Ladies and Gentlemen and Cross-Gendered I give you Angel Monkey. more inside

Remote Islands Made More Remoterer I have excerpted this from "The SMH," an Australian paper. I have provided the link, but it requires a subscription, pardner. more inside

A woman gives a description of being sucked into the waves and mud in Sri Lanka In the comments section of this blog, a woman named Dalian recounts losing her husband (and then finding him)in this emotional comment to a blog.

"I have no idea how you detect the naked," says party councilman Rodriguez. Mexico, which is not an Asian country, has installed a law that bans nudity in private places.

Meaningful Post Who makes the meaning, in this poststructural world? Me, the author of the post? Or you, the audience? more inside

A test for monkeys If you were in the following situation, what would you do, and why? more inside

Planes landing in Amsterdam Will Have to Follow New Approach Rules Since Amsterdam's Schiphol International Airport has closed one of three of its largest runways, large commercial airliners are asked to revert to a flying pattern not used since 1968. This has caused confusion, and in at least one case the misuse of traditional navigational pathways involving a KLM 747 coming in from Germany.

A writer looks at Hong Kong Hong Kong's blogging community is fractious. On the one hand you have locals who rarely have a blog presence, but when they do, their writing is explosive, enchanting, and wonderful to read. And then you have the expatriates. Often, they are very one dimensional people. But this blog seems to avoid that one-dimensional problem. The author showcases writing from locals, and also shines a light on the increasingly important life of Hong Kong's 6.8 million.

A project in Hong Kong to develop civil society I couldn't help but want to pass this little blog on to the rest of the world. more inside