation sprinklers, informed me this morning that the Vatican has ordained that the Christian god cannot be a woman. This information comes via the Daily Telegraph. Feminist hackles are [...]
Keeping time
The best thing about Hindoo culture is how much love it has for change. Everything is temporal. Nothing lasts. This is probably why folks in this neck of the woods have so little regard for history – look at the decrepit state of most national monuments in this country, for example – and so much [...]
World Domination
