As a postscript to this week's series of reprinted 'Cow Theory Economics' jokes, I had wanted to post the classic early Gary Larson cartoon 'Cow Tools' (I believe it is featured in the 'Prehistory of the Far Side' collection. It was so surreal as to be quite incomprehensible, and was initially rejected for publication.). Unfortunately, it does not appear to be available on the Internet (well, I couldn't find it - any help, anyone?). So, you'll have to make do with this instead.
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I love the Far Side.
finally, a cultural reference from Froog that I know. (they are few and far between... but I think that just adds to the spice of it all, right?)
A leading presenter on China Central Television's English-language channel has revealed himself to be a xenophobic hate-monger. WHY does he still have a job? Lobby for his dismissal - by any and all means.
Days Ai Weiwei was detained
80
With ironic, sinister symmetry, the celebrity artist/activist was incarcerated on the same day that my friend Wu Yuren was finally released from 10 months' detention.
Now, like Wu, he's been released on extremely restrictive 'bail' terms - but could face re-arrest at any moment. He was detained incommunicado from April 3rd to June 22nd 2011.
Days Wu Yuren was in prison
307
"Released on parole" after 10 months; "parole" lifted another year later. The original charges against him were apparently dropped without his trial ever being formally concluded.
Froog is an escaped lawyer - but there is no need for alarm; he is only a danger to himself, not to the general public. An eternal wanderer, he now lives in an exotic city somewhere in the 'Third World' *, where he is held prisoner by an unfinished novel (or, more precisely, an unstarted novel). He spends a lot of time running, writing, taking photographs, and falling in love with women who fail to appreciate him. He also spends a lot of time in bars.
[* OK, I'll come clean: I've been living in Beijing since summer '02.]
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I love the Far Side.
finally, a cultural reference from Froog that I know. (they are few and far between... but I think that just adds to the spice of it all, right?)
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