http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/ 2009-06-02T18:45:12-05:00 http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2009/06/man_what_a_week.php Quote of the day: North Korea is a puppet state, and the Chinese are the puppeteers. They could end this farce tomorrow. I doubt China actually asked Kim to step up the provocations as Applebaum suggests, but the second sentence... Politics b-applegate 2009-06-02T18:45:12-05:00 http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2009/04/hypocritical_ea.php Lewis Black takes aim at the hypocrisy of those awful Earth Day specials for kids... The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cBack in Black - Kids' Earth Daythedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesEconomic CrisisPolitical Humor And this is... Media b-applegate 2009-04-22T03:37:26-05:00 http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2009/04/back_in_korea_1.php I just wanted to post here: I'm back at the JoongAng as business desk editor, for two months now. So if you're ever in my neck of the woods, look me up! It was also bugging me to have something... Streamofconsciousness b-applegate 2009-04-14T01:49:58-05:00 http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/03/news_flash_amer.php In this movie on a popular Korean video site (link only works in Internet Explorer), two Korean teenagers engage in a mock "debate" on Dokdo. That is, the Korean presents a couple of maps, while the "Japanese" (referred to as... Politics b-applegate 2007-03-16T07:25:52-05:00 http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/american_chamel.php The Yomiuri Shimbun picked some great cartoons for its awards this year, though bigger resolutions would have been nice. This one's titled, "Trouble."... Media b-applegate 2007-01-30T07:55:41-05:00 http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/lennon_put_gran.php Doing nothing to help the current image of copyright alliances as full of huge dickheads, the JASRAC (the Japanese RIAA) has sent a 74-year-old bar owner to jail for 10 months for letting local college students who play classical piano... Politics b-applegate 2007-01-30T07:45:26-05:00 http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/more_on_the_tru.php The film Web site is here, and it contains a video of the press conference by the director, calling the planned Chinese documentary propaganda based on historical misunderstanding and saying Japan must communicate the correct history to the world. All... Politics b-applegate 2007-01-29T01:55:05-05:00 http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/ahmadinejads_ja.php So there's a Japanese right-wing revisionist "documentary" about how the Nanking Massacre never happened coming out. One of Ishihara's buddies. These guys really need a visit from Mr. Peabody or Dr. Who or whoever it is takes you back in... Politics b-applegate 2007-01-27T05:41:34-05:00 http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/reasons_i_like.php One of their longest-running and most successful TV programs is about a kindly old man who travels through time in a phone booth. The BBC gave the Goons, Monty Python and Douglas Adams money before they had careers and didn't... Media b-applegate 2007-01-21T23:22:59-05:00 http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/things_i_thinki.php Syrian is cool. Maybe I should compose music. Wow. These programs are hard. This oatmeal package emphasizes that the health benefits of oatmeal remain whether it is eaten cooked or uncooked. Hm. This taste must be why horses always look... Streamofconsciousness b-applegate 2007-01-11T08:10:07-05:00 http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/12/things_that_wer.php "What's the word for individual grapes?" "Uh, grape." -a British editor answering a translation question for a Korean writer "Coffee is one of those things that smells better than it tastes. You know, like coal."... Streamofconsciousness b-applegate 2006-12-25T10:16:39-05:00 http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/12/the_host.php Reviewed "The Host" (괴물) for JoongAng today, and I was surprised to find it's not a bad anti-American action movie but a love letter to the classic monster flick, hitting all the key elements -- sea monster created by government... JoongAng b-applegate 2006-12-12T09:16:38-05:00 http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/10/cryogenic_expir.php iTunes gave me video credits because they lowered the price of Battlestar Galactica after I bought it. You have redeemed your video credit, valid for 5 free videos priced at $1.99. You must use this credit before Dec. 31, 9999.... Streamofconsciousness b-applegate 2006-10-28T11:13:02-05:00 http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/10/only_in_england.php Local council spends 10,000 pounds to find the man who won't stop saying "Baa" during meetings. I love it. It's like a real-life episode of the Goon Show.... b-applegate 2006-10-17T00:10:33-05:00 http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/10/evolution_and_s.php I was talking to my dad about macroevolution a while back and thought I would collect some links about it. This is a list of observed instances of speciation or failed attempts to induce it, evidence that macroevolution does take... b-applegate 2006-10-11T04:14:11-05:00